Unusual and Literary English Vocabulary
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Word | flacon |
Definition | n. A small stoppered bottle, especially one containing perfume.
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Sentence | ‘Nothing, I need nothing,’ [Anna] said to Annushka, who kept rearranging the flacons and brushes on the dressing table. |
Source | Anna Karenina, III.XV, p.288Image: By Selvejp - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3732438 |
Tags | Language::English Topic::Vocabulary |
Word | bonhomie |
Definition | n. Cheerful friendliness; geniality. |
Sentence | [in prison, Saleem] Why whence how-on-earth this good nature, this bonhomie in your passed-on whisperings? |
Source | Midnight's Children, p. 555 |
Tags | Language::English Topic::Vocabulary |
Word | abattoir |
Definition | n. A slaughterhouse. |
Sentence | A vast, low, dark shed of a building, pregnant with gloom, with all the spirit and playfulness of an abattoir, it looked like something designed in a hurry by four people working separately. |
Source | At Home, Bill Bryson |
Tags | Language::English Topic::Vocabulary |
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