Frank Bidart: Selected Poems Glossary

By Lina Christoph · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed August 14, 2020

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Written by Lina Christoph

orifice

opening, outlet, hole

fortuitous

random, by chance

berserk

enraged, crazy, maniacal

incarnate

manifested, personified

doily

napkin, towel, serviette

lucidity

clarity, transparency

bouffant

high-piled, bulky

loquacious

talkative, chatty

garrulous

gossiping, babbling

battered

beaten up

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