- adulation, n.
- excessive admiration or praise
- late Middle English from Latin adulatio(n)
- assuage, n. w/ object
- make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
- satisfy (an appetite or desire)
- Middle English from Old French assouagier, asouagier
- based on Latin ad- 'to' (expressing change) + suavis 'sweet'
- egregious, adj.
- 1) outstandingly bad; shocking
- 2) remarkably good
- mid 16th century from Latin egregius 'illustrious'
- literally 'standing out from the flock'
- promulgate, n. w/ object
- promote or make widely known (an idea or cause)
- put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation
- mid 16th century (earlier (late 15th century) as promulgation
- from Latin promulgat- 'exposed to public view'
- from the verb promulgare, from pro- 'out, publicly' + mulgere 'cause to come forth' (literally 'to milk')
- sedition, n.
- incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority
- Middle English sedicioun, from Anglo-French sediciun
- from Latin sedition-, seditio, literally, separation
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