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Daisy Miller: A Study Vocabulary Part I Vevey resort town on the shore of Lake Geneva (Leman) Les Trois Couronnes Hotel The Three Crowns (still a firstclass hotel in Vevey) watering places a watering place is a summer resort (for the rich) either with medicinal waters, as a spa, or near the ocean. Ocean House, Newport, Rhode Island, and Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs, New York, were the two most famous at the time. Men unless very rich did not stay at these places all summer, as the women did, so they were in great demand for social functions. pension tourist boarding house; i.e., meals were served at a common table; American plan resorts included meals with lodging, but not European plan Dent du Midi high Swiss mountain Castle of Chillon famous castle dating from medieval times. Protestant leaders were kept there, as well as the republican, Bonnivard, about whom Byron is supposed to have written The Prisoner of Chillon Geneva large city near Vevey, on lake of same name. Geneva was home to John Calvin (15091564), founder of Calvinism, the Protestant sect which strongly influenced the New England Puritans camphor a strongsmelling oil from camphor tree wood, used medicinally as a stimulant, expectorant, and diaphoretic. Many women of the time had vague complaints, sometimes psychosomatic but not always, since modern scientific medicine was just developing indisposed mildly ill; but also, averse, disinclined attache foreign diplomat urchin a small, mischievous boy, a scamp knickerbockers full breeches or pants gathered and banded just below the knee, from a fictitious name used by Washington Irving, alluding to the Dutch origin of New York spindleshanks long, thin legs, like a spindle, or rod used in spinning cravat neckerchief or tie, after Croatian mercenaries in France alpenstock long staff with iron point, used by mountain climbers in Alps interlocutor someone who takes part in a conversation ever so much trite phrase repeatedly used by common people vivacious lively, full of animation and spirit blowing (slang) loosing one's temper, yelling, blowing up, like a boiler

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Daisy  Miller:  A  Study  Vocabulary  Part  I  

Vevey  resort  town  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Geneva  (Leman)  Les  Trois  Couronnes  Hotel  The  Three  Crowns  (still  a  first-­‐class  hotel  in  Vevey)  watering  places  a  watering  place  is  a  summer  resort  (for  the  rich)  either  with  medicinal  waters,  as  a  spa,  or  near  the  ocean.  Ocean  House,  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  and  Congress  Hall,  Saratoga  Springs,  New  York,  were  the  two  most  famous  at  the  time.  Men  unless  very  rich  did  not  stay  at  these  places  all  summer,  as  the  women  did,  so  they  were  in  great  demand  for  social  functions.  pension  tourist  boarding  house;  i.e.,  meals  were  served  at  a  common  table;  American  plan  resorts  included  meals  with  lodging,  but  not  European  plan  Dent  du  Midi  high  Swiss  mountain  Castle  of  Chillon  famous  castle  dating  from  medieval  times.  Protestant  leaders  were  kept  there,  as  well  as  the  republican,  Bonnivard,  about  whom  Byron  is  supposed  to  have  written  The  Prisoner  of  Chillon  Geneva  large  city  near  Vevey,  on  lake  of  same  name.  Geneva  was  home  to  John  Calvin  (1509-­‐1564),  founder  of  Calvinism,  the  Protestant  sect  which  strongly  influenced  the  New  England  Puritans  camphor  a  strong-­‐smelling  oil  from  camphor  tree  wood,  used  medicinally  as  a  stimulant,  expectorant,  and  diaphoretic.  Many  women  of  the  time  had  vague  complaints,  sometimes  psychosomatic  but  not  always,  since  modern  scientific  medicine  was  just  developing  indisposed  mildly  ill;  but  also,  averse,  disinclined  attache  foreign  diplomat  urchin  a  small,  mischievous  boy,  a  scamp  knickerbockers  full  breeches  or  pants  gathered  and  banded  just  below  the  knee,  from  a  fictitious  name  used  by  Washington  Irving,  alluding  to  the  Dutch  origin  of  New  York  spindleshanks  long,  thin  legs,  like  a  spindle,  or  rod  used  in  spinning  cravat  neckerchief  or  tie,  after  Croatian  mercenaries  in  France  alpenstock  long  staff  with  iron  point,  used  by  mountain  climbers  in  Alps  interlocutor  someone  who  takes  part  in  a  conversation  ever  so  much  trite  phrase  repeatedly  used  by  common  people  vivacious  lively,  full  of  animation  and  spirit  blowing  (slang)  loosing  one's  temper,  yelling,  blowing  up,  like  a  boiler    

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muslin  summer  cotton  fabric,  now  used  for  bed  sheets  parasol  umbrella  to  shade  from  the  sun,  carried  by  every  young  lady  in  the  summer  flounce  strip  of  gathered  or  pleated  material  attached  along  its  upper  edge  to  another  surface  prospect  view  of  the  scenery  parapet  low  wall  along  a  cliff  Simplon  high  pass  over  the  Alps  to  Italy;  the  railroad  and  tunnel  had  not  been  built  yet  in  1877,  so  it  was  a  frightening  trip  by  horse-­‐drawn  coach  insipid  dull,  lacking  flavor  or  zest  coquette  woman  who  flirts  with  men;  after  word  for  cockerel  visage  face  Daisy  Miller  in  spite  of  the  American  artist's  fanciful  heraldry  here,  obviously  the  name  was  chosen  for  a  very  common  person.  Her  only  claim  to  being  a  "princess"  is  her  father's  wealth,  which  was  earned,  not  inherited,  and  her  own  personality  ejaculated  exclaimed,  spoke  out  abruptly  or  passionately  had  been  removed  to  the  sphere  of  celestial  reward  jocular,  euphemistic  way  of  saying  "died"  Schenectady  city  in  upstate  New  York  (not  a  place  where  people  of  high  society  lived,  as  New  York,  Boston,  or  Newport)  querulous  complaining,  fretful,  peevish  cars  railway  cars,  of  course,  (or  perhaps,  in  a  horse-­‐drawn  trolley  car)  since  the  automobile  hadn't  yet  been  invented  inconduite  impropriety  drive  in  a  horse-­‐drawn  carriage  or  trolley  car,  since  automobiles  had  not  yet  been  invented  courier  tourist  guide,  but  really  just  a  servant  who  accompanies  tourists  as  an  interpreter  and  facilitator;  later  in  the  story,  termed  a  cicerone  dyspepsia  stomach  pain  or  trouble  furbelows  ruffle,  flounce,  or  other  showy  ornamentation  to  a  dress,  which  at  that  time  often  was  so  elaborate  it  trailed  on  the  ground  tournure  French  word  for  "bearing"      

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Part  II  January  Rome  was  not  visited  much  by  tourists  in  the  summer,  because  of  fears  of  malaria.  intime  French,  intimate,  cozy-­‐-­‐but  not  in  a  sexual  sense  Cherbuliez's  Paule  Mere  1865  novel,  rather  out-­‐of-­‐fashion  then.  Society  breaks  up  a  relationship  after  malicious  gossip-­‐-­‐a  story  parallel  to  this  one,  but  Mrs.  Costello  doesn't  seem  to  be  aware  of  it.  jocosely  jokingly,  humorously,  wittily  presently  before  long,  without  undue  delay,  soon;  also  (but  not  here),  at  the  present  time  the  infant  Hannibal  was  later  a  general  of  Carthage  and  enemy  of  Rome  compatriot  fellow  countryman;  i.e.,  an  American  like  Winterbourne  Giovanelli  Italian  name,  meaning  "young  man"  the  hour  for  customarily,  society  people  went  out  for  a  drive  in  their  carriages  in  late  afternoon,  circling  the  square  Pincio  a  Roman  main  street,  garden,  and  district;  (society  people  did  not  walk  if  they  could  drive)  get  the  fever  malaria  ("Roman  fever")  was  endemic  in  Rome  until  the  1930s,  but  it  was  not  known  that  it  was  carried  by  mosquitoes,  only  that  it  was  caused  by  being  out  late  at  night,  especially  in  the  summer.  Hawthorne's  daughter,  Una,  contracted  malaria  in  Italy  and  fell  sick  in  Rome.  glass  in  one  eye  monocle,  fashionable  single  eyeglass  nosegay  fragrant  flower  on  his  coat  lapel-­‐-­‐but  the  sign  of  not  quite  a  gentleman  imperious  domineering,  commanding  obsequious  with  fawning,  subservient  attentiveness  urbane  polite,  finished,  polished  manners  music  master,  penny-­a-­liner  music  teacher,  freelance  journalist,  or  poor  artist-­‐-­‐i.e.,  not  a  gentleman  and  thus  not  worthy  of  notice  spurious  false;  outwardly  similar  but  deceitfully  lacking  genuine  qualities  low-­lived  foreigner  foreigners  could  not  assimilate  into  American  high  society  unless  they  had  an  aristocratic  title,  or,  perhaps,  independent  wealth  rendezvous  French,  pre-­‐arranged  meeting  amoroso  Italian,  lover,  sweetheart  romancers  writers  of  romances,  or  imaginative  stories  inscrutable  mysterious,  hard  to  understand  

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audacity  intrepid  boldness,  bold  or  arrogant  disregard  of  normal  restraint  cavaliers  knights;  gentlemen,  especially  horsemen  protectors  victoria  from  1844,  after  Queen  Victoria  of  Great  Britain,  a  low,  four-­‐wheeled  carriage  with  a  folding  top  and  a  raised  seat  in  front  for  the  driver  expire  die  edified  instructed  or  improved  spiritually  or  morally  (used  ironically  here)