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ZETETIC
adj. or noun (depending on usage)
proceeded by inquiry, a search or investigation, a skeptical seeker of knowledge; means both the process of inquiry and the seeker of such; a seeker of greater truths who is always wary of falsehoods; inquiring or investigating or proceeding by inquiring or investigating

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NEPENTHE
noun
a potion used by the ancients to induce forgetfulness of pain or sorrow, something capable of causing oblivion of grief or suffering; anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness especially of sorrow or trouble
[From ancient Greek for a medicine for sorrow, literally an antidepressant.  Figuratively it means that which chases away sorrow, not sorrow or anti-sorrow.  The word nepenthe first appears in the fourth book of Homer's Odyssey.]

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"EROTIC" EDITION

CONCUPISCENCE
noun
strong desire, sexual desire, lust; ardent, sensuous longing

LUBRICIOUS
adj.
marked by wantonness; arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful, lecherous

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"EEYORE" EDITION

LUGUBRIOUS
adj.
mournful, dismal, or gloomy especially in an affected, exaggerated or unrelieved manner or to a ludicrous degree

SISYPHEAN
adj.
endlessly laborious and futile
(Derives from the story in Greek mythology of Sisyphus who was condemned after his death to perpetually roll a huge stone to the top of a hill, only to have it roll back each time he neared his goal.)