The Drowned World Glossary

The Drowned World Glossary

Relentless

Continuous, Incessant, Untiring (Adjective).

Colossal

Huge, Gigantic. Derived from the huge statue of Colossus of Rhodes, one of the wonders of the ancient world (Noun).

Momentous

Important, Significant, Crucial (Adjective).

Commandeer

Seize, Take, Expropriate (Verb).

Introspective

Inward-looking, Self-examining (Adjective).

Conscientious

Diligent, Industrious, Hardworking (Adjective).

Slackening

Loosening, Decelerating (Adjective).

Metamorphosis

Change, Transformation (Noun).

Fin de siècle

End of century, from French (Adjective).

Temporise

Delay, Equivocate, Procrastinate (Verb).

Implacable

Unforgiving, Unappeasable (Adjective).

Coalesced

Joined, Combined, Merged (Adjective).

Clamber

Climb, Scrabble, Scramble (Verb).

Imprecation

Curse, Malediction (Noun).

Confiscated

Seized, Taken over, Appropriated (Adjective).

Phantasmagoria

Aberration, Apparition, Illusion (Noun).

Succintly

Briefly, Tersely, Concisely (Adverb).

Ruefully

Apologetically, Penitently, Regretfully (Adverb).

Luminous

Shining, Dazzling, Radiant (Adjective). C.f. Virginia Woolf: “Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.”

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