adj.
- authentic and typical
adv.
- authentically and typically
[Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow — Gabrielle Zevin]
Lexicon
n.
- the state of being notched at the edge or the process of notching at the edge, as some leaves or the page of a book, particularly a reference work with thumb indexing.
[The Running Sky — Tim Dee]
adjective
relating to heaven or the sky: the empyrean domain where human will and God’s will became as one.
noun (the empyrean)
heaven, in particular the highest part of heaven: the unapproachable splendor of the empyrean.
• literary: the visible heavens; the sky: we rose through the polluted air into the clear empyrean above.
[A Room with a View — E. M. Forster]
noun
THEOLOGY
ess-ka-ton
- the final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- “the gift of eternal life at the eschaton”
[Funny Weather — Olivia Laing]
adj.
- fit to be eaten, edible
[The Old Ways — Robert Macfarlane]
v.
- (of an animal, particularly an insect, fish, or amphibian) spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor or dormancy.
[100 Things That Made my Year (2020) — Austin Kleon]
adj.
conducive to happiness
[Andrew Sean Greer, in an pull quote for The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams]
ex·cur·sus /ekˈskərsəs/
noun
noun: excursus; plural noun: excursus; plural noun: excursuses
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a detailed discussion of a particular point in a book, usually in an appendix.
-
a digression in a written text.
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verb
- root out and destroy completely
[The Tempest – William Shakespeare]
n.
- a mass of cells and fluid that has seeped out of blood vessels or an organ, especially in inflammation
- a substance secreted by a plant or insect
[Giving Up the Ghost — Hilary Mantel]