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Found in Neal Stephenson’s The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3):

lucubration, n., laborious study or meditation.
prorogued, tr.v., postponed.
farrago, n., an assortment or a medley.
obloquy, n., abusively detractive language or utterance.
Latitudinarian, (capitalized) n., A member of a group of Anglican Christians active from the 17th through the 19th century who were opposed to dogmatic positions of the Church of England and allowed reason to inform theological interpretation and judgment. This definition fits with the historical period of the novel. Now is an adjective meaning “holding or expressing broad or tolerant views, especially in religious matters”.
chiliastic, adj. relating to the doctrine stating that Jesus will reign on earth for 1,000 years. Apparently nothing to do with chilis, like I hoped.
horripilation, n., a long word for goose bumps.
runagate, n., renegade.
perfervid, adj., fervid, eager, zealous.
chrestomathy, n., 2. An anthology used in studying a language. From the novel: “Daniel glances at Barnes, who is going through a chrestomathy of head-shaking, throat-slitting, eye-bulging, and hand-waving.”
prodrome, n., an early symptom indicating the onset of an attach or disease. “…a sort of quiet prodrome of raging anger.”

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

– Albert Einstein, (attributed)

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.

– Stephen Jay Gould

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