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Malthusianism – the view that without ‘moral restraint’ the population will increase at a greater rate than its means of subsistence ; of or relating to Malthus or to his theory that population tends to increase at a faster rate than its means of subsistence and that unless it is checked by moral restraint or by disease, famine, war, or other disaster widespread poverty and degradation inevitably result.

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Famelicose – often or constantly very hungry.

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Questive – querying; interrogative.

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Folliful – full of folly; foolish; having a liking for playing pranks.

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Incidentaloma – an unanticipated finding which is not related to the original diagnostic inquiry; pathological findings in the sellar area, observed during head imaging performed in patients for reasons, unrelated to ophthalmological and/or endocrinological symptoms; an abnormal lesion or tumor detected by chance during a medical imaging test, physical examination, or surgery.

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Forfex – humourously pedantic; a pair of pincers or scissors.

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Imperium –  the supreme power, held especially by consuls and emperors, to command and administer in military, judicial, and civil affairs; the right to command; supreme power or dominion; complete control or influence; the authority of a state to govern itself or its subject territories; empire.