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m_f@midwest.socialEnglish · 8 days ago

The Origin of Vermillion

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The Origin of Vermillion

m_f@midwest.socialEnglish · 8 days ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 14 days ago

mortal coil

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mortal coil

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 14 days ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 18 days ago

pareidolia

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pareidolia

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 18 days ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 26 days ago

Chippy

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Chippy

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 26 days ago

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m_f@midwest.socialEnglish · 28 days ago

Jizz

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Jizz

m_f@midwest.socialEnglish · 28 days ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 29 days ago

Pastiche

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Pastiche

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 29 days ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 29 days ago

Cum

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Cum

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 29 days ago

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m_f@midwest.socialEnglish · 28 days ago

Jitney

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Jitney

m_f@midwest.socialEnglish · 28 days ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 month ago

Paragon

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Paragon

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 1 month ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 2 months ago

Epithet

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Epithet

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 2 months ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 2 months ago

Scion

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Scion

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 2 months ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 4 months ago

Interregnum, Hemimillenial, Lemmatization

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Interregnum, Hemimillenial, Lemmatization

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 4 months ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 4 months ago

Effulgence, Quonset, Spurious, Hagridden, (The Life Watch, by Lester del Rey 1954 Sci Fi - Project Gutenberg - inc. story)

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Effulgence, Quonset, Spurious, Hagridden, (The Life Watch, by Lester del Rey 1954 Sci Fi - Project Gutenberg - inc. story)

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 4 months ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 29 days ago

Spesious, Eristic, Disputatious, Ad Hominem, Interlocutor

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Spesious, Eristic, Disputatious, Ad Hominem, Interlocutor

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 29 days ago

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Jake [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months ago

Aberration, Careworn, Placid, Effete, Phenomenology, Quale, Writ large

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Aberration, Careworn, Placid, Effete, Phenomenology, Quale, Writ large

Jake [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 months ago

Couch, Irascible, Shirking, Diffident, Obsequious, Humdrum

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Couch, Irascible, Shirking, Diffident, Obsequious, Humdrum

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 months ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 months ago

The Enneadic Decaplet Gradus of an Adventitious Lexicomane

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The Enneadic Decaplet Gradus of an Adventitious Lexicomane

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 months ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 months ago

Cliquiness, Intransigence, Conforaneous, Colloquy, Grandiloquent

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Cliquiness, Intransigence, Conforaneous, Colloquy, Grandiloquent

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 months ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 months ago

Gerontocracy, Winnowing, Rueful, Onerous, Copse

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Gerontocracy, Winnowing, Rueful, Onerous, Copse

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 months ago

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j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 months ago

Chary, Simulacra, Apoplectic, Susurration

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Chary, Simulacra, Apoplectic, Susurration

j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 8 months ago

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wotd@lemmy.world

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