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

Brobdingnagian \brob-ding-NAG-ee-uhn\ (adjective) - Of extraordinary size; gigantic; enormous.

"Their gravestones were simple, like granite Brobdingnagian shoe boxes, and stood in a discrete row under the branches of a ...Read More

mollify \MOL-uh-fy\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To pacify; to soothe or calm in temper or disposition. 2 : To reduce in intensity; to temper. 3 : To soften; to reduce the rigidity of.

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