The Poems of Isobel Dixon Glossary

The Poems of Isobel Dixon Glossary

enamel

shiny paint, coating, glaze

disgorged

discarded, ejected

sybarite

a hedonist

Botticelli's Venus

a famous painting by Italian painter Sandro Botticelli showing the Roman goddess Venus

selkie

mythological creature that can change from seal to human

Benguela

city in Angola, Africa

pelt

an animal fur

Ophelia

famous character in William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet' who goes mad and drowns

accretion

accumulation, growth, increase

flaccid

saggy, flabby

cellarage

rent for a cellar

pungent

sharp, piercing, biting

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