The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering Glossary

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Ponderous

Heavy, clumsy

Prostrating

Measuring one's length

Tumult

Uproar, racket, commotion

Vouchsafe

Stoop, grant

Murmured

mumbled, spoke in low tone

Farceur

A comedian

Languorous

Inactive and pleasurable kind

Quadroon

One quarter African in descent

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