Rhymes for ERASMUS

• the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated

• originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

• an alert and refreshed state

• originality by virtue of being new and surprising

• the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

• tasteless showiness

• the trait of being rash and hasty

• period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

• a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

• the manner of a rude or insensitive person

• inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor

• adhering to moral principles

• someone who sees an event and reports what happened

• a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

• testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

• (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

• (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

• be a witness to

• perceive or be contemporaneous with

• a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

• a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure

• the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'

• goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

• type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells

• an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation

• having knowledge of

• the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence

• unusual largeness in size or extent or number

• a spectator who can describe what happened

• be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes

• having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth

• having knowledge of

• state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

• mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity

• feelings of extreme heartlessness

• the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

• the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

• a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

• the quality of giving pleasure

• a flaw or weak point

• powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

• the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain

• the condition of being financially weak

• a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you

• the quality of not being careful or taking pains

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

• a throaty harshness

• the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success

• a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

• illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

• the trait of giving little thought to danger

• the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

• the quality of being rash and foolish

• a stupid mistake

• powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

• the state of needing help from something

• a feeling of being unable to manage

• the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters

• an uneasy psychological state

• a sensitive or highly strung temperament

• the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active

• a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

• a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion

• inability to rest or relax or be still

• stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others

• extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

• too improbable to admit of belief

• being or having the character of a miracle

• a manner that is rude and insulting

• a wild or unrefined state

• skillful performance or ability without difficulty

• intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

• a rate that is rapid

• the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

• intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

• the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

• a woman priest

• an earnest and sincere feeling

• the quality of arousing fear or distress

• the trait of being serious

• dangerously unstable and unpredictable

• tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans

• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

• the quality of an embarrassing situation

• the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

• the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

• a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

• a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages

• entry to another's property without right or permission

• enter unlawfully on someone's property

• make excessive use of

• break the law

• commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

• pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

• on the negative side or lower end of a scale

• an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

• involving disadvantage or harm

• the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger

• extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

• being or having the character of a miracle

• too improbable to admit of belief

• just preceding something else in time or order

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• too soon or too hasty

• the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere

• a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)

• a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius

• the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm

• support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

• a large-scale farming enterprise

• devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

• excellence of manners or social conduct

• the quality of being kind and gentle

• the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

• the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

• excessive sternness

• the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)

• a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage

• the quality of nice

• the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze

• a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

• the pace of things that move relatively slowly

• inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy