katzenjammer
noun
1. uneasiness; anguish; distress.
2. the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
Quotes
The long summer spells of quiet are very good for me and at times I have been in a most excellent state of spontaneity, but nothing has survived the subsequent katzenjammer.
-Wallace Stevens to Harriet Monroe, August 24, 1922, Letters of Wallace Stevens, 1966
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vivacious
(adv)
:happy and lively in a way that is attractive
:lively in temper, conduct or spirit
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flout
transitive verb
: to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn <flouting the rules>
intransitive verb
: to indulge in scornful behavior
Flouter noun
3. mansuetude
noun
1. mildness; gentleness:
You are safe, dear old man, you are safe, temporarily, in the mansuetude of our care, Julie said.
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myrmidon
noun
1. a person who executes without question or scruple a master's commands.
2. Classical Mythology. (initial capital letter) one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.
Quotes
... you order me to do that; you order me to do everything, but the time's past when I obeyed you like a Myrmidon.
-- Booth Tarkington, Women, 1925