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licentious

adj.

 

1. Lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint, especially in sexual conduct.

2. Having no regard for accepted rules or standards

 

 

Svengali

 

 

1. (Psychology) a person who controls another's mind, usually with sinister intentions.

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lineament

 

1 A line; also, a delineation, diagram, outline, sketch; pl. outlines, designs. lit. and fig. Obs.

 

1.b A minute portion, a trace; pl. elements, rudiments. Obs.

 

2 A portion of the body, considered with respect to its contour or outline, a distinctive feature. Obs.

   In the 17–18th c. very frequently applied to the parts of insects.

 

2.b fig. in pl. (Now associated with the narrower sense 3.) Distinctive features or characteristics.

 

3 In narrower sense, a portion of the face viewed with respect to its outline; a feature.

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From Basel II emerged the lineaments of a system which we were assured would head off any impending financial collapse.

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