L'Assommoir Glossary

By Tasha Roy · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed September 28, 2021

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Written by Tasha Roy

Splendour

Elegance, majesty, magnificence

Quiescent

Latent, immobile

Epigram

Quip, proverb, sally

Benumbed

Deprived of emotion

Ostentatious

Ornate, pretentious

Melancholy

Sadness, grief-stricken

Vehemently

Forcefully, passionately

Acrimonious

Vicious, sarcastic, caustic

Abounding

Plentiful

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