Witch and Wizard - James Patterson [68]
Freida Halo: Another renegade female “artist” who frequently overindulged in uncomfortable, unseemly, unattractive self-portraits, also in the Unfortunate Era, when self-portraiture went unregulated. In these more enlightened, uncomplicated times, portraiture has been wisely limited to imagery of the Council of Ones.
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cantrip (noun)
a. a magic trick or witch’s spell b. chicanery curve (noun) a. the part of a line that bends b. in graphs, a line that indicates a quantity that increases and decreases at varying quantities against which it is measured c. capitalized: in myth and legend of the previous era, a person or animal capable of entering and traveling through a passageway to another universe or dimension of existence; cf. Straight and Narrow Dickensian (adjective) denoting poverty and distress of the type that occurred before The One Who Is The One saved the Overworld erlenmeyer (noun) a person so insistent on scientific or rational explanation that he or she demonstrates social behavior generally deemed to be awkward mingus (noun) a social gathering or place notable for a lack of food, beverage, or other amenities naysayer (noun) one who opposes, denies, or is skeptical about something pukka (or pucka) (adjective) a. genuine b. first-class c. authentic to the age prior to the New Order Revolution straight and narrow (noun) a. a person who always does things the same way, a bore b. capitalized: in myth and legend of the previous era, a person or animal incapable of traveling through a passageway to another universe or dimension of existence; cf. Curvec