Category: literary

11 entries.

• Anachronismnoun— Something placed in the wrong time period, either mistakenly or intentionally.
• Anachronisticadjective— Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
• Bucolicadjective— Relating to the countryside or an idealized rural life.
• Compendiumnoun— A concise collection or summary of information on a subject.
• Confectionverb— The action of mixing or compounding something.
• Dénouementnoun— The final resolution of a story's complications or plot.
• Deus ex Machinaphrase— Latin meaning 'god from the machine.'
• Etherealadjective— Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
• Firmamentnoun— The heavens or the sky; a sphere or world viewed as a collection of people.
• Macabreadjective— Disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury.
• Verisimilitudenoun— The appearance of being true, real, or believable.