Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2012/April

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covenstead n

(Wicca) A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location. (Wicca) A Wiccan congregation

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pink slime n

(paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper. (informal) A meat byproduct produced from otherwise unusable material such as skin and connective tissue, spinal bones, and digestive tissue by heating and then mixing with ammonia in a centrifuge to produce a food additive

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eschatology n

(countable) System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death. (uncountable) The study of the end times — the end of the world, notably in Christian theology the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse or the Last Judgment

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debauch v

(transitive) To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce. (transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something)

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handsy adj

(informal) Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially inappropriately. (golf) Moving the hands and wrists excessively when making a stroke or swing

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nulla pœna sine lege phrase

(law) The principle that a person shall receive no punishment unless he has committed an offence as explicitly defined in a law

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vexatious adj

Causing vexation, annoyance, trouble, or the like; teasing; annoying; troublesome. Full of trouble or disquiet; harassed; distressed; annoyed; vexed

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