causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful

physical beauty; comeliness

to conspire in a fraud

a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

serving as a protector, guardian, or patron

friendly; agreeable

suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful

to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate

light, playful banter or raillery

telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; untruthful

difficult to understand; obscure

absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas

a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages

with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward

to dry thoroughly; dry up