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Costive (adj) kos-tiv suffering from constipation / slow in action or in expressing ideas, opinions,…

Vaunt (verb) vaw-nt to speak vaingloriously of; boast of 1350–1400; Middle English vaunten, Middle French…

Tenebrism (noun) ten-eb-rizm (sometimes capital) a school, style, or method of painting, adopted chiefly by…

Netsuke (noun) net-skee a small figure of ivory, wood, metal, or ceramic, originally used as…

Mansuetude (noun) man-swi-tewd Mildness, gentleness. Mansuetude, “mildness, gentleness,” comes from Latin mānsuētūdō, which is equivalent…

Forager (noun) for-ij-er a person or animal who goes out in search of food or…

Wintle (noun/verb) win-tl a rolling or staggering motion. / to roll or swing back and…

Epiphyte (noun) ep-if-ite a plant that grows above the ground, supported nonparasitically by another plant…