Chapter IV · Chapter 4

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A SHREWD SCHEME.

the act of giving something up

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

a quantity of no importance

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

a man who has never been married

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

(of clothing) custom-made

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

be a signal for or a symptom of

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “binding” — the capacity to attract and hold something

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “bronze” — an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “carpet” — floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

-ing form of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

entailing great loss or sacrifice

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

(of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “curtain” — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “cushion” — a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

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From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

consider bad or wrong

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

like down or as soft as down

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

move gently or carefully

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

intense or sharp

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

superlative of “fine” — being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

a man of refinement

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

highly enthusiastic

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

spin, wind, or twist together

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

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From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

-ing form of “lounge” — sit or recline comfortably

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

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From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

characterized by grandeur

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

plural of “mirror” — polished surface that forms images by reflecting light

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

a perceptual structure

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

superlative of “rare” — not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

put or confide something in a person or thing

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

past form of “reveal” — make visible

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

unrestrained merrymaking

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

superlative of “rich” — possessing material wealth

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

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From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

except for; apart from

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

an elaborate and systematic plan of action

From this reading A SHREWD SCHEME.

marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

From this reading A SHREWD SCHEME.

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From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

superlative of “soft” — yielding readily to pressure or weight

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “statuette” — a small carved or molded figure

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

not moving or operating freely

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

To perceive flavor through the mouth.

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

the feel of a surface or a fabric

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading An elegant apartment, one of a suite in a magnificent block such as are the pride of our great cities.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

plural of “vas” — a tube in which a body fluid circulates

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

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From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Such was the bachelor abode of Lucian Davlin, as the glowing gas lights revealed it on the dark night of the arrival of this gentleman in the city.

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From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

in the company of; together with

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

buildings for carrying on industrial labor

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams.

but in spite of that

From this reading Softest carpets, of most exquisite pattern; curtains of richest lace; lambrequins of costly texture; richly-embroidered and velvet-covered sleepy-hollows and lounging chairs; nothing stiff, nothing that did not betoken abandonment to ease and pleasure; downy cushions; rarest pictures; loveliest statuettes; finest bronzes; delicate vases; magnificent, full length mirrors, a bookcase, itself a rare work of art, containing the best works of the best authors, all in the richest of bindings--nothing here that the most refined and cultivated taste could disapprove, and yet everything bespoke the sybarite, the voluptuary.