Definition: noun one who eats foods grown locally whenever possible
Etymology: local + -vore (as in carnivore)
Quotation: “While he is steeped in all matters locavore and was a moving force behind the White House garden, Mr. Kass has no formal culinary training and has never run a restaurant or hotel kitchen.”
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Definition: adj. 1. devoted to or marked by pleasure and luxury.
Etymology: refers to the celebrated ancient Greek city of Sybaris
Quotation: “The front-drive A4 starts at just $31,525. But a stripper Audi without all-wheel-drive is like vegan bratwurst minus the mustard. In a car so focused on sybaritic style, skipping the good stuff seems beside the [...]

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Definition: noun 1: food; especially: a suspension or solution of nutrients in a state suitable for absorption
2: intellectual sustenance
3: something (as writing or speech) that is insipid, simplistic, or bland
Etymology: Latin, food, fodder; akin to Latin pascere to feed
Quotation: “Mr. Obama has the reputation of being terribly smart, and he obviously ran a great [...]

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Definition: noun insincere or foolish talk : nonsense
Etymology: Buncombe county, North Carolina; from a remark made by its congressman, who defended an irrelevant speech by claiming that he was speaking to Buncombe
Date: 1845
Quotation: “Their whole future was at stake, and the future of their wives and children; if they could win the three-shift day, [...]

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a beginner in learning; novice; amateur

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a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also: extreme egocentrism

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of, relating to, or being one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named

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1: circuit, compass 2: the bounds or limits of a place or district 3: a sphere of action, expression, or influence: scope

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agreeably stimulating to the palate; spicy

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Definition: verb to raise trivial and frivolous objection
Etymology: Latin cavillari to jest, cavil, from cavilla raillery; akin to Latin calvi to deceive
Date: 1542
Quotation: “A piquant development which I have noticed in recent years is that American visitors to Paris have acquired an admirable mastery of that useful and difficult art known as bargaining. They may [...]

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