This is my favorite word. It has been appearing with extreme frequency in most of the things I’ve been reading recently. If you ask me, I quite like the fourth definition…suggestive or erotic but not explicit.
OH, MR. H! WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME IT WOULD BE LIKE THIS? PLEASE DON’T MAKE IT MORE THAN I CAN BEAR!
“Why didn’t you tell me there was danger? Why didn’t you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks …”
“I agree to the conditions, Angel; because you know best what my punishment ought to be; only—only—don’t make it more than I can bear!”

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