To bring us up to speed here are all our prior shared
words... Enjoy it's a pretty impressive list :)
LARIAT
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n.
1. See lasso.
2. A rope for picketing grazing horses or mules.
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LEPIDOPTERY
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n.
The branch of entomology that deals with
lepidopterans.
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(a person who studies or collects moths and
butterflies)
ALEXITHYMIA
n.
Inability to describe emotions in a verbal manner.
CATAWAMPUS
adj.
1. askew; awry.
2. positioned diagonally; cater-cornered.
SWISH
1. Move with a hissing or rushing sound:
a car swished by.
2. Aim a swinging blow at something: he
swished at a bramble with a piece of stick.
3. Effeminate.
FACETIOUS
Adj.
1. Treating serious issues with
deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
CURLICUES
n.
A fancy twist or curl, such as a
flourish made with a pen.
NACSENT
Adj.
1. Starting to grow or develop; being born
2. (Chemistry) Chem (of an element
or simple compound, esp hydrogen) created within the reaction medium in the
atomic form and having a high activity
CHRONIC
Adj.
(Of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly
recurring : chronic bronchitis. Often contrasted with acute.
• (of a person) having such an illness : a chronic asthmatic.
• (of a problem) long-lasting and difficult to eradicate : the
school suffers from chronic overcrowding.
• (of a person) having a particular bad habit : a chronic
liar.
PARANOID
Adj.
Of, characterized by, or suffering from the mental condition of
paranoia :paranoid schizophrenia.
• unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or
mistrustful : you think I'm paranoid but I tell you there is
something going on.
DELUSION
n.
An idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly
maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted
as reality or rational argument,typically a symptom of mental
disorder : the delusion of being watched.
• The action of deluding someone or the state of being
deluded : what a capacity television has for delusion.
ATRABILIOUS
Adj.
Melancholy or ill-tempered
EPEOLATRY
n.
Similar to idolatry and iconodulism,
epeolatry literally means the worship of words.
MALADROIT
Adj.
Ineffective or bungling; clumsy.
GAD
v.
· Go around
from one place to another, in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment.
· An
exclamation of surprise or emphatic assertion.
ELEEMOSYNARY
Adj.
Of,
relating to, or dependent on charity;
SPURIOUS
Adj.
1. Not being
what it purports to be; false or fake: “spurious claims”.
2. (Of a line of
reasoning) Apparently but not actually valid: “this spurious reasoning results
in nonsense”.
BETWIXT
Adv. & Prep.
-Between
JEJUNE
Adj.
1. Naïve, simplistic, and superficial.
2. (of ideas or writings) Dry and uninteresting.
RAMBUNCTIOUS
Adj.
Uncontrollable exuberant; boisterous.
BROBDINGNAGIAN
Adj.
Gigantic
TARANTISM
n.
An
urge to overcome melancholy by dancing
DACTYLION
n.
The tip of the middle finger
SPECIOUS
Adj.
1. Superficially plausible, but actually
wrong: "a specious argument".
2. Misleading in appearance, esp.
misleadingly attractive: "a specious appearance of novelty".
ANATHEMA
n.
1. Something or someone that one
vehemently dislikes.
2. A formal curse by a pope or a council
of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine.
INCREDULOUS
Adj.
(of a person or their manner) unwilling or
unable to believe something : an incredulous gasp.
TUMULTUOUS
Adj.
making a loud, confused noise;
uproarious : tumultuous applause.
• excited, confused, or
disorderly : a tumultuous crowd | figurative a tumultuous personal life.
TEMERITY
n.
Excessive confidence or boldness;
audacity: "no one had the temerity to question his conclusions"
BRICOLAGE
n.
1. (In art or literature) Construction or
creation from a diverse range of available things.
2. Something constructed or created in
this way.
ADOXOGRAPHY
n.
Literature, fine writing on trivial or
base subject.
GAUCHE
Adj.
Awkward or lacking on social graces;
bumbling.
NIRVANA
n.
The absence of all longing
MALEDICTION
n.
A magical word or phrase uttered with
the intention of bringing about evil or destruction; a curse.
CALAMITY
n.
1. An event causing great and often
sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
2. Disaster and distress
REPROBATE
n.
An unprincipled person (often used
humourously or affectionately).
CLANDESTINE
Adj.
Kept secret or done secretively, esp.
because illicit.
JAUNDICE
n.
1. A medical condition with yellowing of
the skin or whites of the eyes, arising from excess of the pigment bilirubin
and typically caused...
2. Bitterness, resentment, or envy.
CORPULENT
Adj.
(of a person) Fat.
BIBELOT
n.
A small, decorative ornament or
trinket.
SIMULACRUM
n.
1. An image or representation of someone
or something.
2. An unsatisfactory imitation or
substitute.
PINGLE
n.
To move food about on the plate for
want of an appetite.
HEXUALSEALINGS
Appetite. (Word courtesy of Jacob)
TWIZZLING
Spinning a pointer on a pub ceiling to
decide who should buy the next round.
GUMPTION
n.
1. Boldness of enterprise; initiative or
aggressiveness.
2. Guts; spunk.
3. Common sense.
SINEWY
n.
& adj.
·
stringy
and tough
· lean and muscular
· strong and vigorous
NETTIQUETTE
The
correct or acceptable way of communicating on the Internet.
