galèren.
A coterie, circle; a (usually undesirable) set of people; an unpleasant place or situation.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness > unpleasant place
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Tartarus1821
galley1859
hellscape1894
asshole1918
arsehole1926
pisshole1928
shithole1930
shithouse1949
armpit1957
shitbox1966
bumhole1985
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > a coterie or clique
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cabal1660
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magic circle1924
1756 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2213 I most frequently..congratulate..myself, for having got out of that galère.
1842 J. S. Mill Let. 11 Mar. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 507 Everybody now condemns the folly of involving ourselves in that galère.
1895 S. J. Weyman From Mem. Minister of France iii. 121 ‘Why, your excellency,’ he cried, in a tone of boundless surprise, ‘what are you doing in this galère?’
1961 D. G. James Matthew Arnold i. 15 If it comes to ‘ruling ideas’ what was Newman doing in a galère which contained Goethe and Sainte-Beuve?
1963 Times 26 Sept. 17/5 The head of the Security Service gave this ruling on February 1:—‘Until further notice no approach should be made to anyone in the Ward galère.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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