Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Glossary

laird

a landed proprietor in Scotland

droll

dryly witty

unguent

an ointment; an oily substance for a wound

risibility

ability to laugh or be provoked to mirth

anathemas

curses

acrimony

bitterness

obstreperousness

difficulty to control; unruliness

strumpet

woman of ill-repute; prostitute

recreant

coward

reprobation

a state of damning, condemning, or rejecting

noxious

dangerous; harmful; repulsive

blackamoor

dark-skinned person

coxcomb

fool

asservations

firm statements and assertions

farrago

a random collection; a hodgepodge

approbation

approval

antipathy

strong dislike

concomitant

happening at the same time as something else is happening

anent

about; concerning

rectitude

morality

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