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Monthly Archives: October 2005
tarantism
a disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to dance, especially prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century and popularly attributed to the bite of a tarantula
lycanthropy
1. in folklore, the magical ability to assume the form and characteristics of a wolf 2. a delusion that one has become or assumed the characteristics of a wolf or other animal
tertiary
1. third in place, order, degree, or rank 2. of, relating to, or designating the short flight feathers nearest the body on the rear edge of a bird’s wing
guttersnipe
1. a homeless vagabond and especially an outcast boy or girl in the streets of a city 2. a person of the lowest moral or economic station
conflate
1a. to bring together; fuse b. confuse 2. to combine (as two readings of a text) into a composite whole
remand
1. to order back 2a. to return to custody pending trial or for further detention b. to send back (a case) to another court or agency for further action
pavane
1. a slow, stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries, usually in duple meter 2. a piece of music for this dance
labile
1. open to change; adaptable 2. in chemistry, constantly undergoing or likely to undergo change; unstable
arrogate
1. to take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate 2. to ascribe on behalf of another in an unwarranted manner
temerity
foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness