N. {opp. 82} nonconformity, unconformity, disconformity, unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity,
abnormality,
anomaly,
anomalousness, exception, peculiarity, infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage, teratism,
eccentricity, bizarrerie,
oddity, je ne sais quoi,
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity,
freak, freak of nature, weirdo, mutant,
rouser, snorter*, individuality,
idiosyncrasy, originality,
mannerism,
aberration,
irregularity, variety,
singularity,
exemption,
salvo,
nonconformist,
nondescript, character, original,
nonesuch, nonsuch,
monster,
prodigy, wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish, black sheep, black swan,
lusus naturae, rara avis, queer fish,
mongrel, random breed,
half-caste, half-blood,
half-breed,
metis,
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto, tertium quid,
hermaphrodite,
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur,
griffin,
griffon,
centaur, saggittary,
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent,
mermaid,
merman, merfolk,
unicorn,
cyclops, "men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders",
teratology, fish out of water, neither one thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring, one in a million, one in a way, one in a thousand, outcast, outlaw, off the beaten track,
oasis V. be uncomformable, abnormalize, leave the beaten track, leave the beaten path, infringe a law, infringe a habit, infringe a usage, infringe a custom, break a law, break a habit, break a usage, break a custom, violate a law, violate a habit, violate a usage, violate a custom, drive a coach and six through, stretch a point, have no business there, baffle all description, beggar all description
Adj. uncomformable, exceptional,
abnormal,
abnormous,
anomalous,
anomalistic, out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element, irregular, arbitrary, teratogenic, lawless, informal,
aberrant,
stray, wandering,
wanton, peculiar, exclusive, unnatural,
eccentric,
egregious, out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run, beyond the pale of, out of the pale of, misplaced,
funny, unusual, unaccustomed, uncustomary,
unwonted, uncommon, rare, curious, odd, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, strange,
monstrous, wonderful, unexpected, unaccountable,
outre, out of the way, remarkable, noteworthy, queer,
quaint,
nondescript, none such,
sui generis, unfashionable,
fantastic,
grotesque,
bizarre,
outlandish,
exotic, tombe des nues,
preternatural,
denaturalized,
heterogeneous,
heteroclite,
amorphous,
mongrel,
amphibious,
epicene,
half blood,
hybrid,
androgynous,
androgynal,
asymmetric, adelomorphous,
bisexual,
hermaphrodite,
monoclinous, qualified, singular, unique, one-of-a-kind,
newfangled, novel, non-classical, original, unconventional, unheard of, unfamiliar, undescribed,
unprecedented, unparalleled, unexampled
Adv. unconformably, except, unless, save barring, beside, without, save and except, let alone, however, yet, but, once in a blue moon, once in a million years
Phr. never was seen the like, never was heard the like, never was known the like, i could hardly believe it, i saw it, but i didn't believe it, 1, number, in the abstract
Int. what on earth, what in the world, what the devil, holy cow, can you top that?, sacre bleu
N. conciseness,
brevity, "the soul of wit",
laconism,
tacitus,
ellipsis,
syncope,
abridgment, compression,
epitome,
monostich, brunch word, portmanteau word
Adj. concise, brief, short,
terse, close, to the point, exact,
neat, compact, compressed,
condensed, pointed,
laconic,
curt,
pithy,
trenchant, summary,
pregnant,
compendious,
succinct,
elliptical,
epigrammatic,
quaint,
crisp,
sententious Adv. concisely, briefly,
summarily, in brief, in short, in a word, in a few words, for shortness sake, to come to the point, to make a long story short, to cut the matter short, to be brief, it comes to this, the long and the short of it is
Phr. brevis esse laboro obscurus fio
N. beauty, the beautiful, τὸ καλόν, le beau ideal,
aesthetics, callaesthetics|,
pulchritude, form elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty, symmetry,
comeliness, fairness, polish,
gloss, good effect, good looks, belle tournure,
trigness,
bloom,
brilliancy,
radiance,
splendor,
gorgeousness,
magnificence,
sublimity, sublimification|,
concinnity, delicacy, refinement, charm, je ne sais quoi, style, venus,
aphrodite,
hebe, the graces,
peri,
houri,
cupid, apollo,
hyperion,
adonis, antionous,
narcissus,
peacock,
butterfly, garden, flower of, pink of,
bijou,
jewel, work of art, flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower, rose,
lily,
anemone,
asphodel,
buttercup, crane's bill,
daffodil,
tulip, tiger lily,
day lily,
begonia,
marigold,
geranium, lily of the valley,
ranunculus,
rhododendron,
windflower,
pleasurableness,
beautifying, landscaping, landscape gardening, decoration, calisthenics|, beauty,
hunk V. be beautiful,
shine, beam,
bloom, become one, set off, grace, render beautiful,
beautify, polish,
burnish,
gild, set out, "snatch a grace beyond the reach of art"
Adj. beautiful,
beauteous, handsome,
gorgeous, pretty, lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing, attractive, delicate,
dainty, refined, fair, personable, comely, seemly,
bonny, good- looking,
well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned, proper, shapely, symmetrical,
harmonious, sightly, fit to be seen, passable, not amiss, goodly,
dapper,
tight,
jimp,
gimp,
janty,
jaunty,
trig,
natty,
quaint,
trim,
tidy,
neat,
spruce,
smart,
tricksy, bright, bright eyed, rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked,
rosy,
ruddy,
blooming, in full bloom, brilliant,
shining,
beamy, beaming,
sparkling, splendid,
resplendent,
dazzling,
glowing,
glossy,
sleek, rich,
superb, magnificent, grand, fine,
sublime,
showy,
specious, artistic,
artistical,
aesthetic, picturesque,
pictorial, fait a peindre, well-composed, well grouped, well varied, curious,
enchanting, becoming, ornamental,
undeformed,
undefaced,
unspotted, spotless
Phr. auxilium non leve vultus habet, "beauty born of murmuring sound", "flowers preach to us if we will hear", gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, "none but the brave deserve the fair", "thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty"
N. ridiculousness,
comicality,
oddity,
extravagance,
drollery,
farce, comedy,
burlesque,
buffoonery,
frippery, doggerel verses,
absurdity,
bombast,
anticlimax,
bathos,
eccentricity,
monstrosity,
laughingstock V. be ridiculous, pass from the sublime to the ridiculous, make one laugh, play the fool, make a fool of oneself, commit an absurdity
Adj. ridiculous,
ludicrous,
comical,
droll,
funny,
laughable, pour rire,
grotesque,
farcical, odd,
whimsical, whimsical as a dancing bear,
fanciful,
fantastic, queer,
rum,
quizzical,
quaint,
bizarre,
screaming,
eccentric, strange,
outlandish, out of the way,
baroque,
weird,
awkward,
extravagant,
outre,
monstrous,
preposterous,
bombastic, inflated,
stilted,
burlesque, mock heroic,
drollish, seriocomic, tragicomic,
gimcrack, contemptible,
doggerel,
ironical, risible
Phr. risum teneatis amici, rideret heraclitus, du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas
