Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles.
1. hortatory — aiming to urge or encourage:“Comedy Punks” is in some ways a typical hortatory rise-and-fall-and-rise promotional narrative.
— The Kids in the Hall Have Gotten Old.
It was “Godwhacker,” from the band’s 2003 album, “Everything Must Go” (Reprise), and the lyrics blithely gestured toward a tale of vengeance, pursuit and, well, deicide.
The problem usually starts about halfway through a pregnancy, though it can also occur after childbirth.
Persons:
hortatory —, hamate, Andrew Benintendi, Yankees ’, Oswaldo Cabrera, tacet, Marina Abramovic, Igor Levit’s, ‘ Goldberg, deicide, Steely Dan uncorked, eidetic, Avery, — Stacey Abrams’s, diffidence, Deneen, dietetic, Vanessa Rissetto, —, Dionysus
Organizations:
Yankees, Beacon, New York University, Giants
Locations:
United States, Northeast, Stockholm