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A number of them bore the autographs of men once prosilient in the city's history but long since gone down to disaster.
The Sisters-In-Law Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
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Henry Church, a famous satirist, muffled in a fur cloak, a small black silk handkerchief pinned about his lively face, stumped heavily into the room, fell in a heap on the floor against the opposite wall, and in a magnificent bass growled out the resentment of Ortrud, while a rising but not yet prosilient pianist, with a long blonde wig from Miss
Black Oxen Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
shadowkeir commented on the word prosilient
This is in my list too. I love this word with such unrivalled compassion.
November 17, 2008
shadowkeir commented on the word prosilient
this word means outstanding you know
November 17, 2008
Telofy commented on the word prosilient
"Outstanding, prominent." -- OED
Thanks.
December 27, 2008
Telofy commented on the word prosilient
Not long ago I happened upon this marvelous online version of the OED which defines prosilient as "Outstanding, prominent."
August 11, 2009
Satch commented on the word prosilient
To exude existing strength before a major change or shift
sustainable
flexible
adaptive
Happening before resilient
August 24, 2016