Definitions
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gwynhefarbantling: (n) A young or small child, a brat. (Often used depreciatively, formerly as a synonym of bastard).
éclat: (n) 1. Brilliancy, radiance, dazzling effect
2. public display, ostentation; notoriety, publicity; a public exposure, scandal, 'a scene'
mendicant: (adj) begging, given to or characterised by begging; also characteristic of a beggar.
coeval: (adj) of equal antiquity, of contemporaneous origin, going back to the same date.
optative: (adj) Grammar Having the function of expressing wish or desire (optative mood).
éclat: (n) 1. Brilliancy, radiance, dazzling effect
2. public display, ostentation; notoriety, publicity; a public exposure, scandal, 'a scene'
mendicant: (adj) begging, given to or characterised by begging; also characteristic of a beggar.
coeval: (adj) of equal antiquity, of contemporaneous origin, going back to the same date.
optative: (adj) Grammar Having the function of expressing wish or desire (optative mood).
