Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)

by Isaac Asimov

quintessence

chary

rillet.

suppositious.

occiput.

Kalgan was at the service, therefore, successively—and successfully—of the effete and perfumed dandies of the Imperial Court with their sparkling and libidinous ladies; of the rough and raucous warlords who ruled in iron the worlds they had gained in blood, with their unbridled and lascivious wenches; of the plump and luxurious businessmen of the Foundation, with their lush and flagitious mistresses.

I am getting really fucking tired of Asimov's limited imagination for women's roles over eras and eras of human society

milksop

saturnine

abrogated

veriest