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brethsisteren
- brothers and sisters
- brothers and sisters
celestion
- a heavenly being, a god, or god-like creature
- a heavenly being, a god, or god-like creature
cessprince
- derogatory term for a princess
- derogatory term for a princess
changefigured
- transfigured, transkinked, evolved
- transfigured, transkinked, evolved
chittle-chattle
- gossip
- gossip
crizeymas
- winter festival, sometimes called Iziemas
- winter festival, sometimes called Iziemas
confuzzled
- confused, bepuzzled
- confused, bepuzzled
crookedy
- crooked
- crooked
devanimal
- according to the wangodmatist way of thinking, the renegade animals who had caused the Wangod to curse earth with the dark times. Any creature or person heretical to wangodmatist ideas
- according to the wangodmatist way of thinking, the renegade animals who had caused the Wangod to curse earth with the dark times. Any creature or person heretical to wangodmatist ideas
earthrumble
- earthquake
- earthquake
ennunce
- denunciated
- denunciated
ensluicing
- taming by cruel means
- taming by cruel means
excaliberite
- wedged like a sword in rock
- wedged like a sword in rock
flameringly
- obvious, literally as noticeable as flames
- obvious, literally as noticeable as flames
fretter, frettered
- to fret, did fret
- to fret, did fret
gadzillion
- an unimaginably large number
- an unimaginably large number
gatoriles
- large lizard-like creature such as a crocodile
- large lizard-like creature such as a crocodile
gigglanth
- genus of laughing men and women
- genus of laughing men and women
gigglanthropic
- the quality of being gigglanthine
- the quality of being gigglanthine
grabbled
- grappled, wrestled.
- grappled, wrestled.
gracklebrain
- someone not quite with the program
- someone not quite with the program
graydark
- the eerie three-quarter dark of the dust-filled skies during that cataclysm
- the eerie three-quarter dark of the dust-filled skies during that cataclysm
grickles
- shorthand for genus known as gricklegracks
- shorthand for genus known as gricklegracks
gropple
- grope
- grope
groppled
- groped, molested
- groped, molested
guffackling
- guffawing, cackling
- guffawing, cackling
jekkler
- a joke, particularly a rib-tickling joke
- a joke, particularly a rib-tickling joke
kero-lamps
- kerosene lamps
- kerosene lamps
kink/kinks
- the mutant gene/genes that power evolution or
- the mutant gene/genes that power evolution or
transkinkery
- the process of evolution
- the process of evolution
kingdidates
- candidates for election of king
- candidates for election of king
lateen
- someone in their late teens: usually an indication of a more worldly wise youth than what most would think of twenty-first century teenagers
- someone in their late teens: usually an indication of a more worldly wise youth than what most would think of twenty-first century teenagers
loominated
- illuminated by moonlight
- illuminated by moonlight
magickery
- magic, seemingly supernatural phenomena
- magic, seemingly supernatural phenomena
man-to-man
- male homosexual, gay-boy
- male homosexual, gay-boy
marriage brokery
- matchmaking, the business of arranging marriages
- matchmaking, the business of arranging marriages
mechanagics
- seemingly magical, but actually mechanical
- seemingly magical, but actually mechanical
memobird
- a message bird
- a message bird
mezzaculously
- miraculously
- miraculously
moonblood
- menstrual blood, period
- menstrual blood, period
morningsun
- east, or meaning directional right, towards the right
- east, or meaning directional right, towards the right
mothshark
- huge mythical flying beast who brought people from the other side of the world
- huge mythical flying beast who brought people from the other side of the world
mysterhyme
- riddle talk
- riddle talk
nobadness
- goodness
- goodness
nymphemona
- she-demon of the river
- she-demon of the river
pompiffery
- ceremony, pomp
- ceremony, pomp
potstillery
- brewhouse
- brewhouse
prancer
- one who prances about
- one who prances about
pretendsuppose
- make belief, a pretendsuppose story
- make belief, a pretendsuppose story
probber
- a priest or parson, a wangodmatist who teaches others in the ways of the Wangod. A professional missionary
- a priest or parson, a wangodmatist who teaches others in the ways of the Wangod. A professional missionary
probber s nose
- parson’s nose, the rear end of a bird, anatomically a bird’s anus
- parson’s nose, the rear end of a bird, anatomically a bird’s anus
pumpeduppery
- puffed up,
- puffed up,
pumpery
- extenuated tavern talk, regarding the fine, and to most people, the boring details of machinery
- extenuated tavern talk, regarding the fine, and to most people, the boring details of machinery
psykologicks
- psychology
- psychology
pyskosicks
- dangerous sickness of the mind
- dangerous sickness of the mind
quizzleprink
- upstart
- upstart
redfish
- salmon
- salmon
regaliocol
- royal protocol
- royal protocol
romp-pomp-pum-paggle
- street or bar-room theater
- street or bar-room theater
rumble-wave
- tsunami, a giant wave
- tsunami, a giant wave
sagack
- sage, guardian, chaperone
- sage, guardian, chaperone
scarify
- scare, frighten
- scare, frighten
schoolchilder
- schoolchildren (plural)
- schoolchildren (plural)
schemagems
- schemings, tactical plans, strategems
- schemings, tactical plans, strategems
scientic
- scientist
- scientist
scientical
- scientific
- scientific
screek
- schreech
- schreech
skimble skamble
- nonsense
- nonsense
skydynamics
- aerodynamics
- aerodynamics
skolarshop
- a workshop cum study
- a workshop cum study
sledblastering
- involuntary outburst as a result of high adrenalin activity
- involuntary outburst as a result of high adrenalin activity
smakker
- mouth, lips
- mouth, lips
smakobbed
- gob-smacked
- gob-smacked
spasmering
- convulsing, gripped by spasms
- convulsing, gripped by spasms
splinterendering
- the cracking of wood as it caves in under pressure
- the cracking of wood as it caves in under pressure
sticklerish
- quality of being a stickler for the rules
- quality of being a stickler for the rules
swaggerswankings
- washbuckling
- washbuckling
ta
- thanks
- thanks
Tavernmizz
- senior waitress in a pub, barmaid
- senior waitress in a pub, barmaid
thezzpians
- theatrical types
- theatrical types
Time Egg
- a time capsule
- a time capsule
transkinkery
- the process of evolution
- the process of evolution
turkabird
- a wild turkey
- a wild turkey
volcanemon
- volcano, perceived by the western peoples to be enraged earth spirits
- volcano, perceived by the western peoples to be enraged earth spirits
wan, wance
- one, once
- one, once
Wangod
- the one god
- the one god
wangodfearing
- deeply religious
- deeply religious
wangodknowswhere
- the one God knows where
- the one God knows where
wangodmatist
- believer in, or practitioner of, wangodmatism, the worship of the Wangod to the exclusion of all others
- believer in, or practitioner of, wangodmatism, the worship of the Wangod to the exclusion of all others
wangodsakes
- for godsakes
- for godsakes
whoosh-shoosh
- sound of rushing, air or water
- sound of rushing, air or water
whorlet
- teenage or young whore, term of derision
- teenage or young whore, term of derision
wonderlook
- a small but powerful telescope.
- a small but powerful telescope.
zizzerhither
- hither-thither
- hither-thither
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Summary: Princess Alexandra Stormybald Wilson, a thirteen-year-old prince killer, lives with her stepmother Queen Gwynmerelda and her father, King Walterbald, until she is initiated into the Order of the Accidental Adventurers.
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Fiction.] I. Title. II. Title: Three dead princes.
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