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Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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importune

Literature; Literary terms

Importune is used to show that one begs persistently and urgently. The quote from the essay is, "I was prompted to make to a valued adviser, who was wont to importune me with the ...

noncomformist

Literature; Literary terms

The idea of nonconformity is essential to Emerson's essay. A nonconformist is literally someone who does their own thing. From the essay, "Whoso would be a man must be a ...

reliance

Literature; Literary terms

Reliance is the act of being dependent on it. The essays says, "To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking".

admonish

Literature; Literary terms

The essay states, "Man does not stand in awe of man, nor is his genius admonished to stay at home, to put itself in communication with the internal ocean, but it goes abroad to ...

neutropia

Literature; Literary terms

neutropia is neutral utopia, a form of speculative fiction not bounded by up nor down values. On Failure and Revolution in Utopian Fiction and Science Fiction of the 1960s and ...

nymphet

Parenting; Child care

a nymphet is a shy little girl, who is unaware of her surroundings, and who has no real idea about what beauty is. She is a young nymph between nine and fourteen years of age of ...

noun

Literature; Literary terms

a word that denotes somebody or something e.g. My younger sister won some money in a competition. • Common nouns refer to things, people, creatures, etc. e.g. sister, money, ...