chthonic seam impertinence sundial blasted

chthonic

/ˈ(k)θɒnɪk/ adjective: chthonic; adjective: chthonian

• relating to or inhabiting the underworld.

  • "a chthonic deity"

• Origin

  • late 19th century: from Greek khthōn ‘earth’ + -ic.

seam

seam /siːm/ noun [countable]

1. a line where two pieces of cloth, leather etc have been stitched together:
   • She was repairing Billy’s trousers, where the seam had come undone.
   • Join the shoulder seams together.
2. a layer of a mineral under the groundseam of coal/iron etc
3. be coming/falling apart at the seams
   • a) if a plan, organization etc is coming apart at the seams, so many things are going wrong with it that it will probably fail:
     • The health service seems to be falling apart at the seams.
   • b) if a piece of clothing is coming apart at the seams, the stitches on it are coming unfastened
4. be bursting/bulging at the seams if a room or building is bursting at the seams, it is so full of people that hardly anyone else can fit into it
5. a (rich) seam of something a thing, place, or group from which a type of thing can be obtained:
   • The 466-page book is a rich seam of statistical information.
6. a line where two pieces of metal, wood etc have been joined together

impertinence

im·per·ti·nent /ɪmˈpɜːtənənt, ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənt $-ɜːr- / adjective

rude and not respectful, especially to someone who is older or more important SYNcheeky :

• He was always asking impertinent questions.

• You are an impertinent young woman.

• impertinently adverb

• impertinence noun [uncountable]

sundial

sun·dial /ˈsʌndaɪəl/ noun [countable]

• an object used in the past for telling the time. The shadow of a pointed piece of metal shows the time and moves round as the sun moves.

blasted

blas·ted /ˈblɑːstəd, ˈblɑːstɪd $ˈblæs- / adjective [only before noun]

spoken informal used to express annoyance:

• I wish that blasted baby would stop crying!