| Opus | > work |
Flatus | > intestinal gas |
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perfervid | > extremely fervid, intensely enthusiastic |
sesquipedalianism | > use of big words (lit. use of words-and-a-half) |
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polysyllabic | |
periphrasticism | > roundabout speech |
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prolonged | |
profligate | > recklessly prodigal, extravagant |
prolix | > extended to unnecessary or tedious length, long and wordy |
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(prologue to | |
prepens'd | > prepensed: premeditated, aforethought. |
litotes?) | > litotes: understatement, esp. affirmation by
negation of the contrary, from Gr. LITOTES, simplicity |
as this | |
poetaster | > petty poet |
frolics, | |
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O libation | > pouring forth, usually of wine in honor of a diety |
of verbiage! | |
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O licentious | |
persiflage! | > banter, flippancy |
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O laud | > O praise, honor |
exculpatory | > that tending to free from the charge of fault or crime |
tutelage! | > guardianship, state of being tutored |
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-- that such | |
divagation | > digression in speech |
might ready | |
this hoot: | |
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"TOOTLE!" | > tootle: a frequentative of toot |
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-- a | |
frequentative | > a word denoting the frequent repetition of an action expressed by another word, from which it is derived |
of "toot". | |
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