Raillery
1. good-humored banter or teasing repartee
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Pleonasm
1. The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
2. A superfluous word or expression.
1. The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
2. A superfluous word or expression.
June 15, 2008
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Leitmotif
1. In music drama, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label.
2. A dominant and recurring theme.
1. In music drama, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label.
2. A dominant and recurring theme.
June 14, 2008
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Lambent
1. Playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering; as, "a lambent flame; lambent shadows."
2. Softly bright or radiant; luminous; as, "a lambent light."
3. Light and brilliant; as, "a lambent style; lambent wit."
1. Playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering; as, "a lambent flame; lambent shadows."
2. Softly bright or radiant; luminous; as, "a lambent light."
3. Light and brilliant; as, "a lambent style; lambent wit."
June 10, 2008
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Vociferous
| 1. | crying out noisily; clamorous. |
| 2. | characterized by or uttered with vociferation: a vociferous manner of expression. |
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