Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain"

Christian Kiefer (United States of America)
Words encountered whilst reading Mann's "Der Zauberberg." Some common (pectoral) but used in an odd or interesting way. There are several words as well that do not presently appear in the Visual Thesaurus, amongst them bienseance, phthisical, and diapositive. These are from the Lowe-Porter translation.
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words only definitions & notes
  1. wroth
    intensely angry or incensed
  2. animadversion
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  3. Kirghiz
    a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
  4. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  5. gammon
    meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
  6. chilblains
    inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture
  7. pectoral
    of or relating to the chest or thorax
  8. febrile
    of or relating to or characterized by fever
  9. obviate
    do away with
  10. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  11. felicity
    pleasing and appropriate manner or style
  12. folderol
    nonsense or foolishness
  13. ensorcelled
    under or as if under a spell
  14. lanugo
    the fine downy hair covering a human fetus
  15. fructification
    the bearing of fruit
  16. vermiform
    resembling a worm by being long, thin, and cylindrical
  17. importunately
    in a beseeching manner
  18. cachinnation
    loud convulsive laughter
  19. bedizen
    decorate tastelessly
Created on Wed Jan 13 23:55:38 EST 2010 (updated Sat Jan 16 14:36:22 EST 2010)

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