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[hysteroid] adjective; resembling or tending toward hysteria

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[Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.]

Cynthia Nelms

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[interdigitate] verb; to become interlocked like the fingers of a folded hand

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[The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.]

Alexandra Penney

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[lustrum] plural noun; a period of five years (also refers to the Roman census, which was taken every five years)

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[Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.]

Oscar Wilde

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[desultory] adjective; marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, purpose; not connected with the main subject; disappointing in progress, performance, or quality

After I get my hands on a client's work, it will never be considered "desultory."

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[What we need is to take the gas and hot air out of the real business of living and send it sizzling off in sky-rockets for the entertainment of our idle hours.]

Marjorie Barstow Greenbie

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[ramose] adjective; consisting of or having branches

My hippy neighbor's dreadlocks give her head a "ramose" look. It's really quite unique.

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[Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.]

Bill Vaughn

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[solecism] noun; an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence; a minor blunder in speech; something deviating from the normal/proper order; a breach of etiquette or decorum

As an editor I help people avoid "solecisms" in their writing.

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[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.]

Oscar Wilde

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[conation] noun; an inclination to act purposefully; impulse

When my husband and I (and the dogs) made a trip to San Diego this past Christmas, we returned with an urgent "conation" to move here as soon as possible.

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[The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.]

Oscar Wilde