Col: the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks;
Prelapsarian: characteristic of the time before the Fall of Man; innocent and unspoiled; y
Recherché: adjective — exotic or obscure; “a few linguistic terms are perhaps a bit recherché for the average reader.”
Purblind: having impaired or defective vision;
Debouch: verb ; emerge, from a narrow or confined space, to a wide, open area “The stream finally debouches into a silent poo.”
Apotheosis: the highest point in the development of something; culmination; climax;;
Entrepôt: a port, city or other center in which goos are brought for import/export; for collection/distribution;
Louche: disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way;
Mondegreen: a misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from a mishearing of the lyrics of a song; mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near-homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning.
Adumbrate: verb (used with object), ad·um·brat·ed, ad·um·brat·ing. to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch. to foreshadow; prefigure. to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.
torpidity: inactivity due to lethargy, lack of energy; torpor; listlessness;
vicissitudes: a change of circumstances or fortunes, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant; alternation between opposite or contrasting things (“the vicissitude of the seasons”)
mendicant: given to begging; “this great mendicant order (Dominicans);
escheated:
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