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far out collapse

raggedy collapse

meaningfulness collapse: the quality of having great value or significance

homey collapse

philology collapse

linguistics collapse: the humanistic study of language and literature; the scientific study of language

elocution collapse: an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture

uneducated collapse: not having a good education

extemporaneous collapse

not kosher collapse

not done collapse

poetic justice collapse: an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

rapping collapse

mannerism collapse

output collapse: production of a certain amount; what is produced in a given time period; the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"; to create or manufacture a specific amount; "the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running"

purple passage collapse: a passage full of ornate and flowery language

scraggly collapse: lacking neatness or order; "the old man's scraggly beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door"

bedraggled collapse: limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; "the beggar's bedraggled clothes"; "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts"; in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

terminology collapse: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

conversational collapse

lexicology collapse: the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language

semantics collapse: the study of language meaning

etymology collapse: the study of the sources and development of words; a history of a word

poise collapse: a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second; a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium; hold or carry in equilibrium; cause to be balanced or suspended; be motionless, in suspension; "The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked"

offbeat collapse

public school collapse: a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board; private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition

degage collapse: showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"; free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson

euphuism collapse: an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology; any artificially elegant style of language

grubby collapse: small sculpin of the coast of New England; infested with grubs

mordancy collapse

outgoing collapse: leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship"; "the outgoing president"

messy collapse: dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits"

verbiage collapse: overabundance of words

Bohemian collapse: a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life; a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic; unconventional in especially appearance and behavior; "a bohemian life style"; of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people

synonymy collapse: the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

tattered collapse: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"

thesaurus collapse: a book containing a classified list of synonyms

cryptography collapse: act of writing in code or cipher

down at the heel collapse

unconventional collapse: not conforming to accepted rules or standards; "her unconventional dress and hair style"; not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"

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