Dorgone

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Dorgone

adj.
wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation without anyone noticing your absence.

Old Norse dár, benumbed + forgone, to have already left or abstained. Pronounced “dohr-gon.”

La Cuna

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Kenaway

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Drisson

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Elsing

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Caucic

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Typifice

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