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wuss
wuss
wo͝os/
informal
noun
1.
a weak or ineffectual person (often used as a general term of abuse).
verb
1.
fail to do or complete something as a result of fear or lack of confidence.
“she’ll probably wuss out because she fears my mighty bowling prowess”
Bequeath
be·queath
bəˈkwēT͟H,bəˈkwiTH/
verb
leave (a personal estate or one’s body) to a person or other beneficiary by a will.
“an identical sum was bequeathed by Margaret”
synonyms: leave to, leave in one’s will to, hand on/down to, will to, make over to, pass on to, entrust to, grant to, transfer to; More
pass (something) on or leave (something) to someone else.
“he is ditching the unpopular policies bequeathed to him”
synonyms: leave to, leave in one’s will to, hand on/down to, will to, make over to, pass on to, entrust to, grant to, transfer to; donate to, give to; endow on, bestow on, confer on; demise to, devise to, convey to
“I bequeath the northern campgrounds to the Yellow Birch Fishing Club”
Homburg
hom·burg
ˈhämbərɡ/
noun
noun: homburg; plural noun: homburgs
a man’s felt hat having a narrow curled brim and a tapered crown with a lengthwise indentation.
Origin
late 19th century: named after Homburg, a town in western Germany, where such hats were first worn
Gaunt
gaunt
ɡônt/
adjective
adjective: gaunt; comparative adjective: gaunter; superlative adjective: gauntest
(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.
synonyms: haggard, drawn, thin, lean, skinny, spindly, spare, bony, angular, rawboned, pinched, hollow-cheeked, scrawny, scraggy, as thin as a rail, cadaverous, skeletal, emaciated, skin-and-bones; More
wasted, withered, etiolated;
informalanorexic, (looking) like a bag of bones;
datedspindle-shanked
“a gaunt, graying man”
antonyms: plump
(of a building or place) grim or desolate in appearance.
synonyms: bleak, stark, desolate, bare, gloomy, dismal, somber, grim, stern, harsh, forbidding, uninviting, cheerless
“the gaunt ruin of the dark tower”
