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. . . DENIAL see: "COMMUNICATION" for related links To repel one's cross is to make it heavier. --Henri Frédérick Amiel (1821—1881) Swiss critic. Attributed in James Wood _Dictionary of Quotations_, p. 493 [1895]. In the strongest language you can command you can state that I have no political ambitions at all. Make it even stronger than that if you can. --Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890—1969), American Army General, supreme Allied commander WWII, NATO commander, American President [1953—1961]. Abilene, Kansas, June 22, 1945, quoted in _Eisenhower Speaks_ [1948]. What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. --Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882) American philosopher and poet. Quoted in _The Harvard Theological Review_, vol. 5 [1912] Man is a strange animal; he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it. --Adlai E. Stevenson (1900—1965) American Democratic politician. Quoted in James Reston _Deadline: a Memoir_, ch. 31 [1991]. ----- abjure [ab-JUR], transitive verb: 1. To renounce under oath. 2. To renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to reject; repudiate. 3. To abstain from; to shun. Abjure comes from Latin abjurare, "to deny upon oath," from ab-, "away" + jurare, "to swear." It is related to jury, "a body of persons sworn to give a verdict on a given matter." Synonyms: recant, renounce, forswear. gainsay [gayn-SAY], transitive verb: 1. To deny or dispute; to declare false or invalid. 2. To oppose; to contradict.  ;void(0)) DENMARK . . see: "PLACES" for related links Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. --William Shakespeare (1564—1616) English dramatist. _Hamlet_, I, iv, 90 [1601] The Danes, in general, seem extremely averse to innovation, and, if happiness only consist in opinion, they are the happiest people in the world; for I never saw any so well satisfied with their own situation. --Mary Wollstonecraft (1759—1797) English feminist. _Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden_ [1796] ;void(0)) DENTISTS . . see: "HEALTH" for related links see: "OCCUPATIONS" for related links ^ W.H. [Wystan Hugh] Auden (1907—1973), British poet who became an American citizen. Just after acquiring his first set of dentures, Auden attended a tea party given by some ladies in Boston. When his hostess asked him to blow out the flame under the teapot, Auden did so with gusto. 'My dear,' he later said, 'the din! My uppers went crashing into my neighbor's empty teacup!' --_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_ edited by Clifton Fadiman and André Bernard [2000 ed.] ^ My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. --Bible "Job" 19:20 ^ Edward Drinker Cope (1840—1897) American paleontologist. A Quaker, Cope refused to take a gun with him on his fossil-hunting forays, despite the fact that these led him into territories populated with hostile Indians. On one occasion, finding himself surrounded by a distinctly unfriendly band, Cope distracted his captors from their murderous intentions by removing and putting back his false teeth. Enthralled by this performance, they made him do it over and over again and eventually released him unharmed. --_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_ edited by Clifton Fadiman and André Bernard [2000 ed.] ^ - David was new in town and new on the job. He goes out to lunch with, Bob, an office buddy, and while talking, he says to Bob: "I'm new in this area and I need to see a dentist. Can you recommend a good one? What dentist do you use? Is he any good?" Bob replies: "Oh, you want to hear about my dentist? I'll tell you a story. One day I went to the beach. There was no one there... the beach was completely empty. I relaxed and sat down on the sand and was watching the waves roll in." David interrupts: "Uh, Bob, is this about your dentist? I'm interested in finding out about your dentist." Bob replies: "I'm getting to that. I was sitting on the sand and I noticed a lone woman strolling along the shore. She was beautiful and was wearing a gauzy cover-up." David, a bit exasperated, says: "Bob, what about the *dentist*?" Bob says: "I'm getting to that. The woman started walking toward me. She took off her gauzy cover- up, threw it down on the sand, and kept walking toward me. By this time, David was sort of resigned to being a patient listener. Bob continued: "As she walked toward me, she took off the top to her bathing suit and threw it onto the sand. I was mesmerized. Then she took off the bottom of her bathing suit and kept coming towards me. Finally when she got near me, she put out her hand and touched me." By this time, David had completely lost his patience. "Doggone, Bob", he said, "What's this got to do with your dentist? Bob says, "Well that's what I'm trying to tell you. It was the first time in two years that my teeth stopped hurting." ----- edentate (adjective) [ee-'den-teyt] Definition Lacking teeth (the dental correlate of "bald"). The antonym of dentate "having or shaped like teeth." The verb, also "edentate," means to extract or otherwise remove teeth. . . see: "CHEER UP" see: "EMOTIONS & FEELINGS" for related links see: "THE MIND" for related links see: "UNHAPPINESS" for related links Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. --Norman Cousins (1915—1990) American publisher. "The Right to Die" In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning. --F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896—1940) American novelist. "Handle with Care" in _Esquire_ [March 1936]. And nothing to look backward to with pride, And nothing to look forward to with hope. --Robert Frost (1874—1963) American poet. "The Death of the Hired Man" in _North of Boston_ [1914]. When you're depressed, there *are* no molehills. --Randall Jarrell (1914—1965) American poet. In William H. Pritchard _Randall Jarrell: A Literary Life_ [1990]. The trick is not how much pain you feel—but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses. --Erica Jong (b. 1942) American novelist. _How To Save Your Own Life_ [1977] I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top. --John Keats (1795—1821) English poet. Letter to Benjamin Bailey [25 May 1818]. Suicide is what the death certificate says when one dies of depression. --Peter D. Kramer, psychiatrist, in "What Ivanov Needs in the 90s Is an Anti-Depressant" _New York Times_ [21 December 1997]. To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the redness Of little leaves opening stickily. I know what I know. The sun is hot on my neck as I observe The spikes of the crocus. The smell of the earth is good. It is apparent that there is no death. But what does that signify? Not only under ground are the brains of men Eaten by maggots. Life in itself Is nothing, An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. It is not enough that yearly, down this hill, April Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers. --Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892—1950) American poet. "Spring" in _Second April_ [1921]. The relatives of a suicide resent him for not having stayed alive out of consideration for their reputation. --Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844—1900) German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture. _Human, All Too Human_ [1878], tr. Marion Faber [1984] Alas! I have nor hope nor health, Nor peace within nor calm around, Nor that content surpassing wealth The sage in meditation found, And walked with inward glory crowned— Nor fame, nor power, nor love, nor leisure. Others I see whom these surround— Smiling they live, and call life pleasure; To me that cup has been dealt in another measure. --Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792—1822) English poet. "Stanzas written in Dejection, near Naples" [December 1818] A man has no business to be depressed by a disappointment, anyway; he ought to make up his mind to get even. --Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835—1910) American humorist, novelist, journalist, and river pilot. _A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court_, ch. 22 [1889] ----- anhedonia (noun) [æn-hee-‘don-i-yê] The lack of a capacity to enjoy pleasure. lugubrious (adj.) [lu-'gu-bri-ês] Mournful, gloomy, depressive, doleful. malaise [muh-LAYZ; -LEZ], noun: 1. A vague feeling of discomfort in the body, as at the onset of illness. 2. A general feeling of depression or unease. nadir [NAY-dir; nay-DIR], noun: 1. [Astronomy]. The point of the celestial sphere directly opposite the zenith and directly below the observer. 2. The lowest point; the time of greatest depression or adversity. tenebrous [TEN-uh-bruhs], adjective: Dark; gloomy.  DEPRESSION (THE GREAT) . . see: "CAPITALISM" for related links The Depression shattered Weinstein’s Uncle Meyer, who kept his fortune under the mattress. When the market crashed, the government called in all mattresses, and Meyer became a pauper overnight. All that was left for him was to jump out the window, but he lacked the nerve and sat on a window sill of the Flatiron Building from 1930 to 1937. --Woody Allen [Allen Stewart Konigsberg] (b. 1935) American actor, screenwriter, and director. "No Kaddish for Weinstein" (short story) In the depression of the 1930s the Mormons were the only American farm cooperative that steadily refused all help from the federal government. They stuck to their grim belief that the Lord alone giveth and the Lord taketh away. --Alistair Cooke [Alfred Cooke] (1908—2004) British-born American broadcater and journalist. _America_ [1973] No Congress of the United States ever assembled, on surveying the state of the Union, has met with a more pleasing prospect than that which appears at the present time ... The great wealth created by our enterprise and industry, and saved by our economy, has had the widest distribution among our own people, and has gone out in a steady stream to serve the charity and the business of the world. The requirements of existence have passed beyond the standard of necessity into the region of luxury. Enlarging production is consumed by an increasing demand at home and an expanding commerce abroad. The country can regard the present with satisfaction and anticipate the future with optimism. --Calvin Coolidge (1872—1933) American Republican statesman and President [1923—1929]. Message to Congress [4 December 1928]. Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. --Irving Fisher (1867—1947) American professor of economics at Yale University. Speech to the Purchasing Agents Association [16 October 1929]. - By eleven o'clock [24 October 1929] the market had degenerated into a wild, mad scramble to sell. In the crowded boardrooms across the country the ticker told of a frightful collapse ... By eleven thirty the market had surrendered to blind, relentless fear. This, indeed, was panic. --John Galbraith (1908—2006) American economist. _The Great Crash, 1929_ [1955] - Once I built a railroad, Made it run, Made it race against time. Once I built a railroad, Now it's done, Brother, can you spare a dime? --E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (1896—1981) American songwriter. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" [1932 song] (Music by Jay Gorney.) - Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself. --Herbert Hoover (1874—1964) American Republican statesman, President 1929—1933. _Addresses Upon the American Road, 1955-1960_ [1961] What the country needs is a good big laugh. There seems to be a condition of hysteria. If someone could get off a good joke every ten days I think our troubles would be over. --Herbert Hoover (1874—1964) American Republican statesman, President 1929—1933. Quoted in Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster _The Century_, p. 149 [1998]. - Our lives in those years alternated between famine and famine with an occasional feast as a surprise. Mom taught mostly in little one-room schools scattered throughout the mountains of Idaho. The Great Depression was still under way, and a great many people had retreated into the mountains for its duration. They built little cabins, cut their own firewood, grew big gardens, and harvested fish and game from the streams and forests. They got their light from kerosene lanterns, their water from the creek, and their entertainment from wherever they could find it. It was not a bad life and required very little money, which was a good thing, because that's what most people had. --Patrick F. McManus (b. 1933) American humorist who writes about the outdoors. _How I Got This Way_ [1994] They take the paper and they read the headlines, So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of breadlines, And they philanthropically cure them all By getting up a costume charity ball. --Ogden Nash (1902—1971) American writer of humorous poetry. _Happy Days_ [1933] Found starving under a rude canvas shelter in a patch of woods . . . where they had lived for five days on wild berries and apples, a woman and her 16-year-old daughter were fed and clothed today by the police and placed in a city almshouse. The woman is Mrs. John Moll, 33, and her daughter, Helen, of White Plains, NY, who have been going from city to city looking for work since July, 1931, when Mrs. Moll's husband left her. When the police found them they were huddled beneath a strip of canvas stretched from a boulder to the ground . . . --_New York Times_ [6 September 1932], in Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster _The Century_, p. 152 [1998]. - The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line. --John Ernst Steinbeck (1902—1968) American novelist. _The Grapes of Wrath_ [1939] Here is a house built by a family who have tried to maintain a neatness. The house is about 10 feet by 10 feet, and it is built completely of corrugated paper. The roof is peaked, the walls are tacked to a wooden frame. The dirt floor is swept clean, and along the irrigation ditch or in the muddy river the wife of the family scrubs clothes without soap and tries to rinse out the mud in muddy water. The spirit of this family is not quite broken, for the children, three of them, still have clothes, and the family possesses three old quilts and a soggy, lumpy mattress. But the money so needed for food cannot be used for soap nor for clothes. With the first rain the carefully built house will slop down into a brown, pulpy mush; in a few months the clothes will fray off the children's bodies while the lack of nourishing food will subject the whole family to pneumonia when the first cold comes. Five years ago this family had fifty acres of land and a thousand dollars in the bank. The wife belonged to a sewing circle and the man was a member of the grange. They raised chickens, pigs, pigeons and vegetables and fruit for their own use; and their land produced the tall corn of the middle west. Now they have nothing. If the husband hits every harvest without delay and works the maximum time, he may make four hundred dollars this year. But if anything happens, if his old car breaks down, if he is late and misses a harvest or two, he will have to feed his whole family on as little as one hundred and fifty. --John Ernst Steinbeck (1902—1968) American novelist. "The Harvest Gypsies", in _San Francisco News_ [1936]. - There is not a garbage dump in Chicago which is not diligently haunted by the hungry. Last summer in the hot weather, when the smell was sickening and the flies were thick, there were a hundred people a day coming to one of the dumps, falling on the heap of refuse as soon as the truck had pulled out and digging in it with sticks and hands. --Edmund Wilson (1895—1972) American writer, critic and social commentator. In _New Republic_, p. 320 [1 February 1933]. -- "Americans Who Fled Drought In the 1930s Found Little Sympathy" By Cynthia Crossen _The Wall Street Journal_ [7 September 2005] [. . . ] The last time Americans saw so many environmental refugees in their own country was 70 years ago, when drought cast several hundred thousand people — known colloquially as "Okies" and "Arkies" — out of their Great Plains homes. Most were poor even before they lost their livelihoods; insurance was a luxury for the rich. They couldn't stay on their foreclosed farms, but most had no skills besides farming. Many, like the Joad family of John Steinbeck's novel, "The Grapes of Wrath," packed up their few worldly belongings in their jalopies and headed west. No one expected the federal government to alleviate these people's suffering. The country was in the grip of the Great Depression, and food stamps, Medicaid and most other large-scale relief programs hadn't been invented. These unlucky citizens had been dealt a fistful of bad cards. Some would survive the blow, some wouldn't. A few drifted toward cities, hoping to find factory jobs. Thousands of others fled to California, to seek work as "fruit tramps," or crop pickers, in the state's burgeoning agricultural industry. Without money to pay rent (and no chance of getting credit without a job), the migrants set up squatter camps, often called "Little Oklahomas" or "Hoovervilles," rough-hewn shacks alongside roads or close to towns where they could get supplies. "They lived in conditions of almost unimaginable filth," wrote a journalist in 1937. "They were festering sores of miserable humanity." Whole families worked in the fields, earning barely enough to feed themselves. When one crop was harvested, the workers moved on to the next. Most Dust Bowl refugees were of Anglo-American descent, and they tended to be conservative in both politics and religion, even though they often were labeled communists. [. . . ] The Dust Bowl refugees also faced the anger and contempt of many Californians, who watched as their state filled up with poor, often uneducated, unskilled and unhealthy refugees. "It is as if the entire population of Cincinnati were to visit Cleveland, and, once there, decide to remain indefinitely," complained one journalist. By 1936, some California police had begun turning migrants away at the state's borders. James Davis, head of the Los Angeles Police Department, ordered his officers to arrest "all persons who have no definite purpose for entering the state, and are without visible means of support." To many Californians, wrote Frederick Lewis Allen in "Since Yesterday," "these ragged families were not fellow citizens who had suffered in a great American disaster but dirty, ignorant, superstitious outlanders, failures at life. This engulfing tide of discontent must be kept moving." Eventually, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set up the Resettlement Administration, over the objections of some in Congress and some political groups, and began building camps for the refugees. These Migratory Labor Camps, like the one nicknamed "Weedpatch Camp" in Arvin, Calif., were a cluster of one-room tents and tin shacks with shared bathrooms and laundry facilities and sometimes a nursery or medical office. "Boy, I thought we had a mansion," remembered a woman who lived in a tin cabin at the Arvin camp in 1945. "We got orange crates and put them up for cabinets. And the House Inspector would come by at least once a month." Although many children worked in the fields, some attended local schools, where they were called "hobo brats." "These camps," proclaimed the school superintendent of Brawley, Calif., "are another example of the evils of a paternalistic government. The students who come in here from the camp are getting accustomed to clinging to the government's skirts. What will become of their initiative?" [ . . . ] . . see: "PEOPLE" for related links CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, *Cogito ergo sum* — whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: *Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum* — 'I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;' as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made. --Ambrose Bierce (1842—1914) American newspaperman, wit, and satirist. _The Cynic's Word Book_ [1906] (Retitled in 1911 as _The Devil's Dictionary_.) There was a young student called Fred Who was questioned on Descartes and said: 'It's perfectly clear That I'm not really here, For I haven't a thought in my head.' --V. R. Ormerod - "Will you have another drink, Mr Descartes?" "I think not," said Descartes, and vanished. --anon. ;void(0)) DESIRE . . see: "AMBITION" see: "DREAMS" see: "EXPECTATION" see: "GOALS" see: "GREED" see: "HOPE" see: "NEEDS" see: "LUXURY" see: "WISHING" see: "EMOTIONS & FEELINGS" for other related links see: "LOVE & MARRIAGE (OR NOT)" for other related links see: "SUCCESS" for other related links You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. --James Lane Allen (1849—1925) American novelist and short story writer. _As a Man Thinketh_ [1902] The only love that lasts is unrequited love. --Woody Allen [Allen Stewart Konigsberg] (b. 1935) American actor, screenwriter, and director. Dialogue in "Shadows and Fog" [1991 film]. - I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. --Aristotle (384—322 B.C.) Greek philosopher. Attributed in Thomas Benfield Harbottle _Dictionary of Quotations_, p. 325 [1906]. We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means. --attributed to Aristotle (384—322 B.C.) Greek philosopher. - As long as the heart preserves desire, the mind preserves illusion. --François-René de Chateaubriand (1768—1848) French writer and diplomat. Attributed in J. De Finod (comp.) _A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness_, p. 153 [1880]. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. --attributed to Epicurus (341—270 B.C.) Greek philosopher. To women's fore parts do not aspire From a mule's hinder part retire, And shun all parts of monk or friar. --John Florio (1553?—1625) English writer and translator. "Second Frutes" [1591] - [The] great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things, and by their *giving too much for their whistles.* --Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790) American politician, inventor, and scientist. (Referring to the time when at age 7 he was charmed by another boy's whistle which he bought with all the money he had; letter to Madame Brillion [10 November 1779] - Q.) But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture. --Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790) American politician, inventor, and scientist. In a 1784 letter to Benjamin Vaughan, as quoted in _The Life and Miscellaneous Writings of Benjamin Franklin_ [1839]. - Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is *supposed* to want. --Erich Fromm (1900—1980) American philosopher and psychologist. _Escape from Freedom_, ch. VII [1941] The starting point of all achievement is desire. --Napoleon Hill (1883—1970) American journalist, lawyer, and author of self-help books. _Think and Grow Rich_ [1937] One only needs to see a smile in a white crape bonnet in order to enter the palace of dreams. --Victor Hugo (1802—1885) French poet, dramatist, and novelist. Quoted in Maturin M. Ballou _Notable Thoughts About Women_, p. 238 [1882]. - We desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated; we desire something else and begin a new pursuit. --Samuel Johnson (1709—1784) English poet, critic, and lexicographer. _The Rambler_, # 6 (English twice-weekly journal 1750—1752) [7 April 1750] All envy is proportionate to desire. --Samuel Johnson (1709—1784) English poet, critic, and lexicographer. _The Rambler_ [15 May 1750] Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us. --Samuel Johnson (1709—1784) English poet, critic, and lexicographer. [26 June 1753] issue of _The Adventurer_ (pub. 1752-59). The desires of men increase with his acquisitions; every step which he advances brings something into view, which he did not see before, and which, as soon as he sees it, he begins to want. Where necessity ends curiosity begins, and no sooner are we supplied with every thing that nature can demand, than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites. --Samuel Johnson (1709—1784) English poet, critic, and lexicographer. _The Idler_ [1758—1760] (essays in the newspaper "The Universal Chronicle"), # 30 [11 November 1758]. - It is much easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy those that follow it. --François de La Rochefoucauld (1613—1680) French classical author. Attributed in Andrew Steinmetz _Gems of Genius; or, Words of the Wise_, p. 97 [1838]. If you want something very, very badly, let it go free. If it comes back to you, it's yours forever. If it doesn't, it was never yours to begin with. --anon., popularized in Jess Lair _I Ain't Much Baby—But I'm All I Got_, ch. 20 [1974]. I'd rather have a player with 50 percent ability and 100 percent desire because the guy with 100 percent desire is going to play every day, so you can make a system to fit into what he can do. The other guy — the guy with 100 percent ability and 50 percent desire — can screw up your whole system because one day he'll be out there waltzing around. --Vince Lombardi (1913—1970) American football player and coach of the Green Bay Packers. He led the Packers to five NFL championships including two Super Bowl victories. _The Essential Vince Lombardi_ [2002] An object in possession seldom retains the same charms that it had in pursuit. --Pliny the Younger or Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (62—c.115) Roman senator and author of a famous collection of letters. _Letters_ bk. 2, letter 15 - I do desire we may be better strangers. --William Shakespeare (1564—1616) English dramatist. _As You Like It_, III, ii [1599] Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing? --William Shakespeare (1564—1616) English dramatist. _As You Like It_, IV, i [1599] - There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. --Logan Pearsall Smith (1865—1946) American-born man of letters. _Afterthoughts_ [1931] The greatest flood has the soonest ebb; the sorest tempest the most sudden calm; the hottest love the coldest end; and from the deepest desire oftentimes ensues the deadliest hate. --Socrates (470?—399 B.C.) Greek philosopher. Attributed in John Arliss _Arliss's Literary Collections_, p. 30 [1825]. - The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet, when we want shoes. --Jonathan Swift (1667—1745) Anglo-Irish poet and satirist. _Thoughts on Various Subjects_ [1711] In men, desire begets love; and in women, love begets desire. --Jonathan Swift (1667—1745) Anglo-Irish poet and satirist. _Journal to Stella_ (entry for 30 October 1712) [1768] - In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst. --Oscar Wilde (1854—1900) Anglo-Irish dramatist and poet. _Lady Windermere's Fan_, act 3 [1892] ----- concupiscence [kon-KYOO-puh-suhn(t)s], noun: Strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust. cupidity (noun) Excessive desire, especially for wealth. lascivious (adj.) [læ-'si-vi-yês] Lustful, lewd, wanton; eliciting or expressing carnal desire. velleity (noun) [vê-'lee-ê-tee or -ti] The lowest degree of volition or desire. yen [YEN], noun: 1. A strong desire or inclination; a longing. 2. 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