Emily Dickinson Lexicon

falsehood, n. [see false, adj. and hood, n.]

Untruth; disloyalty; counterfeit.

falter, v. [obscure etymology.] (webplay: question).

Stutter; stammer; hesitate in speech.

faltering, adj. [see falter, v.]

Hesitating.

fame (-s, -'s), n. [L. fama, report.] (webplay: eloquence, exalts, house, Jesus, land, prayer, renown, story).

1. Notable; notoriety; acknowledgment; report that exalts one's character; (see 1 Kings 4:31).
2. Celebrity; honor; renown; reputation derived from great achievement; (see Genesis 45:16).
3. Rumor; public report; hearsay; (see 1 Chronicles 14:17).

fameless, adj. [see fame, n.] (webplay: Jesus).

Undistinguished; unpretentious; humble; without fame.

familiar, adj. [OFr] (webplay: acquainted, bring, distant, easy, formed, friend, lived, man, manner, not, person, scenes, smiled).

1. Native; well-known; customary; ordinary; typical; not foreign; proximate; contiguous; close to home.
2. Acclimated; habituated; accustomed; [transferred modifiers for “Stars”.]
3. Comfortable; at ease; willing to cope; able to endure.
4. Human; mortal; tangible; finite; physical; temporal; transient.

familiar, adv. [see familiar, adj.]

Commonly; courteously; intimately; unceremoniously; unpretentiously.

familiarity (familiarities), n. [see familiar, adj.]

Intimacy; association; frequent converse.

family, n. [L. household, servant.] (webplay: smiled, race).

1. Bloodline; kindred; household; parentage; (see Genesis 10:5).
2. Brotherhood; group of individuals; nations bound together; (see Jeremiah 10:25).

famine, n. [Pr.] (webplay: deprivation, drink, feel, land, life, starve, sufficient, thing, want).

Hunger; starvation; extreme dearth; scarcity; destitution; (see Genesis 12:10).