{"id":3294,"date":"2021-02-19T07:12:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2021-02-18T11:24:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:24:43","slug":"friday-vocabulary-144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=3294","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. geas<\/strong> \u2014 magically inflicted obligation<\/p>\n

I must leave you now, for my bowels have cast a <\/em>geas upon me, and I must away to the bathroom to fulfill its terrible duty.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. precentor<\/strong> \u2014 one who leads choir or congregation in singing<\/p>\n

Everyone has noticed the much-diminished vigor of the choir since Simon Tapwell became <\/em>precentor, and his own mumbling and stumbling solos do little to inspire or even maintain the faith.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. bougie<\/strong> \u2014 thin flexible instrument for insertion or dilation of bodily passages<\/p>\n

As I now understand it they intend to insert a <\/em>bougie in order to relieve the pressure inside the bladder, though if this fails it may become necessary to perform a very dangerous operation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. charpoy<\/strong> \u2014 Indian bedstead using rope or tape netting<\/p>\n

Chandler laid the documents carefully upon the blue weave of the <\/em>charpoy beneath the wall lantern, so that we could all see the damning evidence of Major Deveril’s treasonous perfidy.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. nipperkin<\/strong> \u2014 liquid measure amounting from a third to a half pint<\/p>\n

Solemnly he poured Rodney a <\/em>nipperkin of the rich port, and together they toasted the king.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. subfusc<\/strong> \u2014 dusky, somber<\/p>\n

Barely any light seemed to escape from the <\/em>subfusc mining town, and even the children at play were singularly sullen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. demirep<\/strong> \u2014 demimondaine, woman of doubtful chastity<\/p>\n

Behind the army came the usual hangers-on of a pillaging force, the sharpers and ‘shiners, the panderers and <\/em>demireps, the purchasers of stolen gold and purveyors of stolen virtue.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. diaphoretic<\/strong> \u2014 inducing perspiration<\/p>\n

McCarthy’s aversion to communists often had a <\/em>diaphoretic effect upon the senator, especially in the face of any criticism.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. poniard<\/strong> \u2014 small dagger<\/p>\n

His hand went instinctively to his left hip, but Sir Lowell grasped only an empty sheath, as he had left his <\/em>poniard with the Master of the Outer Chamber before his audience with the king.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. forritsome<\/strong> \u2014 [Scots] impudent, forward<\/p>\n

She’s a <\/em>forritsome lass with red hair and a temper to match.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(idiomatic, from delay in old firearms between triggering and ignition)<\/p>\n

hanging fire<\/strong> \u2014 delayed, undecided <\/p>\n

The final decisions of the Mice Commission are still <\/em>hanging fire, and it is greatly feared that once again the cat will get away scot free.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. geas \u2014 magically inflicted obligation I must leave you now, for my bowels have cast a geas upon me, and I must away to the bathroom to fulfill its terrible duty.   2. precentor \u2014 one who leads choir or congregation in singing Everyone has noticed the much-diminished vigor of the choir since Simon … <\/p>\n

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