Ariel a character from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Shakespeare describes him as a “airy spirit,” with magical powers.
prognathous having jaws that project beyond the upper face.
Penitentes members of a penitential religious sect who whip themselves to express remorse for sin and in hope of forgiveness. Here, the spiritual men of John’s Malpais home.
Etonians students of Eton College, the most prestigious of British preparatory schools.
vitrified changed into glass by heat.
Arch-Community-Songster of Canterbury Huxley’s term describing the dystopia’s equivalent for the Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England.
Capriccio a musical composition in various forms, usually lively and whimsical in spirit. Here, the term is used in describing the scent organ.
arpeggios the playing of notes of a chord in quick succession instead of simultaneously. Here, again, the musical term is used to describe the scent organ.
