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ifyoucantfixit:
pococurante
caring little; indifferent; nonchalant.MORE
His favorite topic was pococurante, to his friends.
ifyoucantfixit:
furcate \FUR-keyt\, verb:
1. To form a fork; branch.
adjective:
1. Forked; branching.
The root systems of an ancient tree seemed to furcate and furrow the surface of his thighs, and where his skin was not covered in dark hair, it was strangely rippled with wild webs of some kind of tissue just beneath the skin.
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ifyoucantfixit:
esculent \ES-kyuh-luhnt\, noun:
1. Something edible, especially a vegetable.
adjective:
1. Suitable for use as food; edible.
The remainder of the garden presented a well-selected assortment of esculent vegetables, in a praiseworthy state of advancement.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
Sophia:
Me like a lot
--- Quote from: ifyoucantfixit on March 10, 2012, 04:55:06 pm ---
esculent \ES-kyuh-luhnt\, noun:
1. Something edible, especially a vegetable.
adjective:
1. Suitable for use as food; edible.
The remainder of the garden presented a well-selected assortment of esculent vegetables, in a praiseworthy state of advancement.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
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ifyoucantfixit:
antipode \AN-ti-pohd\, noun:
A direct or exact opposite.
It seemed that this enthusiast was just as cautious, just as much alive to judgments in other minds as if he had been that antipode of all enthusiasm called "a man of the world."
-- George Eliot, Daniel Deronda
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