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panjandrum \pan-JAN-druh m\

noun:
1. a self-important or pretentious official.
 
embonpoint \ ahn-bawn-PWAN\

noun:
1. French excessive plumpness; stoutness.
 
furphy \FUR-fee\

noun:
1. Australian. a false report; rumor.
 
inspissate \in-SPIS-eyt\

verb:
1. to thicken, as by evaporation; make or become dense.
 
complaisant \kuh m-PLEY-suh nt, -zuh nt, KOM-pluh-zant\

adjective:
1. inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant: the most complaisant child I've ever met.
 
dulcinea \duhl-SIN-ee-uh, duhl-suh-NEE-uh\

noun:
1. a ladylove; sweetheart.
 
jimjams \JIM-jamz\

noun:
1. Slang. extreme nervousness; jitters.
2. Slang. delirium tremens.
 
gromless \GAWRM-lis\

adjective:
1. Chiefly British Informal. lacking in vitality or intelligence; stupid, dull, or clumsy.
 
hypnagogic \hip-nuh-GOJ-ik, -GOH-jik\

adjective:
1. of or relating to drowsiness.
2. inducing drowsiness.
 
fard \fahrd\

verb:
1. Archaic. to apply cosmetics to (the face).

noun:
1. Archaic. facial cosmetics.
 
colophon \KOL-uh-fon, -fuh n\

noun:
1. a publisher's or printer's distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works.
2. an inscription at the end of a book or manuscript, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries, giving the title or subject of the work, its author, the name of the printer or publisher, and the date and place of publication.
 
metanoia \met-uh-NOI-uh\

noun:
1. a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
 
doughty \DOU-tee\

adjective:
1. steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.
 
mugwump \MUHG-wuhmp\

noun:
1. a person who is unable to make up his or her mind on an issue, especially in politics; a person who is neutral on a controversial issue.
2. a Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James G. Blaine, in the presidential campaign of 1884.
 
tickety-boo \TIK-i-tee-BOO\

adjective:
1. Chiefly British Informal. fine; OK.
 
pierian \pahy-EER-ee-uh n\

adjective:
1. of or relating to poetry or poetic inspiration.
2. of or relating to the Muses.
 
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