to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.

to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night and by lamplight

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic

glowing or glittering with red or golden light

the act of coruscating; a sudden gleam or flash of light; a striking display of brilliance or wit

a rascal; rogue; scamp

keenly distressing to the feelings

of the nature of or resembling that of sugar

brazenly obvious; flagrant

to comment or discourse at great length

a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms

nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk