the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time

extravagant boasting

keenly distressing to the feelings

a person who drinks a lot wine

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

ardent; passionate

a pictorial symbol used in ritualistic magic and supposed to have supernatural power

a false report; rumor

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable, humiliating

a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain

easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly

utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion

stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

injurious to health

settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like

simultaneous occurrence; synchronism