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Quaquaversal lucubration about pervicacious torosity and diverticular prosiliency in diatonic formication and chromatic papulation, engendering carotic carmination and decubital nyctalopia, causing borborygmic susurration, terological urticulation, macroptic dysmimia, bregmatic obstipation, crassamental quisquilousness, hircinous olophonia and unflexanimous luxation, often produce volmerine cacumination and mitotic ramuliferousness leading to operculate onagerosity and testaceous favillousness, as well as faucal obsonation, parallelepipedal psellismus, pigritudinous mysophia, cimicidal conspurcation, mollitious deglutition and cephalotripsical staltitiousness, resulting despite Hesychastic omphaloskepsis, in epenetic opisthography, houstrophedonic malacology, lampadodromic evagination, chartulary cadastration, merognostic heautotimerousness, favaginous moliminosity, fatiscent operosity, temulencious libration and otological oscininity, aggravated by tardigrade inturgescence, nucamentacious oliguria, emunctory sternutation, veneficial pediculation, fremescent dyskinesia, hispidinous cynanthropy, torminal opitulation, crapulous vellication, hippuric rhinodynia, dypneic nimiety and favillous erethism, and culminating in opisthographic inconcinnity, scotophiliac lipothymia, banausic rhinorrhea, dehiscent fasciculation, oncological vomitrution, nevoid paludality, exomphalic invultation, mysophilic excrementatiousness, flagitious dysphoria, lipogrammatic bradygraphy, orectic aprosexia, parataxic parotexia, lucubicidal notation, permutational paranomasia, rhonchial fremitus, specular subsaltation, crapulous crepitation, ithyphallic acervation, procephalic dyscrasia, volitional volitation, piscine dermatology, proleptic pistology, verrucous alopecia, hendecaphonic combinatoriality, microaerophillic pandiculation and quasihemidemisemibreviate illation.


Section 1

Quaquaversal lucubration
about pervicacious torosity and diverticular prosiliency
in diatonic formication and chromatic papulation,
engendering carotic carmination and decubital nyctalopia,

quaquaversal : going off on all directions from the center
lucubration : intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night
pervicacious : Extremely stubborn or headstrong; wilful, obstinate
diverticular : relating to a small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder
prosiliency : the act of leaping forth or forward; projection
diatonic : relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales
formication : an abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation
chromatic : characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue papulation : the formation of papules
engendering : bringing about
carotic : of or relating to stupor
carmination : charming, incantation
decubital : pertaining to or resulting from decubitus (the manner or posture of lying in bed)
nyctalopia : reduction or loss of vision in dim light; night blindness

Section 2

causing borborygmic susurration,
terological urticulation,
macroptic dysmimia,
bregmatic obstipation,
crassamental quisquilousness,
hircinous olophonia and unflexanimous luxation,

borborygmic : Of, pertaining to, or resembling borborygmus; rumbling
susurration : A low and indistinct whispering sound; a murmur
terological : (?) relating to design
urticulation : (?) a sensation of having been stung by nettles
macroptic : relating to macropsia -- a condition of the eye in which objects appear to be unnaturally large
dysmimia : an inability to use gestures effectively
bregmatic : pertaining to the bregma -- the anatomical structure on the skull where the coronal suture and sagittal suture meet
obstipation : severe constipation caused by intestinal obstruction
crassamental : relating to the crassamentum -- the solid component of blood, blood from which serum has been removed; a mass of coagulated blood; a blood clot
quisquilousness : miscellaneousness
hircinous : relating to goats
olophonia : (?)
unflexanimous : not flexanimous -- having power to bend or influence the mind; moving, affecting
luxation : the action of dislocating or putting out of joint; the condition of being dislocated; dislocation; an instance of this

Section 3

often produce volmerine cacumination and mitotic ramuliferousness
leading to operculate onagerosity and testaceous favillousness,

volmerine : (?)
cacumination : pointedness
mitotic : relatingto mitosis -- a type of cell division
ramnuliferousness : small-branchedness
operculate : having an operculum -- a covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover
onagerosity : (?)
testaceous : having a shell which is not articulated
favillousness : ashiness

Section 4

as well as faucal obsonation,
parallelepipedal psellismus,
pigritudinous mysophia,
cimicidal conspurcation,
mollitious deglutition and cephalotripsical staltitiousness,

faucal : relating to the fauces -- or, opening of the throat
obsonation : (?)
parallelepipedal : having the form of a parallelepiped
psellismus : a defect of speech; esp. stammering.
pigritudinous : lazy
mysophia : (?)
cimicidal : relating to Cimicidae -- wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects
conspurcation : the act of defiling
mollitious : sensual and self-indulgent
deglutition : the action or process of swallowing
cephalotripsical : relating to cephalotripsy -- the act or operation of crushing the head of a foetus in the womb in order to effect delivery
staltitiousness : (?)

Section 5

resulting despite Hesychastic omphaloskepsis,
in epenetic opisthography, houstrophedonic malacology,
lampadodromic evagination, chartulary cadastration,
merognostic heautotimerousness,
favaginous moliminosity,
fatiscent operosity,
temulencious libration and otological oscininity,

Hesychastic : soothing or calming
omphaloskepsis : contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation
epenetic : Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory
opisthography : A writing upon the back of anything, as upon the back of a sheet already written upon on one side
houstrophedonic : (? - possibly 'boustrophedonic' was meant)
malacology : the branch of zoology that deals with molluscs
lampadodromic : relating to an Ancient Greek race run by young men carrying lighted torches
evagination : unsheathing
chartulary : a medieval manuscript register containing full or excerpted transcriptions of important documents, especially of originally loose, single-sheet charters
cadastration : surveying for the purpose of showing boundary and property lines.
merognostic : one who knows in part but not all
heautotimerousness : (?) relating to fearfulness of the self
favaginous : formed like or resembling a honeycomb in appearance; cellular.
moliminosity : hugeness
fatiscent : having cracks or chinks
operosity : the state or quality of being industrious or busy
temulencious : (? - possibly a variant of 'temulent' -- drunken)
libration : The action of librating; motion like that of the beam of a balance oscillating upon its pivot; swaying to and fro.
otological : relating to the branch of medicine concerning the ear and its diseases
oscininity : (? possibly relating to 'oscinine' -- of songbirds)

Section 6

aggravated by tardigrade inturgescence,
nucamentacious oliguria,
emunctory sternutation, veneficial pediculation,
fremescent dyskinesia,
hispidinous cynanthropy,
torminal opitulation, crapulous vellication,
hippuric rhinodynia,
dypneic nimiety and favillous erethism,

tardigrade : sluggish; moving slowly
inturgescence : a swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled
nucamentacious : of a fruit: resembling a small nut, spec. indehiscent
oliguria : reduction of urine output
emunctory : pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body
sternutation : sneezing
veneficial : (? - possibly 'poisonous')
pediculation : an infestation with crab lice
fremescent : becoming murmurous; roaring
dyskinesia : abnormality or impairment of voluntary movement
hispidinous : (? - possibly covered with stiff hair or bristles)
cynanthropy : a delusion in which a person believes he or she is transformed into a dog
torminal : relating to severe pains in the stomach
opitulation : help, aid, assistance
crapulous : characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating; intemperate, debauched
vellication : the action or process of pulling or twitching; irritation or stimulation by means of small or sharp points; titillation or tickling
hippuric : a crystalline carboxylic acid formed in metabolism and present in urine, esp. that of horses and other herbivores
rhinodynia : pain in the nose
dypneic : (?)
nimiety : excess, redundancy, superfluity; an instance of this
favillous : consisting of or resembling ashes
erethism : excitement of an organ or tissue in an unusual degree; also transferred morbid over-activity of the mental powers or passions

Section 7

and culminating in opisthographic inconcinnity,
scotophiliac lipothymia, banausic rhinorrhea,
dehiscent fasciculation, oncological vomitrution,
nevoid paludality,
exomphalic invultation,
mysophilic excrementatiousness,
flagitious dysphoria,
lipogrammatic bradygraphy,

opisthographic : relating to an ancient manuscript or tablet written or inscribed upon both the back and the front
inconcinnity : inelegance
scotophiliac : (?)
lipothymia : a condition or feeling of faintness
banausic : not operating on an elevated level; mundane
rhinorrhea : excessive mucous secretion from the nose
dehiscent : (of a pod or wound) characterized by splitting or bursting open
fasciculation : a brief spontaneous contraction affecting a small number of muscle fibres, often causing a flicker of movement under the skin
oncological : relating to the study and treatment of tumours
vomitrution : the vomiting of small amounts of matter
nevoid : relating to moles or birthmarks
paludality : (? possibly 'marshiness')
exomphalic : relating to an abdominal wall (tummy wall) defect
invultation : the practice of sticking pins in a wax doll in order to cause pain or harm to a victim
mysophilic : relating to a sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy
excrementatiousness : (? - possibly filthiness relating to excrement)
flagitious : (of a person or their actions) criminal; villainous
dysphoria : a state of unease or generalized dissatisfaction with life
lipogrammatic : omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters
bradygraphy : (? possibly 'slow writing')

Section 8

orectic aprosexia, parataxic parotexia,
lucubicidal notation,
permutational paranomasia,
rhonchial fremitus,
specular subsaltation, crapulous crepitation, ithyphallic acervation,
procephalic dyscrasia, volitional volitation,
piscine dermatology, proleptic pistology,
verrucous alopecia,
hendecaphonic combinatoriality,
microaerophillic pandiculation and quasihemidemisemibreviate illation.

orectic : of or concerning desire or appetite
aprosexia : abnormal inability to sustain attention
parataxic : of or related to a lack of harmony between attitudes, ideas, etc.
parotexia : (?)
lucubicidal : (?)
notation : a system of written symbols used especially in mathematics or to represent musical notes
permutational : (?) alterational
paranomasia : (? correctly: 'paronomasia') a play on words; a pun
rhonchial : relating to snoring
fremitus : a dull roaring noise
specular : senses relating to reflection or mirrors
subsaltation : (? correctly: 'subsultation') the action or an instance of leaping or jumping about
crapulous : characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating; intemperate, debauched
crepitation : a crackling noise; crackling
ithyphallic : pertaining to or associated with the phallus carried in procession at the Bacchic festivals; spec. composed in the metre of the Bacchic hymns (the trochaic dimeter brachycatalectic)
acervation : a heap, a mass
procephalic : situated on or at the front of the head
dyscrasia : a bad or disordered condition of the body (originally supposed to arise from disproportionate mixture of the 'humours')
volitional : pertaining or relating to the action of willing
volitation : flying, flight
piscine : of or relating to fishes
dermatology : the study of the skin and its diseases
proleptic : of a calendar, extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar
pistology : a branch of theology dealing with faith
verrucous : relating to warts
alopecia : the partial or complete absence of hair from areas of the body where it normally grows; baldness
hendecaphonic : (?)
combinatoriality : (?)
microaerophillic : (of a microorganism) requiring little free oxygen, or oxygen at a lower partial pressure than that of atmospheric oxygen
pandiculation : a stretching and stiffening especially of the trunk and extremities
quasihemidemisemibreviate : (?)
illation : the act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction