to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence

something wanted or needed

sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence

(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb

hanging down loosely

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious

dark, gloomy, and cheerless

something small, delicate, and exquisitely wrought

difficult to understand; obscure

talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous

a vicious or depraved person; villain

waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects

to form small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern

light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter

having little or no money; penniless; poor