Tess of the D'Urbervilles Vocab - PHASE THE FIRST

engirdled - encircled / surrounded

engender - cause / give rise to

miry - muddy / boggy

escarpment - long steep slope

languorous - still / inactive

arable - suitable for growing crops

factotum - someone with many different responsibilities or jobs

untinctured - unaffected / untinged

ostleress - a woman in charge of looking after the horses at an inn

uncribbed - nothing to do with a crib / unrestrained (?)

uncabined - unrestricted / unrestrained

desultory - lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

predicated - declared or affirmed as true

brethren - belonging to a group / men’s club / Christians

colling - embracing

lucre - (dishonourably obtained) money

orbs - spherical objects / eyes

upbraid - find fault with / scold

diurnal - during the day

blithe - cheerful indifference / happy / carefree

larry - (dialogue) confusion / excitement / noise

plim - (dialogue) increase in size

mampus - large number

shadder - (dialogue) shadow

deprecating - disapproving

impetuously - forcefully / rashly

expostulate - express strong disapproval

extant - surviving

cerebral - intellectual rather than emotional or physical

appurtenances - accessories

vinous - relating to wine

tractable - easy to control or influence

twain - two

penury - extreme poverty

sententiously - moralising in a pompous or affected manner / sanctimoniously

environs - surrounding area

Malthusian - agreeing with the ideas of Thomas Robert Malthus that the population is too large

spurious - fake

desultorily - without plan or purpose

acme - at its best / highly developed

anachronism - belonging to a period other than that in which it exists

maladroit - inefficient / inept

prefigurative - early indication or vision

emolument - salary

dolorifuge - something that banished or mitigates grief

nascent - having just be born

damask - heavy silk / linen fabric with a woven pattern

idiosyncracy - unusual feature

levity - treatment of a serious matter with humour or lack of respect

smockfrocked - wearing a smock-frock, which is a loose piece of over-clothing

dyspeptic - causing indigestion or a bad temper

nebulosity - cloud / haze

fusty - smelling stale / damp / stuffy

satyr - lustful drunken woodland gods, half man half goat

Pan - Greek god of the wild, flocks and rustic music, similar in appearance to a satyr

Syrinx - a nymph who Pan fell in love with, who he pursued so ardently that she threw herself in a river

Lotis - a nymph who Priapus tried to rape

Priapus - Greek god who was the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite and the god of fertility

Sileni - plural of Silenus, who is a companion to Dionysus and presumed over drunken joy, musical creativity and drunken dances

virago - a domineering / violent / bad tempered woman

akimbo - hands on hips and elbows turned outwards

Praxitelean - of Praxiteles, a famous Greek sculptor who created life-sized statues of naked women

vituperation - bitter language

fatuous - silly

laconically - succinctly / concisely

pervasive - widely spread

chit - impudent or arrogant young woman

pettish - childishly bad tempered or petulant

Tishbite - people from Tishbe, it is mentioned in the Bible