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  • of or like a chasm.

    December 7, 2011

  • I opine: as tired and threadbare as this word may be for English users, it practices and professes too much power to be ignored as one of the crown jewels of the current language. That being said, I'd personally like to make less use of it.

    December 5, 2011

  • also, "the name given to luminiferous ether (æther) by Theosophists Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater in their book Occult Chemistry (1919)." — Answers.com

    October 3, 2011

  • Used, at least, in the Playstation 2 game Final Fantasy XII to refer to an impenetrable magic shield.

    July 25, 2011

  • I've always felt this word was too pretentious. This may only be because I hate the sound of it.

    July 10, 2011

  • softening or soothing of the skin; attempted avoidance of confrontation or anger; pacification.

    February 15, 2011

  • (also Engur) the entity/deity of freshwater.

    November 20, 2010

  • the word has quite a geometric feel.

    August 22, 2010

  • ha! i'm surprised to've been the first to add it. and yes, loup is indeed fantastic; it hadn't occurred to me to even look that up!

    August 21, 2010

  • i'm forced to be a sort of fanboy to this word.

    August 10, 2010

  • German: twilight glow.

    August 1, 2010

  • |psychology| a commonly used phrase, sometimes passing as folk wisdom, used to quell cognitive dissonance.

    July 30, 2010