plebeian \plih-BEE-uhn\ (adjective) - 1 : Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people. 2 : Of or pertaining to the common people. 3 : Vulgar; common; crude or coarse in nature or manner.

(noun) - 1 : One of the ...Read More

explicate \EK-spluh-kayt\ (transitive verb) - To explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity.

"When the implicate order becomes explicate, we have our reality. So am I simply in a different explicate order than my ...Read More

trencherman \TREN-chuhr-muhn\ (noun) - A hearty eater.

"You had musty victual, and he had holp to eat it. He is a very valiant trencherman; he hath an excellent stomach." -- William Shakepeare, 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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immolate \IM-uh-layt\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill as a sacrificial victim. 2 : To kill or destroy, often by fire.

"What have I gained, that I no longer immolate a bull to Jove, or ...Read More

inanition \in-uh-NISH-uhn\ (noun) - 1 : The condition or quality of being empty. 2 : Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment. 3 : Lack of vitality or spirit.

"Plainly, you are perishing of cold and inanition. But if you ...Read More

caesura \sih-ZHUR-uh; -ZUR-\ (noun) plural caesuras or caesurae \sih-ZHUR-ee; -ZUR-ee\ - 1 : A break or pause in a line of verse, usually occurring in the middle of a line, and indicated in scanning by a double vertical ...Read More