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Word: amorist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other lifted in perpetual satire, as if stretched in infancy by an enormous monocle; Lord Hovenden who, for all his 21 years, pronounced the "th" in "thingumabob" as a "v," but had a 'wonderful physique and a motor car; Mr. Calamy, 'by inclination a minor prophet, by fate an amorist, whose talent for meditation incessantly scuffled with his genius for seduction; Falx, Guild Socialist, who was amazed and deeply shocked at the characters, at the conversations of these people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barren Leaves | 2/2/1925 | See Source »

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