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an urianger vocabulary list
Apr. 5th, 2021 09:13 amcontumely: noun. insolent or insulting language or treatment.
emboss: verb. to track with the intent to kill; to pursue a target until it is exhausted.
fain: adjective. 1 : happy, pleased. 2 : having a tendency, inclined towards, desirous of. fardel: noun. 1 : load, something that is carried. 2 : duty, responsibility, burden.
glister: verb. glitter, shine.
hie: verb. 1 : to go quickly, to hasten.
mickle: adjective. great, much, aplenty.
moiety: noun. 1 : half; one of two equal parts. 2 : one part; a single division.
parlous: adjective. dangerously shrewd or cunning. orison: noun. prayer.
vein: noun. 1 : top form; peak. 2 : humor, mood, lifestyle.
wherefore: adverb. 1 : for what reason or purpose; why; reason. yea: adverb. more than that; not only, but also. Used to introduce a more explicit or emphatic phrase. Words he uses a lot in-game:
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"The Church should not be exposed to gossip and contumely."
eftsoons: adverb. 1 : convenient, ready. 2 : near, soon, immediately.
"Those disloyal defections turned eftsoons into violent commotions"
emboss: verb. to track with the intent to kill; to pursue a target until it is exhausted.
fain: adjective. 1 : happy, pleased. 2 : having a tendency, inclined towards, desirous of.
"most men of science and the arts were fain to express their noblest thoughts"
"who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life"
glister: verb. glitter, shine.
"All that glisters is not gold"
hie: verb. 1 : to go quickly, to hasten.
"we had best hie home before the snow worsens"
mickle: adjective. great, much, aplenty.
"O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies in plants,herbs, stones, and their true qualities."
moiety: noun. 1 : half; one of two equal parts. 2 : one part; a single division.
"war, pestilence, and famine had consumed the moiety of the human species"
parlous: adjective. dangerously shrewd or cunning.
"a fervent orison asking for divine guidance in bringing about a peaceful solution to the grave international crisis"
quietus: noun. 1 : something that has a calming or soothing effect. 2 : death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life. 3 : settlement of a debt."put the quietus on their celebration"
vein: noun. 1 : top form; peak. 2 : humor, mood, lifestyle.
"thou troublest me; I am not in the vein"
wherefore: adverb. 1 : for what reason or purpose; why; reason.
"wants to know the whys and wherefores"
yclept: adjective. by the name of; called, named, labelled.
"a resident in the sweet region yclept Summer Hill"
"yet the impression, yea the evidence, is inescapable"
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