Friday, May 31, 2013
mawkish
|ˈmôki sh |adjectivesentimental in a feeble or sickly way : a mawkish poem.See note at sentimental .• archaic or dialect having a faint sickly flavor : the mawkish smell of warm beer.
bathos
|ˈbāθäs|noun(esp. in a work of literature) an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.
- bathetic
hortatory
|ˈhôrtəˌtôrē|adjectivetending or aiming to exhort : the central bank relied on hortatory messages and voluntary compliance.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
compline
compline |ˈkämplin; -ˌplīn|nouna service of evening prayers forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said (or chanted) before retiring for the night.
pietism
pietism |ˈpī-iˌtizəm|nounpious sentiment, esp. of an exaggerated or affected nature.• (usu. Pietism) a 17th-century movement for the revival of piety in the Lutheran Church. [ORIGIN: from German Pietismus, from modern Latin, based on Latin pietas (see piety ).]
Saturday, May 4, 2013
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