The Seducer's Diary Glossary

The Seducer's Diary Glossary

disquieting

Capable of inducing fear, anxiety, dread and worry.

deficiency

A shortage, absence or dearth; an amount less than what it necessary.

propitious

An indication that good fortune is about to arrive.

piquant

Having the quality of provoking the mind or senses.

ambrosia

The food of the gods.

suitor

A man who has made his romantic intentions clear to the object of his affection.

zeal

Excessive enthusiasm and passionate intensity.

ethereal

Fragile and insubstantial; ghostly and waiflike.

clairvoyant

A divining power through the use of intuition, discernment and acumen.

craven

Sniveling cowardice.

aesthetics

Philosophically concerned with principles of beauty and taste as they relate to art.

enigmatically

Mysteriously and inexplicably; inscrutably and ambiguously.

callous

Hardened and unsympathetic; thick-skinned as the result of bad experience.

multifarious

Having a multitude of varied parts.

circumspection

Having the quality of being especially wary and prudent.

licentiate

The holder of a certified license necessary for employment within a professional vocation.

interloper

A trespasser or unwanted visitor.

en passant

In an incidental manner.

obtrusive

Interfering, intrusive and meddlesome.

tryst

An illicit romantic assignation.

discomposed

Rattled, unnerved, flustered; a complete loss of one's "cool."

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