#¹the question of whether or not they were also homoerotic in nature remains unanswered

[dracula-dictionary]

Dracula Dictionary, May 3rd

Bistritz: a city in northern Transylvania, Romania (called Bistrița in Romanian)

Buda-Pesth: a city in Hungary (which borders Romania) (modern spelling: Budapest)

Danube: the second-longest river in Europe

Klausenburg: German name of the Romanian city Cluj-Napoca, unofficial capital of the Transylvania region

"was not able to light on": couldn't find

Ordnance Survey: the national mapping agency for Great Britain

"queer dreams": (in this context) strange dreams¹

missal: book containing the prayers, important chants, responses, and necessary instructions for the celebration of the mass in the Roman Catholic Church throughout the year

"clumsy about the waist": having a wide waist, not wearing a corset

prepossessing: attractive or appealing in appearance, creating a favorable impression

Bukovina: a region that in modern times is split between the north of Romania and the south of the Ukraine

diligence: a public stagecoach, like a bus that's pulled by horses

¹the question of whether or not they were also homoerotic in nature remains unanswered

#¹the question of whether or not they were also homoerotic in nature remains unanswered #the footnote used to only be in the tags because i assumed that most people would see it in the dracula daily tag and not in reblogs #dracula daily #dracula dictionary #re: dracula #3 may #dracula daily 3 may #dracula dictionary 3 may