Peter Porter: Poems Glossary

Peter Porter: Poems Glossary

outmanoeuvred

to outwit

lurid

very bright

absinthe

a wormwood

daubs

to cover something e.g. with paint

fetishism

to gain sexual pleasure from one aspect of the body

logarithm

a number that shows how many times a base number is multiplied by itself to produce a third number

guillotine

a machine that uses a blade to cut

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