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pressly, concisely; precisely; to the point.
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Dante, Alighieri （1265-1321）, Italian poet, author of “The Divine Comedy.”
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rhythmic exigency, pessing need forcing one to use any available word to complete a rhythmic pattern, though the word may not convey one’s exact meaning.
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enervating, having the quality to deprive one of nerve, force or strength.
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Fox, Charles James （1749-1806）, English orator and statesman.
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trepidation, fear.
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We must give our thought its head, etc. Compare this to riding a horse.
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Pedantry, formalism; ostentatiousness in the presentation of knowledge.
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an Irish bull, a grotesque blunder in language; now generally applied to expressions containing apparent congruity but real incongruity of ideas.
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spontaneity, the quality, or state of acting from natural feeling, temperament or disposition, or from a native internal readiness or tendency without constraint.
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dash, animation; spirit; energy in style and action.
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blurred, dimmed with a confused appearance.
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minuteness, attention to small things or details; extreme precision.
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“school-ma’am English,” the grammatically correct but dull English of women school-teachers.Ma’am is short for madam .
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Thomas Jefferson （1743-1826）, third American president.
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grammatical rigor, exactingness in the correct use of grammar without allowance or indulgence.
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Henry Ward Beecher （1813-1887）, American preacher.
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stupefy, make dull or stupid.
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Hobbes, Thomas （1588-1679）, English philosopher.
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“State of Nature,” in Hobbes’ book “Leviathan.”
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niggardly, meanly; covetous; stingy; miserly.
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rawly, crudely.
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aggravating, making worse.
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displeasing, exciting unpleasant feelings.
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annoying, disturbing or irritating, especially by continued repeated acts.
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