Category: English
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incarnadine
incarnadine \in-KAR-nuh-dyne or in-KAR-nuh-deen\ (adjective) 1 : having the pinkish color of flesh 2 : red; especially : bloodred 《시어》 a. 살색의(flesh-colored), 연분홍색의, 진홍색의 n. 살색, 연분홍색, 진홍색 vt. 붉게 물들이다(redden) Example sentence: The incarnadine carpet seemed to spill down the stairs and across the floor of the throne room, its deep red echoing the…
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gormandize
gormandize \GOR-mun-dyze\ (verb) : to eat greedily : 많이 먹다, 폭식하다 Example sentence: Lady Baleforth watched in horror as Lord Hoggwood gormandized the hors d’oeuvres, polishing off the entire lot before any of the other guests even arrived.
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bibelot
bibelot \BEE-buh-loh\ (noun) : a small household ornament or decorative object : trinket : (장식용) 소형 골동품; 특장(特裝)의 아주 작은 책 Example sentence: Pearl goes to the local flea market regularly in search of interesting new bibelots to add to the knickknack shelves in her home.
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marmoreal
marmoreal \mahr-MOR-ee-ul\ (adjective) : of, relating to, or suggestive of marble or a marble statue especially in coldness or aloofness 《시어》 대리석의[같은]; 매끈하고 반들반들한, 흰, 차가운 Example sentence: William surveyed Agnes with marmoreal coolness, his features rigid and disapproving.
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doppelganger
doppelganger \DAH-pul-gang-ur\ (noun) 1 : a ghostly counterpart of a living person 2 a : alter ego b : a living person who has the same name as or who closely resembles another living person 생령(生靈)(wraith) ((본인에게만 보이는)) Example sentence: In Dostoyevsky’s novel _The Double_, a clerk named Golyadkin is driven to madness by unrequited…