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Extirpate (verb) eks-tur-payt Eradicate or destroy completely. Late Middle English (as extirpation): from Latin exstirpare,…

Porcine (adj) por-sine Of, affecting, or resembling a pig or pigs. Mid 17th century from…

Mannerism (noun) man-ur-iz-m A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving. (more…)

Mytheme (noun) mi-th-eem In structuralist anthropology and literary criticism: each of a set of fundamental…

Recto (noun) rek-to A right-hand page of an open book, or the front of a…

Incipit (noun) in-sip-it The opening of a manuscript, early printed book, or chanted liturgical text.…

Apoplexy (noun) ap-o-plek-see Extreme anger. (dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral haemorrhage or…

Marsupium (noun) mar-soop-ee-um A pouch that protects eggs, offspring, or reproductive structures, especially the pouch…

Brawn (noun) br-aw-n Physical strength in contrast to intelligence. Meat from a pig's or calf's…