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somethingdarkerAvarice.
Binge:
One long champagne binge - Catherynne M. Valente "Mouse Koan"
Decadence:
With a decadent sweet art - Seamus Heaney "Aisling"
The decadent ruin where expatriate gods live - Tim Pratt "Ammut in Her Later Years"
Dreaming of the night's decadence - C. Dale Young "The Wolf"
Dilettante:
And watch with dilettante eyes - Richard Le Gallienne "Saint Charles
Effete:
Of an architecture grown effete - Emile Verhaeren "Les Villages Illusoires: The Rope-Maker" transl. by Alma Strettell
Exorbitant:
Proposals vaporized and exorbitant - Leila Chatti "The Rules"
The exorbitant syntax of stars - Jay Wright "Kumu"
Expense/Expensive.
Extravagance.
Fortune.
Frivolous:
some frivolous instinct shifting into weather - Xan Forest Phillips "no one wants to be rough anymore"
Gild.
Greed.
Largesse.
Lavish.
Luxury.
Millionaire:
Until the dreams of millionaires are clothing for the poor - Thomas M. Disch "The Clouds"
That no millionaire can buy - Tom Hall "She Is Mine"
Miser.
Monopoly.
Opulent.
Overpay:
Which o'erpay the power of Destiny - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Posh:
Inhale the posh scent of ragweed - Jaswinder Bolina "Apologia Matilde"
Prosper.
Rich.
Splurge:
Except in the splurge of roses - Mary Oliver "Work"
Spree.
Stingy:
Held horses for a stingy penny - Conrad Aiken "Parasite"
Carry the stingy and melancholy beauty within - Emilio Villa "What's New" transl. by Dominic Siracusa
Sumptuous:
Making sumptuous death - CAConrad “Leave Something Quiet in Shell of My Ear”
Half a loaf from sumptuous crumbs - Countee Cullen "Oh, for a Little While Be Kind"
What sumptuous presents did she not bestow? - Euripedes "Rhesus" transl. by Michael Wodhull
Surplus.
Treasure/Treasury.
Wealth.
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Binge:
One long champagne binge - Catherynne M. Valente "Mouse Koan"
Decadence:
With a decadent sweet art - Seamus Heaney "Aisling"
The decadent ruin where expatriate gods live - Tim Pratt "Ammut in Her Later Years"
Dreaming of the night's decadence - C. Dale Young "The Wolf"
Dilettante:
And watch with dilettante eyes - Richard Le Gallienne "Saint Charles
Effete:
Of an architecture grown effete - Emile Verhaeren "Les Villages Illusoires: The Rope-Maker" transl. by Alma Strettell
Exorbitant:
Proposals vaporized and exorbitant - Leila Chatti "The Rules"
The exorbitant syntax of stars - Jay Wright "Kumu"
Expense/Expensive.
Extravagance.
Fortune.
Frivolous:
some frivolous instinct shifting into weather - Xan Forest Phillips "no one wants to be rough anymore"
Gild.
Greed.
Largesse.
Lavish.
Luxury.
Millionaire:
Until the dreams of millionaires are clothing for the poor - Thomas M. Disch "The Clouds"
That no millionaire can buy - Tom Hall "She Is Mine"
Miser.
Monopoly.
Opulent.
Overpay:
Which o'erpay the power of Destiny - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Posh:
Inhale the posh scent of ragweed - Jaswinder Bolina "Apologia Matilde"
Prosper.
Rich.
Splurge:
Except in the splurge of roses - Mary Oliver "Work"
Spree.
Stingy:
Held horses for a stingy penny - Conrad Aiken "Parasite"
Carry the stingy and melancholy beauty within - Emilio Villa "What's New" transl. by Dominic Siracusa
Sumptuous:
Making sumptuous death - CAConrad “Leave Something Quiet in Shell of My Ear”
Half a loaf from sumptuous crumbs - Countee Cullen "Oh, for a Little While Be Kind"
What sumptuous presents did she not bestow? - Euripedes "Rhesus" transl. by Michael Wodhull
Surplus.
Treasure/Treasury.
Wealth.
Navigation Links:
Go to author indices.
Go to word indices.
Go to category indices.
