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October 2009

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felsh

verb • to renovate a hat.

Oct 22, 200995 notes
vagile

adjective • /ˈvædʒɪl/ • wandering; vagrant; free to move about.

Oct 20, 200961 notes
iulan

adjective • of the first growth of a beard

Oct 19, 200951 notes
adelphophagy

noun • the consumption of one embryo by another in utero; particularly as it relates to certain amphibians, sharks and fishes.

From Ancient Greek adelphos (brother) + phagia (to eat of).

(Thanks, Infocult.)

Oct 19, 200920 notes
taciturn
adjective • /ˈtæsɪtɜːn/ or /ˈtæsətɝːn/ • silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak

From Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”)

Oct 11, 2009149 notes
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anagnorisis

noun • the moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations

Oct 11, 2009128 notes
f-hole

noun • either of a pair of sound holes, resembling an ∫ and a reversed ∫ in shape, cut in the front of some stringed instruments, such as the violin and the mandolin

Oct 11, 200932 notes
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