Emily Dickinson Lexicon

demure (demurer), adj. [OFr meur, mature, ripe, mellow.] (webplay: any, claim, downcast, eye, like, look, may, true).

Calm; soft; quiet; decorous; graciously polite.

demurral, n. [see demur, v.] (webplay: claim, could, downcast, obtain, true).

Refusal; reserve; dissent; reticence; [fig.] decline; decrease; waning; diminution; disappearance; getting smaller; [word play on “demure”] shyness; bashfulness.

den, n. [OE dęnn, habitation of a wild beast < MDu. dan, forest.] (webplay: go, near, protection, security, subterraneous).

1. Cave; hole; shelter; harbor; (see Judges 6:2).
2. Haven; refuge; retreat; hiding place; (see Job 38:40).

denial, n. [see deny, v.]

Refusal; rejection; contradiction.

denied, n. [see deny, v.] (webplay: fact, one's, receive, what).

Contradicted; refused; disapproved.

denizen (-s), n. [AFr. deinzein.] (webplay: natural).

1. Citizen.
2. Citizen with emphasis on England's definition of denizen given in ADEL; a citizen with limited rights and privileges, “one between 'alien' and 'natural born' status” who may purchase land but can't inherit it.

denominate (-d), v. [L. dēnōmināt-, specify by name.] (webplay: give, good).

Name; call; label; categorize; designate; identify as; [fig.] mislabel; rename.

denomination, n. [OFr < L. dēnōminātiōn-em, call by another name.] (webplay: all).

Group affiliation; religious sect; church appellation; common faith; [fig.] fame; name; family identity.

denote (-d, -s), v. [Fr. dénote-r < L. dēnōtāre, mark out]

1. Signify; indicate; intend.
2. Mark; set apart; distinguish as better.

denounce (-ed), v. [OFr denoncier < L. dēnuntiāre, give official intimation]

Accuse; arraign; incriminate; revile; (see Deuteronomy 30:18).