Disinterment
81odor — (n.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. odour, from O.Fr. odor (Mod.Fr. odeur), from L. odorem (nom. odor) smell, scent, from PIE *od to smell (Cf. L. olere emit a smell, to smell of, with Sabine l for d ; Gk. ozein to smell; Armenian …
82exhumation — ex·hu·ma·tion || ‚ekshjuË meɪʃn n. act of digging a dead body out of its grave, disinterment …
83exhumations — ex·hu·ma·tion || ‚ekshjuË meɪʃn n. act of digging a dead body out of its grave, disinterment …
84Andrews, Marshall — In “The Disinterment,” a disreputable physician who claims to have concocted a bizarre scheme to treat his friend’s case of leprosy by first simulating the man’s death and then giving him a new identity. In fact, he drugs the man and… …
85Narrators, Unidentified — Many of HPL’s tales are narrated by individuals who, although not identified by name, either play an integral part in the story or serve merely as the conduit through which the events of the story are conveyed. They are described briefly below …
86Rimel, Duane W[eldon] — (1915–1996) Author of weird and fantasy tales and correspondent of HPL (1934–37). In his letters HPL wrote expansively to Rimel about numerous subjects, offering constant assistance in matters of literary technique. In a letter dated June… …
87Simes — In “The Disinterment,” the butler of Marshall Andrews who is later killed by the narrator, a patient whom Andrews had been treating …
88disinter — [ˌdɪsɪn tə:] verb (disinters, disinterring, disinterred) dig up (something buried). Derivatives disinterment noun …
89exhumation — n. Disinterment, disentombment …
90disinter — verb disinterred, disinterring (T) formal to dig a dead body from a grave opposite inter disinterment noun (U) …
