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28/06/2026

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DEPRAVATION

DEPRAVATION

Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.

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INSULOUS

INSULOUS

Abounding in islands. [R.]

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BRIDGETREE

BRIDGETREE

The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in agrinding mill. Knight.

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EPISTOLEAN

EPISTOLEAN

One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke.

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INFANT

INFANT

A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained theage of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; aminor.

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MACROLOGY

MACROLOGY

Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity ofwords.

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PENANG NUT

PENANG NUT

The betel nut. Balfour (Cyc. of India).

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INGENY

INGENY

Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.][Written also ingenie.] Becon.

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UNESSENTIALLY

UNESSENTIALLY

In an unessential manner.

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BUTTER-FINGERED

BUTTER-FINGERED

Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery;careless.

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THREE-QUARTER

THREE-QUARTER

Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said ofportraitures. Three-quarter length, a portrait showing the figure tothe hips only.

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ENFELONED

ENFELONED

Rendered fierce or frantic. [Obs.] "Like one enfeloned ordistraught." Spenser.