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mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
bucolicof or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral
pranktrick
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
suppliantsupplicant
leonineof, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles