The Barber of Seville Glossary

The Barber of Seville Glossary

Grandee

An honorific title attributed to Spanish aristocratic nobilities.

Lattice

Grid, Network, Mesh (Noun).

Acquaintance

Familiarity, Closeness, Connection (Noun).

Antithesis

The negation of thesis, Inverse thesis. Used in Hegelian philosophy (Noun).

Infallible

Flawless, Unfailing, Someone who never makes mistakes (Adjective).

Galicians

Ethnic people who historically inhabited Galicia in the Iberian peninsula.

Catalans

Ethnic people from Catalonia in Spain.

Auvergnats

People speaking the Auvergnat dialect of French, or hailing from the province of Auvergne in France.

Incompatible

Ill-matched, Irreconcilable (Adjective).

Disreputable

Scandalous, Infamous, Notorious (Adjective).

Dissolute

Self-indulgent, Debauched, Decadent (Adjective).

Parasite

Metaphorically, a person who depends on another person for a living. In evolutionary biology, parasites are orgasms that live on another orgasm, deriving nutrition from it.

Inoculation

Vaccination, Immunization (Noun).

Sniveling

Grumbling, Complaining, Grousing (Adjective).

Infatuated

Besotted, Love-struck (Adjective).

Apothecary

A chemist, who prepares medicines (Noun).

Ministration

Treatment, Care, Aid (Noun).

Lancet

A kind of surgical knife.

Gratis

Free of charge, At no cost (Adverb).

Complimentary

Gratis, Something offered as a gift or token of appreciation (Adjective).

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