I just happened across a fantastic site called the Grandiloquent Dictionary which has some real humdingers! 

carker - 

 A mischievieous child or brat

mimp - 

  To speak in a prissy manner, usually with pursed lips

kalling -

  Fortunetelling based on what variety of cabbage a blindfolded person picks

I really like the last one :)

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schlep 

(also schlepp)

informal

verb

[with object]

haul or carry (something heavy or awkward)

noun

 a tedious or difficult journey

Origin: early 20th century (as verb): from Yiddish schlepn 'drag', from Middle High German sleppen

assuage

verb

[with object]

1. make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense:

2. satisfy (an appetite or desire)

Origin: Middle English: from Old French assouagier, asouagier, based on Latin ad- 'to' (expressing change) + suavis 'sweet'

de·scry/diˈskrī/

Verb:

Catch sight of.

doffedpast participle, past tense of doff (Verb)

Verb:

Remove (an item of clothing): "he doffed his tie and jacket". Tip (one's hat) as a greeting or token of respect.

hoosegow

noun

A prison.

Origin: early 20th century: via Latin American Spanish from Spanish juzgado 'tribunal', from Latin judicaturn 'something judged, neuter part participle of judicare

jettison

verb

[with object]

1. throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship

2. abandon or discard (someone or something no longer wanted)

Origin: late Middle English (as a noun denoting the throwing of goods overboard to lighten a ship in distress): from Old French getaison, from Latin jactatio(n-), from jactare 'to throw'. The verb dates from the mid 19th century

Found my way back.

Took me so long to remember my passwords and get back here,
But i'm back!
and I have some guest contributions from my parents who i'm staying with.
Here goes

Rod (Dad) gives us

tintinnabulation- tinkling of bells
(extremely fun to say)

and Margy (mum) provides

chatoyancy - Having a changeable luster.

and mine from the old dictionary at home is

cottonocracy- the magnates of the cotton trade
as in "this aint no democracy it's a cottonocracy."

This will be good when i'm in France as I don't want to forget English while i'm speaking French all the time.
Also I might be your foreign correspondent and contribute some French words if I find some winners!
bye for now. will keep up better from now.

verisimilitude

noun.

The appearance of being true or real

Origin: early 17th century: from Latin verisimilitudo, from verisimilis 'probable', from veri (genitive of verus 'true') +similis 'like'

pundit

noun.

1. an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called upon to give their opinions to the public.

2. variant spelling of PANDIT

Origin: from Sanskrit pandita 'learned'.

Hi all!
I'm sorry for my tardiness and general laziness! I shall endeavour to do a couple of words a couple of times this week to make up for it!

I have been reading 'Wicked' by Gregory Macguire and he uses some fantastic words but I seem to lose them as soon as I find them. Hiding within the pages, I keep going back to find some of the juicy words but keep being unsuccessful. I think I will have to read with a notebook next to me so as to remedy this problem! Here are a couple I managed to find though are not the best....

AMANUENSIS

noun

one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript


VERDIGRIS

noun

a green or greenish blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper, consisting of one or more basic copper acetates, and formerly used in medicine