28 January, 2013

Infinite Jest Word List #1

I've decided to jump into DFW's Infinite Jest in a desperate bid to destroy any academic potential I may still possess.

Also, was thoroughly engrossed in Little Expressionless Animals (by same)  website when halted by the Paris Review's infuriating "To read the rest of this piece, purchase this issue..." cheapshot.

Wordlist #1:

  1. Hirsute: Having rough or shaggy hair; shaggy. Covered with long/stiffish hairs. Of or pertaining to hair; of the nature of or consisting of hair.  Rough, shaggy, untrimmed. 2) (Of manners, style)  unpolished.  Derivatives: Hirsutism: An abnormal degree of hairiness (esp. or solely in women).
  2. Presbyopic: Deterioration of near vision occurring with advancing age, owing to increasing rigidity of the lens of the eye with reduction in the power of accommodation.
  3. Amanuensis: One who copies or writes from the dictation of another.
  4. Anfractious: [obs.] Sinuous or circuitous. From anfract: A winding, circuitous route; a sinuosity.