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roseate - resembling a rose, especially in color; viewed favorably.
Beyond the sea, behind a line of woods, another sea began, roseate with the light of the setting sun, which was in fact the sky.
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redolent - fragrant; aromatic
The scent Mme Swann used, which was more redolent still of the peculiar, disturbing charm that emanated from the life of Gilberte. dilatory - delaying; characterized by procrastination; tardy
I have be dilatory in posting words of the day. stochastic - random; involving chance or probability
A stochastic process with sequential dependencies. estuary - a water passage where the tide meets a river current.
(i think this is one of the most beautiful words we have in English..where fresh and salt water meet but still implies the individual identity of each) The enameled face of the sea that changed imperceptibly in color, assumed towards the head of the bay, where an estuary opened, the blue whiteness of milk, in which little black boats which did not move entangled like flies. lozenge - diamond shaped figure
The kaleidoscope once more reversed its coloured lozenges. visage - countenance, the face, appearance
He knew that he was meeting another accomplished person in Dr. Proust, who struck him as a "superb man," though "a little too corpulent, but with a noble visage." \(^_^)/ - an expression of jubilation (syn: yay!) etymology: Asian
Today I evaded capture by an evil ogre who would've subjugated me to an eternity of excruciating labor then used my bones as toothpicks - \(^_^)/. svelte - slender, esp. gracefully slender in figure; sleek. -suave; blandly urbane
The cat is a beautifully balanced animal with head, ears and neck carried on a svelte body. otiose - idle, sterile, useless
What I longed for were verities pertaining to a world more real than in which I lived, which, once acquired, could never be taken from me again by any trivial incident - even though it were to cause me bodily suffering - of my otiose existence. |
past lovely words
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