“But why,” he thought afterwards as he came back through the streets alone, “is she so very anxious to get this power of attorney?” H2 anchor Chapter Four Leon soon put on an air of superiority before his comrades, avoided their company, and completely neglected his work.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Sámar n Samar, an island in the Eastern Visayas. -inyu, -nun n one from the island of Samar. samàsamà v
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

that is to say; namely Sefnig, n. the gullet, the swallow Sefyd, v. to stand; to stop still Sefydledig, a. stationed, settled, established Sefydliad, n. an establishing Sefydlog, a. standing; stationary Sefydlu, v. to establish, to settle Sefydlyn, n. stagnant water Sefyll, n. a standing, a position: v. to stand; to stop Sefyllfa, n. a standing place Sefyllfod, n. station, situation Sefylliad, n. stationing Sefyllian, v. to stand often, to loiter Sefylliant, n. a stationing Sefyllio, v. to station Sefylliog, a. apt to stand Segan, n. a covering, a cloak Segiad, n. an enveloping Segru, v. to secrete, to put a part Segur, a. untroubled; idle Segura, v. to idle, to loiter Segurdod, n. leisure; idleness Seguriad, n. a taking leisure Segurllyd, a. apt to take leisure Seguryd, n. leisure, idleness Sengi, v. to tread, to trample Seibiad, n. a standing at leisure Seibiant, n. leisure, respite Seigen, n. a little mess, a meal Seigio, v. to take a mess Seigwr, n. a messer Seilddar, n. a main beam Seilddor, n. a threshold, a sill Seiler, n. a basement, a cellar Seilfaen, n. foundation stone Seiliant, n. a foundation Seilio, v. to lay a foundation Seiliog, a. having a foundation Seilwaith, n. ground-work Seilydd, n. a founder Seimio, v. to grease over Seimiol, a. of a greasy quality Seimlyd, a. of a greasy quality Seinfawr, a. sonorous, loud Seinglawr, n. sounding board Seiniad, n. a sounding; accent Seiniant, n. a making a sound Seinio, v. to sound, to resound Seiniol, a. sounding; toned Seintio, v. to canonise Seintiol, a. hallowed; saintly Seintiolaeth, n. sanctitude Seirch, n. equipage; harness Seirchio, v. to harness Seirian, a. sparkling, glittering Seirianad, n. a sparkling Seirianu, v. to sparkle Seithdant, n. a heptachord Seithfed, a. seventh Seithongl, n. a septangle Seithug, a futile, fruitless Seithugiant, n. frustration Sel, n. espying; distant view sea Selder, n. keen-sightedness Seldremio, v. to range Seliad, n. an espying; perception Seliant, n. a perception Selsig, n. a pudding; a sausage Selu, v. to espy, to gaze Salw, n. a gaze, a beholding Sellt, n. a limit, a border Selltu, v. to explore, to seek Sen, n. a stigma, a taunt Senedd, n. a senate; synod Seneddol, a. senetorial Seneddu, v. to form a senate Seniad, n. a taunting; chiding Senol, a. taunting, scoffing Sensigl, n. a daisy Senu, v. to taunt; to chide Senw, n. a stigma; a reproach Senyllt, n. a seneschal Ser, n. bill, or bill-hook Sêr, n. stars Serch, n. regard, or love: prep.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

I could hardly sit still, so vexed and irritated did I feel at the audacity of those wretched strolling mountebanks.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

And then, at last, out of the South, like a still, small voice, came the third man,—black, with great eyes and greater memories; hesitantly eager and yet with the infinite softness and ancient calm which come from that eternal race whose history is not the history of a day, but of endless ages.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

“You are very unhappy; why do you say such very dull, commonplace things?
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

She sounded vague.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

And at that very second some voice seemed to whisper in my ear, ‘But when you come to-morrow to make your proposal, that girl won't even see you; she'll order her coachman to kick you out of the yard.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

After rejecting with disdain three suitors every way her equals, (and in real merit her superiors,) because they were so unlike her favorite novel heroes—did not woo on their knees or in blank verse—and had 'such shocking, vulgar names'—she, at three and twenty, married a coxcomb, formed precisely after the model upon which her 'mind's eye' had so long dwelt.
— from The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 2, October, 1834 by Various

In the epilogue presented at one of these exhibitions, about 1815, in connection with the performance of Terence's Phormio , the following balderdash (with much else, as applied to American life and manners) was introduced and spoken by these ingenuous and virtuous British youth, before a large and enlightened audience: "Nec morum dicere promtum est, Sit ratio simplex, sitne venusta magis.
— from Bundling; Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America by Henry Reed Stiles

Sh. substitutes 'vertuouse,' and MS. Harl. 7578 has 'Vertoues'; but it is highly improbable that vertuouse is original, for no one would ever have altered it so unintelligibly.
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer

"I thought perhaps--knowing all the people--" Susan stammered very low.
— from Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris

“My dear,” Miss Clyde said, something very like annoyance in her voice, “where have you been all the morning?”
— from A Texas Blue Bonnet by Caroline Emilia Jacobs

And they are not in society,' said Valdez, with a short laugh.
— from Vestigia. Vol. II. by George Fleming

SYN: Scan, view, inspect, reconnoitre, overlook, scrutinize, examine, superintend, review, contemplate.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows