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liaison
has definitions from the field of sexuality
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[ noun ] (sexuality) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
Synonyms Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)But the liaison successfully started in the last days of autumn was now languishing . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a channel for communication between groups
Synonyms Examples "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The horrifying humor , the specifically sexual embarrassment of the joke gone_wrong , the monstrous image of the fat man dressed_up as a whore dressing_up as a baby ; the epiphany of that quivering flesh ; the bringing_together around it of the secret liaison between indolent , mindless sensuality and sharp , shrewd talent , cleverness with an occasional touch of genius ( which , however , does not know `` how to attack the problem of suffering '' ) ; the miraculous way in which music , revelation and death are associated in a single instant - all this seems a triumph of art , a rather desperate art , in itself ; beyond itself , also , it evokes numerous and distant resonances from the entire body of Mann 's work . |
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