Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Havishamesque

 

Havishamesque (comparative more Havishamesque, superlative most Havishamesque)

Stuck in the past; also, refusing to accept change or failure


 An illustration of Miss Havisham by Harry Furniss from a 1910 edition of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations (originally published 1860–1861).

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talk nineteen to the dozen

  to speak rapidly and without stopping