The lexicon : [a cornucopia of wonderful words for the inquisitive word lover] by Buckley William F

Author:Buckley, William F
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: San Diego, CA : Harvest Books
Published: 1998-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

I do not deny, and do not regret, that the general tendency of an opinion journal is to be particularly critical of any politician one considers as an interloper in one's own party.

internecine (adjective) Mutually damaging; wounding.

Stalin had singular historical problems to confront, from the internecine question of succession after the death of Lenin, to the dogged resistance of the kulak class, to the war by Hitler.

interposition (noun) The actions of a state whereby its sovereignty is placed between its citizens and the federal government.

I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed.

interstice (noun) A space, usually little, that intervenes between solid matter. Under Stalin, a list long but not indefinitely long was drawn up of prohibited activities. Anything not prohibited could be engaged in. That left little interstices within which to maneuver.

interstitial (adjective) Coming in the small narrow spaces between the principal parts.

Professor Donald MacKay is a physicist and a Christian. The remarkable exchange between him and Professor B. F. Skinner I present here with interstitial comment because what both men say merits more reflection than the pace of their spoken exchange permits.

intone (verb) To utter in musical or prolonged tones; recite in singing tones or in a monotone.

Black sternly discoursed on the illogic and immorality of the United States getting involved in a European war, recapitulating the phrases and paragraphs he had so often heard his father so earnestly intone.

intractable (adjective) Unmovable; inflexible; difficult to lead.

Is the Brezhnev doctrine really dead if the retreat from Afghanistan is nothing more than an unprofitable collision with a major and intractable force?

intransigence (noun) Refusal to compromise, to come to an agreement or a reconciliation.

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