Word: geniality
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Genial" head-waiter at Memorial graduated a-head of his class...
ELIZABETH GOOSE no longer exists in a gross, corporeal sense; but if it be true that our immortality consists in the place which we hold in the memory of posterity, who lives more truly than this genial lady...
...absolute quiet which is so essential to the production of the best lies. But I have society - plenty of it - when I feel sociable. I am sorry to say that most of the time I am as frigid as a frozen walrus; when, however, my nature craves a more genial atmosphere, all I have to do is to step downstairs, for there are always to be found Faith, Hope, and Charity, - my landlady's daughters. I shall not describe their beauty, for you would all come rushing down here. It will be enough to say that my friend Mr. Lafarge...
After much deliberation, three adjectives have been chosen for use with the names of instructors. These three are "genial" (or "kindly"), "thorough," and "popular." The Editors believe that at least one of these will be applicable whenever a professor is spoken...