FASHION Magazine
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SNP’s word of the day: Melancholia
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Melancholia
Meaning: A gloomy state anywhere between sober pensiveness and habitual depression.
Usage: “ALL the morbid states of depressed feeling, or, as more commonly expressed, of mental depression, are comprised under the term melancholia.” — from Clinical lectures on mental diseases by Thomas Smith Clouston (1884)
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SNP’s word of the day: Provocateuse
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Provocateuse
Meaning: A female provocateur. What’s a provocateur? Oh, come on. It’s someone who provokes, who engenders controversy for controversy’s sake.
Usage: “Carine Roitfeld: Agent Provocateuse.” — Style.com