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duumvirate doo-UHM-vur-it noun a two person partnership; a government body comprised of two persons 1863Thomas D'Arcy McGeeA Popular History of IrelandHe dwells on the peculation and extravagance of the administration, under 'the Duumvirate' of the Viceroy and the Primate, which he compares with the league of Strafford and Laud.1908Edward Harper ParkerAncient China SimplifiedThe year 842 B.C. may be considered the first accurate date in Chinese history, and in this year the Emperor had to flee from his capital on account of popular dissatisfaction with his tyrannical ways: he betook himself northward to an outlying settlement on the Tartar frontier, and the charge of imperial affairs was taken over by a regency or duumvirate.1922James JoyceUlyssesOf what did the duumvirate deliberate during their itinerary?Labels: Edward Harper Parker, James Joyce, Thomas D'Arcy McGee
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gimcrack JIM-krak noun, adjective a flashy object of little or no value; a flashy object with no practical use 1868Edward S. EllisThe Huge HunterNo, I see how it works; them 'ere thingumbobs and gimcracks do it all.'1922James JoyceUlysses...she broke off the hand off that little gimcrack statue with her roughness…1954Aldous HuxleyThe Doors of PerceptionThis suffocating interior of a dime-store ship was my own personal self; these gimcrack mobiles of tin and plastic were my personal contributions to the universe.1962Ian FlemingThe Spy Who Loved Me...I was very happy to be back in it after my brief taste of the rackety round of Chelsea pubs and gimcrack journalism…Labels: Aldous Huxley, Edward S. Ellis, Ian Fleming, James Joyce
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succubitus felix suhk-yuh-BIT-uhs FA-liks noun assisting in happiness; aiding in good fortune 1922James JoyceUlyssesThis would be tantamount to a cooperation…between the nisus formativus of the nemasperm on the one hand and on the other a happily chosen position, succubitus felix of the passive element.Labels: James Joyce
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clapperclaw KLA-pur-klaw verb to swipe at or claw with nails 1778Fanny BurneyEvelina'Ay, do,' said the Captain; 'and I'll be second to my friend, Monseer Clapperclaw here. Come to it at once!-tooth and nail!'1848William Makepeace ThackerayThe Book of SnobsI have the following story from my noble friend Lady Clapperclaw herself.1939James JoyceFinnegans WakeTugbag is Baggut's, when a crispin sokolist besoops juts kamps or clapperclaws an irvingite offthedocks.Labels: Fanny Burney, James Joyce, William Makepeace Thackeray
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magniloquent mag-NI-luh-kwuhnt adjective bombastic and pompous speech; boastful 1851Herman MelvilleMoby DickThough in many natural objects, whiteness refiningly enhances beauty, as if imparting some special virtue of its own, as in marbles, japonicas, and pearls; and though various nations have in some way recognised a certain royal preeminence in this hue; even the barbaric, grand old kings of Pegu placing the title 'Lord of the White Elephants' above all their other magniloquent ascriptions of dominion…1866Bryan Waller ProctorCharles LambLamb's verses were always good, steady, and firm, and void of those magniloquent commonplaces which so clearly betray the immature writer.1914James JoyceDublinersHe was a suave, elderly man who balanced his imposing body, when at rest, upon a large silk umbrella. His magniloquent western name was the moral umbrella upon which he balanced the fine problem of his finances. He was widely respected.1922Ramsay MuirThe Expansion of EuropeAn impressionable, domineering and magniloquent prince, inflated by the hereditary self-assurance of the Hohenzollerns, and sharing to the full the modern German belief in German superiority and in Germany's imperial destiny, William II. became the spokesman and leader of an almost insanely megalomaniac, but terribly formidable nation.Labels: Bryan Waller Proctor, Herman Melville, James Joyce, Ramsay Muir
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jannock jan-AWK adjective honest 1922James JoyceUlyssesWha gev ye thon colt? Pal to pal. Jannock.Labels: James Joyce
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