words – Page 4 – The Doctor Is Out

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UMBRA

[noun]

1. shade; shadow; shadow; darkness; a dark area, especially the blackest part of a shadow from which all light is cut off.

2. the invariable or characteristic accompaniment or companion of a person or thing.

3. Astronomy: a) the complete or perfect shadow of an opague body, as a planet, where the direct light from a source of illumination is completely cut off. Compare penumbra. b) the dark central portion of a sunspot.

4. a phantom or shadowy apparition, as of someone or something not physically present; ghost; spectral image.

Etymology: from Latin umbra, “shade, shadow.”

[Pete Mohrbacher – Bezaliel, Angel of Shadow]

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FURIBUND

[adjective]

full of fury; rage; anger; choleric, irate, propense to being furious.

Etymology: originally from Latin furibundus, from furō, ‎“rave, rage” +‎ -bundus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-, ‎“to become, to grow”.

[Lenka Šimečková – Blood seed and milk]

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ACER

[adjective]

1. sharp, sour, bitter. [1]

3. keen, sagacious. [1]

3. steel. [2]

Etymology: Latin from Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós, ‎“sharp” [1].

From Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs. [2]

[Tony Sandoval – Armadurascopy]

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EXODUS

[noun]

1. a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people.

2. any mass departure.

3. the Exodus, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses.

Etymology: Greek éxodos, “a marching out, going out”, equivalent to ex-, “out of” + (h)odós, “way”.

[Michael C. Hayes – Exodus]

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VECORDIOUS

[adjective]

senseless, insane, mad; mentally deranged.

Etymology: Latin vecordia, from vecors, “senseless, foolish, mad, insane”.

[Alice Lin – The Mad Hatter]

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MELLIFEROUS

[adjective]

forming or producing honey.

Etymology: Latin mellifer, from mel (honey) + ferre (to bear).

[Bob Doucette]

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LUPINE

[adjective]

1. pertaining to or resembling the wolf.

2. related to the wolf.

3. savage; ravenous; predatory.

[noun]

4. any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family.

Etymology: from Latin lupīnus, from lupus, “wolf”.

[Mandy Tsung]

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HEMERA

[noun]

the personification of day and one of the Greek primordial deities. She is the goddess of the daytime and, according to Hesiod, the daughter of Erebus and Nyx (the goddess of night). Her husbanad is Aether, the personification of Upper Air.

Etymology: from Ancient Greek Ἡμέρα ‎(Hēméra).

[Chie Yoshii – Hemera]

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ENERGUMEN

[noun]

1. a person thought to be possessed by an evil spirit; demoniac.

2. a fanatic or zealot; faddist; wild enthusiast.

Etymology: Late Latin from Greek energoumenos – having been worked on, from energein – to be in action, from energos – effective.

[Rebecca Yanovskaya – Demon Within]

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MOUNTEBANK

[noun]

1. any charlatan or quack.

2. a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc.

Etymology: Italian montimbanco, “one who climbs on a bench”, equivalent to mont(are), “to climb”.

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