Candidates for Most Favoured Word(TM) Status

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• Archaic - a. [Gr. 'archai:ko`s old-fashioned, fr. 'archaios ancient.] Of or characterised by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.
  
• Leonine - a. [L. leoninus, fr. leo, leonis, lion] Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity. -- Leoninely, adv.


• Nous - n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? mind.] Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.


• Translucent - a. [L. translucens, -entis, p. pr. of translucere to shine through; trans across, through = lucere to shine. See Lucid.] Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.

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