The Last Lunar Baedeker Glossary

by Mina Loy

The Last Lunar Baedeker Glossary

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Written by Lina Christoph

cornucopia

an abundance, a large amount

somnambulist

a sleepwalker

livery

in uniform, professional clothing

parvenu

newly rich, upstarter

mercurial

flaky, temperamental, volatile

enervating

exhausting, unnerving

opulent

luxurious, lavish, extravagant

antediluvian

obsolete, old-fashioned, antiquated

fulsome

excessive, extravagant

factitious

artificial, fake

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