Saturday, April 19, 2008

Random

Misericorde
n. ("mercy giver") medieval dagger used for the killing blow.

Rapacity
n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power.

Sunday, March 02, 2008

From American Anthropologist Vol. 109, No. 4 December 2007

eschatology
periurban


From steamfashion LJ community

anodized


From The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chestnutt

panoply/"panoplied in his own engagement"
prig


From a misspelling

adulation