Of a person, reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little. (NOA)
Habitually untalkative. Characterized by reserve or a lack of expression. (AHD)
Habitually silent, reserved, or uncommunicative; not inclined to conversation. (CDC)
Saying little; quiet and uncommunicative. (CHM)
Tending not to speak much. Usually speaking very little. (CD)
Tending to be quiet; not speaking frequently. (BD)
Temperamentally disinclined to talk. (MW)
Habitually reserved and uncommunicative. The word itself refers to the trait of reticence, of seeming aloof and uncommunicative. A taciturn person might be snobby, naturally quiet, or just shy. (VC)
Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. Silent has reference to the act; taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn may now and then make an effort at conversation. (WUD)
Characterized by silence or disinclination to conversation; reserved in speech; saying little; uncommunicative. (OED)
See: laconic, pauciloquent
See: laconic, pauciloquent
Arabic
In Islam, concealment and dissimulation; concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense. (Greg Davis, Islam 101, JihadWatch.org)
The principle of practicing the dissimulation of outward conformity permitted Muslims in a hostile or persecuting non-Muslim environment for the sake of their personal safety. (MW)
In Islam, concealment and dissimulation; concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense. (Greg Davis, Islam 101, JihadWatch.org)
The principle of practicing the dissimulation of outward conformity permitted Muslims in a hostile or persecuting non-Muslim environment for the sake of their personal safety. (MW)
The practice of denying one's religion, permissible when one is faced with persecution; regarded as a means of protecting the religion. (CDC)
In Islam, the practice of concealing one’s belief and foregoing ordinary religious duties when under threat of death or injury. Defies easy translation; English renderings such as precautionary dissimulation or prudent fear partly convey the term’s meaning of self-protection in the face of danger to oneself or, by extension and depending upon the circumstances, to one’s fellow Muslims. Thus, taqiyyah may be used for either the protection of an individual or the protection of a community. (EB)
A trifling lie; nonsense; twaddle. (CDC)
A petty falsehood; a fib. Silly pretentious speech or writing; twaddle. (AHD)
A lie, typically one considered harmless or trivial; a fib. Pretentious or empty talk; senseless, unproductive activity; nonsense. (OED)
See: Note on Terms for Describing Nonsense
tarmacadam (noun)§
Tarmac: Material used for surfacing roads or other outdoor areas, consisting of crushed rock mixed with tar. (NOA)
A pavement constructed by spraying or pouring a tar binder over layers of crushed stone and then rolling. A material of tar and aggregates mixed in a plant and shaped on the roadway. (MW)
tarmacadam (noun)§
Tarmac: Material used for surfacing roads or other outdoor areas, consisting of crushed rock mixed with tar. (NOA)
A pavement constructed by spraying or pouring a tar binder over layers of crushed stone and then rolling. A material of tar and aggregates mixed in a plant and shaped on the roadway. (MW)
A pavement consisting of layers of crushed stone with a tar binder pressed to a smooth surface. (AHD)
Trademark a mixture of small stones bound together with tar, used to make road surfaces, etc. Often shortened to tarmac. (CHM)
A mixture of small broken stones and a tar or asphalt binder, used to pave roads. A paving material consisting of coarse crushed stone covered with a mixture of tar and bitumen. (CDC)
A mixed material for making roads, consisting of some kind of broken stone or ironstone slag in a matrix of tar alone, or of tar with some mixture of pitch or creosote. (OED)
A brand name (Tarmac, trademark in the UK) for a black material used for building roads, etc., that consists of tar mixed with small stones, or an area covered with this material. (CD)
tarmacadamed (verb and adjective): (OED)
tarry (verb)§
To delay or be tardy in beginning or doing anything, especially in coming or going; to wait before doing something; to linger, loiter. (OED)
Note: Tar + Macadam (John Loudon McAdam, 1756-1836, Scottish engineer, who developed method for covering roads). Today, the term tarmac seems to be used exclusively for the paved surfaces around an airport. I remember reading in a Colin Dexter novel about a tarmacadamed car park (parking lot). But surely Dexter was being intentionally quaint. Even airports do not extend the use of tarmac to parking lots.
tarry (verb)§
To delay or be tardy in beginning or doing anything, especially in coming or going; to wait before doing something; to linger, loiter. (OED)
Stay longer than intended; delay leaving a place. (NOA)
To be slow in going; to stay somewhere; linger. (BD)
To linger or stay in a place. To be slow or late in coming, doing something, etc. (CHM)
To delay or be tardy in acting or doing. To linger in expectation; wait. (MW)
To stay somewhere for longer than expected and delay leaving. To stay somewhere longer than you should. (CD)
Leave slowly and hesitantly. Stay longer than you should. To tarry is to linger and take your time leaving. When people tarry they stick around and take a long time to depart, sometimes lurking or loitering, or sometimes enjoying each other's company. Tarry can also mean to hang around a place without purpose. (VC)
To delay in coming or going; linger. To remain temporarily or briefly. To wait or stay. (CDC)
To stay; to continue in a place. To delay; to be long in coming. (JDO)
To stay or remain behind; to wait. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter. (WUD)
See: dally, dawdle, dillydally, lollygag
See: dally, dawdle, dillydally, lollygag
See: Note on Terms Describing Wasteful Use of Time
tattoo (noun)§
tattoo (1 of 2)
An evening drum or bugle signal recalling soldiers to their quarters. (NOA)
A call sounded shortly before taps as notice to go to quarters. (MW)
A signal sounded on a drum or bugle to summon soldiers or sailors to their quarters at night. (AHD)
A signal by drum or bugle calling soldiers to quarters, especially in the evening. (CHM)
The beat of drum by which soldiers are warned to their quarters. (JDO)
A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp. (WUD)
A signal made, by beat of drum or bugle call, in the evening, for soldiers to repair to their quarters in garrison or tents in camp. (OED)
tattoo (2 of 2)
Chiefly British
An entertainment consisting of music, marching, and the performance of displays and exercises by military personnel. (NOA)
A display of military exercises and music offered as evening entertainment. (AHD)
Outdoor military exercise given by troops as evening entertainment. (MW)
An outside show, with several military performances especially of marching and music. (CD)
An outdoor performance in the evening with music and marching by members of the military. (BD)
An outdoor military entertainment with marching troops, military bands, etc., usually given in the evening. (CHM)
A military entertainment consisting of an elaboration of the tattoo by extra music and performance of exercises by troops, generally at night and by torch or other artificial light. (OED)
temerity (noun)§
Unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition; rashness, recklessness. A rash or reckless act. (MW)
Rashness or boldness. (CDC)
Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity. (NOA)
Excessive boldness or rashness; foolhardiness or recklessness. (AHD)
A willingness to do or say something that shocks or upsets other people. (CD)
Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity. (NOA)
Excessive boldness or rashness; foolhardiness or recklessness. (AHD)
A willingness to do or say something that shocks or upsets other people. (CD)
Rashness or boldness; an unreasonable lack of fear. (CHM)
The quality of being confident and unafraid of danger or punishment especially in a way that seems rude or foolish. (BD)
Fearless daring. The quality of being unafraid of danger or punishment. Someone who has the temerity to do something is usually considered to be bold in a foolish way. (VC)
Fearless daring. The quality of being unafraid of danger or punishment. Someone who has the temerity to do something is usually considered to be bold in a foolish way. (VC)
Rashness; unreasonable contempt of danger. (JDO)
Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness. WUD adds an interesting comparison to rashness: We show temerity in hasty decisions, and the conduct to which they lead. We show rashness in particular actions, as dictated by sudden impulse. It is an exhibition of temerity to approach the verge of a precipice; it is an act of rashness to jump into a river without being able to swim. Temerity, then, is an unreasonable contempt of danger; rashness is a rushing into danger from thoughtlessness or excited feeling. (WUD)
Excessive boldness; rashness; foolhardiness, recklessness. An act or instance of rashness. (OED)
Note: So using WUD comparison above, he showed temerity by ignoring the court's gag order and speaking to the press. But he rashly shouted at the witness in open court.
tetchy (adjective)§
tetchy (adjective)§
Peevish; testy. (AHD)
Easily irritated or annoyed. (VC)
Becoming angry or annoyed easily. (BD)
Irritably or peevishly sensitive; touchy. (MW)
Easily made angry, unhappy, or upset. (CD)
Being or inclined to be cross, irritable, or touchy. (CDC)
Froward; peevish. (JDO)
Easily irritated or made angry; quick to take offense; short-tempered; peevish, irritable; testy. (OED)
tetchiness (noun)
tetchily (adverb)
timorous (adjective)§
tetchiness (noun)
tetchily (adverb)
timorous (adjective)§
Full of apprehensiveness; timid. (AHD)
Easily frightened; fearful. (BD)
Very timid; frightened. (CHM)
Nervous and without much confidence. (CD)
Fearful or timid. Indicating fear or timidity. (CDC)
Timid by nature or revealing timidity; shy. (VC)
Of a timid disposition; fearful. Expressing or suggesting timidity. (MW)
Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence. (NOA)
Fearful; full of fear and scruple (doubt). (JDO)
Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. (WUD)
Full of or affected by fear, either for the time or habitually; fearful. Feeling fear; frightened, apprehensive, afraid. Subject to fear; of a fearing disposition; easily frightened; timid. Indicating or proceeding from fear; characterized by timidity. Also figurative. (OED)
timorously (adverb)
tipple (verb and noun)§
verb
tipple (verb and noun)§
verb
Drink moderately but regularly. (VC)
To drink alcohol. (BD)
Drink alcohol, especially habitually. (NOA)
To drink liquor especially by habit or to excess. To drink liquor especially continuously in small amounts. (MW)
Drink moderately but regularly. (VC)
To drink alcohol regularly, especially in relatively small amounts. (CHM)
To drink (alcoholic liquor) or engage in such drinking, especially habitually or to excess. (AHD)
To drink in luxury or excess. (JDO)
To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkenness. To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess. (WUD)
To drink of intoxicating liquor: in earlier use, to drink freely or hard; to booze; now especially, to indulge habitually to some excess in taking strong drink. To drink intoxicating liquor, especially to take, drink, constantly in small quantities. (OED)
noun
An alcoholic drink. (BD)
Alcoholic liquor. (AHD)
A serving of drink, usually alcoholic, drawn from a keg. (VC)
Drink; liquor. (JDO)
Liquor taken in tippling; drink. (WUD)
Drink, liquor for drinking; especially strong drink. (OED)
tontine (noun)§
tontine (noun)§
An annuity shared by subscribers to a loan or common fund, the shares increasing as subscribers die until the last survivor enjoys the whole income. (NOA)
Grok: A financial arrangement where a group of participants pool their money together, and the funds are invested to generate returns. As the participants pass away over time, the shares of the deceased are redistributed among the surviving members, increasing their individual payouts. The last surviving member of the group eventually receives the entire remaining pool of funds. Historically, tontines were used as a way to raise capital and provide income, particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries, though they’ve largely fallen out of use today due to legal and ethical concerns. Think of it like a morbid twist on a retirement plan, your reward grows as others drop out of the game. (Grok)
A joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others. (MW)
An annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant. (VC)
A fund to which a group of persons contribute, the benefits ultimately accruing to the last survivor or to those surviving after a specified time. The subscribers to such a fund, collectively. The total fund or the share of each subscriber. Any annuity or insurance system of this kind. (CDC)
An annuity scheme in which several subscribers share a common fund, with their individual benefits increasing as members die until only one member is left alive and receives everything, or until a specified date at which the proceeds will be shared amongst the survivors. (CHM)
An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance. (WUD)
A financial scheme by which the subscribers to a loan or common fund receive each an annuity during his or her life, which increases as their number is diminished by death, till the last survivor enjoys the whole income; also applied to the share or right of each subscriber. First introduced in France as a method of raising government loans. Afterwards tontines were formed for building houses, hotels, baths, etc. (OED)
Adjective: Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a tontine. (OED)
torpor (noun)§
Apathy, dullness. (MW)
A state of a physical or mental inactivity; lethargy. (NOA)
A state of not being active and having very little energy. (BD)
A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility. Lethargy; apathy. (AHD)
The state of not being active and having no energy or enthusiasm. (CD)
Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy. A state of mental and physical inactivity. (VC)
The state of being torpid (sluggish and dull; unenergetic; unable to move or feel; numb). (CHM)
Dullness; numbness; inability to move; dulness of sensation. (JDO)
Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties. (WUD)
Absence or suspension of motive power, activity, or feeling; inertia; suspended animation or development. Intellectual or spiritual lethargy; apathy, listlessness; dullness; indifference. (OED)
Note: I found this term in the comments to a WSJ article on French elections.
Note: I found this term in the comments to a WSJ article on French elections.
Comment: Poor guy has been trying to roust the permanently socialist French from their catatonic torpor. It is a tough climb for any leader in France unless they also go with the socialist flow and then things are easy. Just up the anesthesia for a deeper sleep, and everything will be just fine. Mother France will keep you cozy and comfortably numb. Fred R (@FredR273)
I like catatonic torpor and maybe noetic torpor.
To make false or malicious statements about (someone) in order to cause humiliation or disgrace. (AHD)
To tell lies about someone; slander. (BD)
To say or write unpleasant things about someone or something; to malign or misrepresent them. (CHM)
Speak unfavorably about. To badmouth someone or something. (VC)
To strongly criticize someone, especially in a way that harms their reputation. (CD)
Speak badly of or tell lies about someone so as to damage their reputation. (NOA)
To censure; to condemn; to represent as blameable; to calumniate; to decry. (JDO)
Speak badly of or tell lies about someone so as to damage their reputation. (NOA)
To censure; to condemn; to represent as blameable; to calumniate; to decry. (JDO)
To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame. (WUD)
To speak ill of, falsely or maliciously; to defame, malign, vilify, slander; to blame, censure. To expose to contempt; to bring discredit upon; to dishonor, disgrace.
To falsely or maliciously speak of as; to falsely or maliciously blame for, accuse of. (OED)
traducement (noun)
See: calumny
Tragedy of the Commons (economic theory)§
A term used to describe a situation in a shared-resource system where individual users acting independently according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action. The concept and phrase originated in an essay written in 1833 by the British economist William Forster Lloyd, who used a hypothetical example of the effects of unregulated grazing on common land, also known as a common, in the British Isles. The concept became widely known over a century later due to an article written by the American ecologist and philosopher Garrett Hardin in 1968. In this modern economic context, commons is taken to mean any shared and unregulated resource such as atmosphere, oceans, rivers, fish stocks, or even an office refrigerator. (Wikipedia)
Tragedy of the Commons (economic theory)§
A term used to describe a situation in a shared-resource system where individual users acting independently according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action. The concept and phrase originated in an essay written in 1833 by the British economist William Forster Lloyd, who used a hypothetical example of the effects of unregulated grazing on common land, also known as a common, in the British Isles. The concept became widely known over a century later due to an article written by the American ecologist and philosopher Garrett Hardin in 1968. In this modern economic context, commons is taken to mean any shared and unregulated resource such as atmosphere, oceans, rivers, fish stocks, or even an office refrigerator. (Wikipedia)
The tendency of a publicly available resource to be overused, because individual users do not bear the full cost of their use, which is instead shared by everybody. This is a particular problem when a resource, such as an ocean fishery, is not in the jurisdiction of a single government. (Alan Deardorff)
The depletion or degradation of a finite shared resource by individuals according to their interest, contrary to the long-term interests of the whole community; an instance of this. (OED)
Links to Hardin's original 1968 article: Here and here.
Note: At the end of the day, the earth itself is our ultimate common.
tranche (noun)§
A portion of something, especially money. (NOA)
Note: At the end of the day, the earth itself is our ultimate common.
tranche (noun)§
A portion of something, especially money. (NOA)
A division or portion of a pool or whole. Tranche emerged in the English language in the late 19th century to describe financial appropriations. (MW)
A portion of something, especially money. (VC)
Part of a larger sum of money or collection of shares. (LDOCE)
A portion of a total, especially of a block of assets such as cash or securities. (AHD)
One of several parts of a financial arrangement, payment, amount, etc. One of the parts into which a particular financial arrangement, payment, investment, etc. is divided. (CD)
A portion or installment, especially of a loan or share issue. A portion of a type of financial instrument that is divided into risk classes. (CDC)
A portion or installment, especially of a loan or share issue. A portion of a type of financial instrument that is divided into risk classes. (CDC)
A cutting, a cut; a piece cut off, a slice. Especially in economics, an installment of a loan, a quota, a block of bonds or stock. (OED)
treacle or black treacle (noun)§
Chiefly British
treacle or black treacle (noun)§
Chiefly British
A blend of molasses, invert sugar (a mixture of glucose and fructose), and corn syrup, used as syrup. Something, such as a tone of voice heavily sweet and cloying. (MW)
A thick, sticky dark syrup made from partly refined sugar; molasses. Cloying sentimentality or flattery. (NOA)
A thick, sticky dark syrup made from partly refined sugar; molasses. Cloying sentimentality or flattery. (NOA)
A sweet, dark, thick liquid that is used in cooking sweet dishes and sweets. (CD)
A blend of molasses, sugar, and corn syrup. Something that is annoying because it is too sentimental. (BD)
A thick, sweet, sticky liquid that is obtained when sugar is processed. It is used in making cakes and puddings. Also called black treacle. A dark viscous syrup obtained during the refining of sugar. Another name for golden syrup. A mild mixture of molasses, corn syrup, etc., used in cooking or as a table syrup. Anything sweet and cloying. Contrived or unrestrained sentimentality. (CDC)
The thick dark sticky liquid that remains after the crystallization and removal of sugar from extracts of sugar-cane or sugar-beet. Anything that is overly sweet, cloying, sentimental, etc. (CHM)
Melasses. (JDO)
Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses. In the United States molasses is the common name; in England, treacle. (WUD)
The uncrystallized syrup produced in the process of refining sugar; also sometimes extended to the uncrystallizable syrup that drains from raw sugar. Figuratively as, something sweet or clogging; especially complimentary laudation, blandishment. (OED)
Difference with molasses: Both have a deep, aromatic flavor that adds a unique finish to food and drink recipes, but they are subtly different, with treacle tending to be a sweeter product that has less of a bitter profile than molasses. Compared to treacle, molasses is thicker in consistency and darker in color. (Ragus.co.uk)
Note: While the modern products may be technically different, I think they are close enough to say that treacle is a British form of molasses.
tripe (noun)§
tripe (noun)§
Nonsense; rubbish. (NOA)
Nonsense; rubbish. (CHM)
Something poor, worthless, or offensive. (MW)
Something of no value; rubbish. (AHD)
Ideas, suggestions, or writing that are stupid, silly, or have little value. (CD)
Something of no value; rubbish. (AHD)
Ideas, suggestions, or writing that are stupid, silly, or have little value. (CD)
Something that is worthless, unimportant, or of poor quality. (BD)
Something someone says or writes that is stupid or untrue. (LDOCE)
Nonsensical talk or writing. Any nonsense or rubbish, particularly if it's written or spoken. (VC)
Nonsensical talk or writing. Any nonsense or rubbish, particularly if it's written or spoken. (VC)
You refer to something that someone has said or written as tripe when you think that it is silly and worthless. Something silly; rubbish. Anything worthless, offensive, etc.; nonsense. Something, especially speech or writing, that is false or worthless. (CDC)
Figuratively, now applied especially to artistic work, opinions, conversation, or the like, worthless stuff, rubbish. Worthless, rubbishy, trashy. (OED)
See: balderdash, drivel, guff, malarkey, piffle, taradiddle
See: Note on Terms for Describing Nonsense
trope (noun)§
A recurring theme or idea. A common, often conventional, theme, motif, style, etc. (CDC)
A common or overused theme or device; cliche; motif. (MW)
A significant or recurrent theme; a motif. (NOA)
A common or overused theme or device; cliche; motif. (MW)
A significant or recurrent theme; a motif. (NOA)
Something such as an idea, phrase, or image that is often used in a particular artist's work, in a particular type of art, in the media, etc. (CD)
A theme, motif, plot, or literary device that commonly recurs within a genre or work of fiction, especially when considered clichéd. An often recurring idea or image. (AHD)
A common or clichéd plot device, idea, or theme in a creative work. Used to describe a convention that you can easily recognize and understand because you have seen it so often. (VC)
Grok: A recurring motif, theme, archetype, narrative pattern, rhetorical device, framing technique, or stereotypical representation that appears across multiple works, contexts, or discourses and is immediately recognizable to those familiar with the relevant tradition or cultural vocabulary. The term remains analytically neutral with respect to artistic or intellectual merit, a trope is defined solely by its recurrence and recognizability. Whether a given trope is judged fresh, subversive, clichéd, harmful, or manipulative depends entirely on the quality, intent, and context of its deployment rather than on the trope itself. (Grok)
truffery (noun)§
A thing of no importance; a trifle, a triviality. (OED)
Note: OED lists this term as obsolete and rare. All other reference sites state that truffery is not a word. But it is so perfect in meaning and sound that we'll have to find a use for it.
A simple vehicle with an engine and three wheels, often used as a taxi in some parts of the world. (CD)
In Thailand, a motorized samlor (a three-wheeled vehicle, used as a taxi). (OED)
In Thailand, a three-wheeled motor vehicle used as a taxi. (CDC)
In Thailand, a motorized samlor (a three-wheeled vehicle, used as a taxi). (OED)
In Thailand, a three-wheeled motor vehicle used as a taxi. (CDC)
A tuk tuk is a three-wheeled motorized vehicle commonly used for transportation in many parts of the world, particularly in Southeast Asia. These compact vehicles evolved from motorized versions of pulled rickshaws or cycle rickshaws, combining the maneuverability of a motorcycle with the passenger capacity of a small car. Tuk tuks typically feature three wheels and do not tilt, making them stable and easy to operate in congested urban areas. Their origins can be traced back to the mid-20th century when the need for affordable, efficient transportation in crowded cities led to their development. Typically, tuk tuks have a canvas roof and open sides. The term tuk tuk mimics the distinctive puttering sound made by the small two-stroke engines used in early models of these vehicles. (Tuktuks.com)
turon or turón (noun)§
Philippines
In Filipino cookery, sliced bananas or other fruit rolled in a thin layer of pastry and deep-fried, served as a dessert or snack. (OED)
Grok: A popular sweet snack or dessert, often considered a Filipino version of banana spring rolls, also known as banana lumpia. It consists of thinly sliced ripe bananas, sometimes stuffed with jackfruit strips for added flavor and texture, wrapped in a thin spring roll or lumpia wrapper, deep-fried until crispy, and then rolled in or drizzled with caramelized brown sugar for a sticky, caramel-like coating. This street food staple is commonly sold by vendors and enjoyed as an afternoon snack, or after meals, especially during rainy weather when warm treats are craved. While the classic version uses bananas and jackfruit, variations might include chocolate, ube, or cheese fillings for a modern twist. (Grok)
Grokipedia on turon.
A period when something is ending. (BD)
A period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline. (NOA)
Any late period, when the end of something is near. (CD)
A period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline. (NOA)
Any late period, when the end of something is near. (CD)
A period or condition of decline following growth, glory, or success. (AHD)
A period of decline in strength, health or importance, especially after a period of vigorous activity. (CHM)
A period in which strength, importance, etc., are waning. A condition or period of gradual decline following full development, achievement, glory, etc. (CDC)
A period in which strength, importance, etc., are waning. A condition or period of gradual decline following full development, achievement, glory, etc. (CDC)
A condition of decline following successes. (VC)
Uncertain view. (JDO)