chol-er-ic
adj. :: Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
adj. :: Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger.
"And let a man beware, how he keepeth company with choleric and quarrelsome persons; for they will engage him into their own quarrels." --Bacon, Sir Francis
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su-pine
adj. :: Lying on the back, or with the face upward.
adj. :: Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
"This whale is not dead; he is only dispirited; out of sorts, perhaps; hypochondriac; and so supine, that the hinges of his jaw have relaxed, leaving him there in that ungainly sort of plight, a reproach to all his tribe, who must, no doubt, imprecate lock-jaws upon him." --Melville, Herman
adj. :: Lying on the back, or with the face upward.
adj. :: Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
"This whale is not dead; he is only dispirited; out of sorts, perhaps; hypochondriac; and so supine, that the hinges of his jaw have relaxed, leaving him there in that ungainly sort of plight, a reproach to all his tribe, who must, no doubt, imprecate lock-jaws upon him." --Melville, Herman
jaun-ty
adj. :: Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk; Airy; showy.
"He had great neatness of person, and he continued to wear his spruce black coat and his bowler hat, always a little too small for him, in a dapper, jaunty manner." --Maugham, W. Somerset
adj. :: Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk; Airy; showy.
"He had great neatness of person, and he continued to wear his spruce black coat and his bowler hat, always a little too small for him, in a dapper, jaunty manner." --Maugham, W. Somerset
bro-mide
noun :: A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation.
"She was so used to hearing Sellers lash the Philistine and hold forth on unappreciated merit that she could hardly believe the miracle when, in answer to a sympathetic bromide on the popular lack of taste in Art, Beverley replied that, as far as he was concerned, the public showed strong good sense." --Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville
noun :: A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation.
"She was so used to hearing Sellers lash the Philistine and hold forth on unappreciated merit that she could hardly believe the miracle when, in answer to a sympathetic bromide on the popular lack of taste in Art, Beverley replied that, as far as he was concerned, the public showed strong good sense." --Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville
a-cer-bi-ty
noun :: Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
noun :: Harshness, bitterness, or severity
"You are ignorant," Miss Bordereau remarked; not with acerbity but with a strange, soft coldness." --James, Henry
noun :: Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
noun :: Harshness, bitterness, or severity
"You are ignorant," Miss Bordereau remarked; not with acerbity but with a strange, soft coldness." --James, Henry
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