strychnic
Britishadjective
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He descends to earth, where Heinlein puts him through a Voltairian gavotte full of broad satire at the expense of organized religion, and teaches him strychnic cynicism about human nature.
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"I guess you all know the fellow on my right," said the TV announcer, and �sure enough�the man with the California tan and the strychnic smile was Arnold Palmer, 34, the No. 1 money-winner in golf.
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