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Codex Gigas

(English: Giant Book) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of 92 cm (36 in).

It is also known as The Devil's Bible because of a very unusual full-page portrait of the devil, and the legend surrounding its creation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas

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That's not a bible

This is a bible

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hedging (?[or is that 'investing'])

 

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hedge

verb

gerund or present participle: hedging

surround or bound with a hedge

"a garden hedged with yews"

limit or qualify (something) by conditions or exceptions.

"experts usually hedge their predictions, just in case"

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phreatic

adjective GEOLOGY

relating to or denoting underground water in the zone of saturation (beneath the water table).

(of a volcanic eruption) caused by the heating and expansion of groundwater.

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kismet - destiny or fate

I believe this word has Jewish roots - the Yiddish term for something that is ''meant to be.'' But in Islam, it refers to the will of God.

 

cytoplasmatories

crytpo currency for ghosts

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cytoplasmatories

Google cannot find so guess made up but that's fine

But I contend it's sounds more like a relief medication for a blocked ghost fundimental

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-plegia

Suffix meaning paralysis or a stroke.

As in cardioplegia (paralysis of the heart),

hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body),

paraplegia (paralysis of the legs), and

quadriplegia (paralysis of all four extremities).

From the Greek plege meaning a blow or stroke.

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grift

INFORMAL NORTH AMERICAN

verb

gerund or present participle - grifting

engage in petty or small-scale swindling.

"how long have you been grifting?"

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veridical

adjective

FORMAL

truthful

Pilate's attitude to the veridical

coinciding with reality.

"such memories are not necessarily veridical"

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