The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems (1889) Glossary

by William Butler Yeats

The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems (1889) Glossary

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dalliance

romance, love affair, fling

innumerable

countless, infinite

baying

barking

foeman

enemy, opponent

accurst

old spelling of accursed: damned, cursed

pensive

solemn, wistful, reflective

kith and kin

friends and relatives

haughty

arrogant, snobbish

quenchless

insatiable tendency

sooty

dirty, blackened

exultant

jubilant, ecstatic

impetuous

impulsive, hasty

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