Words to Know
"Lucubration" = a composition that smells of the lamp... a work composed by
candlelight... ie composed in the dead of night. Nice word.
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samizdat: [Russ., lit., self published.] a
system by which manuscripts denied official
publication in the Soviet Union are circulated
clandestinely in typescript or in mimeograph
form, or are smuggled out for publication.
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verisimilitude: [L. verisimilitudo, from verisimilis; see verisimilar]
the appearance of being true or real
something that has the mere apearance of being true or real
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augury: n.; pl. auguries [L. augurium, divination from augur, an augur]
the art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
She knew by augury divine. - Swift
that which forebodes; that from which a prediction is drawn; and omen; portent.
Sad auguries of winter thence she drew. - Dryden
a formal ceremonly conducted by an auger.
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estop: v.t.; estopped (-topt'), pt., pp.; estopping,
ppr. [OFr. estoper; hyp. LL. stuppare, to stop with tow, cram, from L. stuppa, oakum, tow.]
in law, to impede or bar by estoppel.
A man shall always be estopped by his own
deed, or not permitted to aver or prove
anything in contradiction to what he has
once solemnly avowed. - Blackstone
originally, to stop up
to bar; to stop; to obstruct; to prevent.
estoppage: n.; [from estop, and -age.] an estopping
or being estopped; stoppage.
estoppel: n.; [prob. from OFr. estoupail, stopper,
bung, from estoper]
in law, the prevention of a person from
making an affirmation or denial because it is
contrary to a previous affirmation or denial
that he has made.
stoppage; prohibition.
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