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The Blue Flower

(5,434 posts)
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 12:06 PM Apr 2020

Two definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary

Both used in commentary this week.

feck·less (fĕklĭs)

adj.
1. Careless and irresponsible: "political prestidigitation designed to distract public attention from his feckless flouting of basic ethical principles" (Doug Ireland).
2. Feeble or ineffective: "Pickering's life was routinely threatened, and one feckless attempt had already been made to kidnap or kill him" (Garry Wills).

churl·ish (chûrlĭsh)
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adj.
1. Having a bad disposition; surly: "as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear" (Shakespeare).
2. Archaic Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.
3. Archaic Difficult to work with; intractable. Used as of soil.

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Two definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary (Original Post) The Blue Flower Apr 2020 OP
Another one, from Shakespeare Xipe Totec Apr 2020 #1
I learned a useful new word from Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot cyclonefence Apr 2020 #2
so fatnixon could be dweller Apr 2020 #3

Xipe Totec

(43,888 posts)
1. Another one, from Shakespeare
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 12:14 PM
Apr 2020

SATURNINUS

Marcus, for thy sake and thy brother's here,
And at my lovely Tamora's entreats,
I do remit these young men's heinous faults: Stand up.
Lavinia, though you left me like a churl,
I found a friend, and sure as death I swore
I would not part a bachelor from the priest.
Come, if the emperor's court can feast two brides,
You are my guest, Lavinia, and your friends.
This day shall be a love-day, Tamora.

- Titus Andronicus
Act I, Scene I

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
2. I learned a useful new word from Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 12:39 PM
Apr 2020


Cuncation: The action of delaying or putting off doing something. As in Trump's cunctation cost many Americans their lives.

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