"...through neighbourhoods Tiny Ewell had described as Depressed Residential, unending rows of crammed-together triple-decker houses with those tiny sad architectural differences that seem to highlight the essential sameness..."
adj. Emitting visible light as a result of being heated. Shining brilliantly; very bright. See synonyms at bright. Characterized by ardent emotion, intensity, or brilliance: an incandescent performance.
Errata:
n., pl. -ta (-tə). An error in printing or writing, especially such an error noted in a list of corrections and bound into a book. [Latin errātum, from neuter past participle of errāre, to stray.]
Poor Yorick Entertainment Unlimited:
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? (Hamlet, V.i)"
O.N.A.N:
Onanism:
–noun 1. withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus. 2. masturbation. Origin: 1720–30; after Onan, son of Judah (Gen. 38:9);
Eschaton:
Eschatology:
n. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment.
Infinity:
n., pl. -ties. The quality or condition of being infinite. Unbounded (Pages?) space, time, or quantity. An indefinitely large number or amount. Mathematics. The limit that a function f is said to approach at x = a when f(x) is larger than any preassigned number for all x sufficiently near a. A range in relation to an optical system, such as a camera lens, representing distances great enough that light rays reflected from objects within the range may be regarded as parallel. A distance setting, as on a camera, beyond which the entire field is in focus.
Microwave
n. An electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between that of infrared and short waves (one millimeter to one meter). Informal. A microwave oven.tr.v., -waved, -wav·ing, -waves. To cook or heat (food) in a microwave oven.
Baroque:
adj. - characteristic of a style in art and architecture developed in Europe from the early 17th to mid-18th century, emphasizing dramatic, often strained effect and typified by bold, curving forms, elaborate ornamentation, and overall balance of disparate parts.
- Music. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of composition that flourished in Europe from about 1600 to 1750, marked by expressive dissonance and elaborate ornamentation.
- Extravagant, complex, or bizarre, especially in ornamentation: “the baroque, encoded language of post-structural legal and literary theory” (Wendy Kaminer).
- Irregular in shape: baroque pearls.
Picayune:
adj.
Of little value or importance; paltry. See synonyms at trivial. Petty; mean.
Gestalt:
A physical, biological, psychological, or symbolic configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that its properties cannot be derived from a simple summation of its parts.
Etoile:
Une étoile est une boule gazeuse dont la taille (plusieurs centaines de milliers de kilomètres) et la densité sont telles que la région centrale — le cœur — atteint la température nécessaire (de l'ordre du million de kelvins au minimum) à l'amorçage de réactions de fusion nucléaire.
[Middle English escheuen, from Old French eschivir, of Germanic origin; akin to SHY1.]
in toto:
adv. Totally; altogether: recommendations that were adopted in toto.
Q.v:
Med. quantum vis (Latin: as much as you wish)• quod vide (Latin: which (word, item, etc.) see; textual cross reference)
Abide:
v.tr. To put up with; tolerate: can't abide such incompetence. See synonyms at bear1. To wait patiently for: “I will abide the coming of my lord” (Tennyson). To withstand: a thermoplastic that will abide rough use and great heat.v.intr. To remain in a place. To continue to be sure or firm; endure. See synonyms at stay1. To dwell or sojourn.
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