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- curmudgeon
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- noun; a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.
Origin: 1570-80; unexplained; perh. cur- repr. cur
- Ros - persiflage
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Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery.
From the Latin sibilare, 'to hiss (at), to whistle'.
Example: 'Oh spare me your persiflage, Andy..'
- Mark - assiduous
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unremitting: assiduous reading; constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive: an assiduous student.
- Rosy - dvandva
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compound word neither element of which is subordinate to the other, as bittersweet, Anglo-Saxon.
- Simon - paraskavedekatriaphobia
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fear of Friday 13th.
- Simon - prestidigitator
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a conjuror; magician, who uses sleight of hand.
- Simon - descant
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a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme.
- Simon - tintinnabulation
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the ringing or sound of bells.
- Simon - borborygmus
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a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines.
- Andy - sibilance
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characterized by a hissing sound
- Simon - gomphosis
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A type of immovable articulation, as of a tooth inserted into its bony socket. Also called peg-and-socket joint.
- Lizzie - mercurial
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1. changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
2. animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.
3. pertaining to, containing, or caused by the metal mercury.
- Anon
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