meticulous \muh-TIK-yuh-luhs\ (adjective) - Extremely or excessively careful about details.

"Starling was an efficient housekeeper, but not a meticulous one. Her side of the duplex was clean and she could find everything,...Read More

wayworn \WAY-worn\ (adjective) - Wearied by traveling.

"And when three years had passed, Turin returned again to Menegroth; but he came from the wild, and was unkempt, and his gear and garments were wayworn." -- J.R.R. ...Read More

slugabed \SLUHG-uh-bed\ (noun) - One who stays in bed until a late hour; a sluggard.

""Don't you Auntie me, you slugabed! There's toads to be buried and stoops to be washed. Why are you never around when it's time for ...Read More

subaltern \suhb-OL-tuhrn; SUHB-uhl-tuhrn\ (adjective) - 1 : Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior. 2 : (Chiefly British) Ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain. 3 : (Logic) Asserting only a ...Read More

sublunary \suhb-LOO-nuh-ree\ (adjective) - Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly.

"They acquire sublunary bodies, just as did the fallen Watchers when they joined with the ...Read More

lackadaisical \lack-uh-DAY-zih-kuhl\ (adjective) - Lacking spirit or liveliness; showing lack of interest; languid; listless.

"Folk whose god is lazy and lackadaisical needs must do for themselves what that lazy, ...Read More