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Obscure, Obsolete, and Difficult Words

Description

Words rarely used, no longer used, etc.

Total Cards

1655

Subject

General Vocab

Level

Graduate

Created

07/29/2011

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Term

aroint

Definition

(imperative) begone!

Term

retrousse

Definition

(of a nose) turned up

Term

purl

Definition

(of a stream, etc) to ripple along, murmuring

Term

piebald

Definition

(of an animal) consisting of more than two colors

Term

alembicated

Definition

(of literary style) too refined

Term

fulgurating

Definition

(of pain) intense, sudden, like flashes of lightning

Term

effrenate

Definition

unrestrainedly; violently

Term

brock

Definition

a badger

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collop

Definition

a bit of flesh or meat

Term

drawcansir

Definition

a blustering bully

Term

rimbombo

Definition

a booming roar

Term

fedifraction

Definition

a breach of faith or covenant

Term

fardel

Definition

a bundle; a burden; something cumbersome or irksome

Term

pathic

Definition

a catamite; a victim; a passive participator

Term

escarpment

Definition

a clifflike ridge or fortification

Term

syncretism

Definition

a combination of different religious beliefs

Term

farrago

Definition

a confused mixture; a hodgepodge; a medley

Term

proselyte

Definition

a convert, esp to the Jewish faith

Term

integument

Definition

a covering

Term

caitiff

Definition

a coward; a base, weak, or despicable person

Term

phantasmagoria

Definition

a crowd of phantoms; a series of shifting images or scenes

Term

gnast

Definition

a dead or dying spark, as of a candle snuffed

Term

floccilation

Definition

a delirious picking at bedclothes

Term

helluation

Definition

a devouring gluttony

Term

ecbole

Definition

a digression

Term

fugue

Definition

a dreamlike state of altered consciousness

Term

monomachy

Definition

a duel; single combat

Term

paradiastole

Definition

a euphemistic half-truth

Term

epulation

Definition

a feast or banquet; feasting

Term

ingle

Definition

a fire burning in a fireplace, or the hearth itself

Term

jarkman

Definition

a forger of counterfeit documents

Term

trouvaille

Definition

a fortunate find

Term

affret

Definition

a furious onset or attack

Term

schiamachy

Definition

a futile battle with an imaginary foe

Term

franion

Definition

a gallant; a paramour

Term

apercu

Definition

a glance; an insight

Term

hecatomb

Definition

a great slaughter or sacrifice (from the public sacrifice of a thousand oxen to the gods, Greece, Rome)

Term

argus

Definition

a guardian

Term

tutelar

Definition

a guardian; having the position of a guardian or protector, of or pertaining to a guardian or a guardianship

Term

phaneromania

Definition

a habit of biting nails, picking at scars, etc

Term

gonfalon

Definition

a hanging banner

Term

ecorche

Definition

a human figure portrayed stripped of the skin to show the muscles and anatomy

Term

perissotomist

Definition

a knife-happy surgeon

Term

bolide

Definition

a large, brilliant meteor that explodes

Term

rounceval

Definition

a large, strong, boisterous woman

Term

slangrel

Definition

a lean or long person or thing

Term

coffle

Definition

a line of animals, prisoners, or slaves, chained and driven along together

Term

gleed

Definition

a live coal

Term

elenchus

Definition

a logical refutation

Term

frondeur

Definition

a malcontent; a rebel

Term

passepartout

Definition

a master key; a safe conduct or passport

Term

prend

Definition

a mended crack

Term

scaramouche

Definition

a ne’er do well

Term

bildungsroman

Definition

a novel dealing with a person’s life and psychological development from childhood to maturity

Term

sumpter

Definition

a packhorse or mule

Term

rhyparographer

Definition

a painter who paints unpleasant or sordid subjects

Term

jacquerie

Definition

a peasant revolt, esp. a very bloody one

Term

sward

Definition

a portion of land covered with grass

Term

zuzwang

Definition

a position in which a person has to move but cannot do so without disadvantage

Term

accismus

Definition

a pretended refusal of something one desires

Term

gonkulator

Definition

a pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose

Term

parnel

Definition

a priest’s mistress; a loose woman

Term

palladium

Definition

a protection or safeguard

Term

panjandrum

Definition

a self-important, pompous official or person of rank

Term

villein

Definition

a serf

Term

ombrifuge

Definition

a shelter from the rain

Term

glissade

Definition

a sliding step

Term

pecadillo

Definition

a slight offense or sin

Term

quadrel

Definition

a small block (of stone, wood, etc); a tile

Term

knurl

Definition

a small ridge providing a rough surface that can be gripped

Term

rastaquouere

Definition

a social climber who tries too hard to be in fashion; upstart with exaggerated manners or dress

Term

tracasserie

Definition

a state of annoyance or disturbance; a petty quarrel

Term

kef

Definition

a state of drowsy contentment or dreamy tranquility, such as that caused by smoking marijuana

Term

widdendream

Definition

a state of mental disturbance or confusion

Term

fantods

Definition

a state of restlessness or nervousness; a sudden outpouring of intense emotion; an emotional fit

Term

molimen

Definition

a strenuous effort or labor

Term

colluctation

Definition

a struggle; strife

Term

peripeteia

Definition

a sudden turn of events or unexpected reversal; sudden change in fortune

Term

borasque

Definition

a tempest at sea

Term

pasilaly

Definition

a universal language

Term

mouton enrage

Definition

a usually calm person who is angry; lit. “enraged sheep”

Term

fremitus

Definition

a vibration

Term

mumpsimus

Definition

a view stubbornly held even when shown to be wrong

Term

grassation

Definition

a violent attack

Term

sweven

Definition

a vision or dream

Term

hypotyposis

Definition

a vivid description

Term

quaintrelle

Definition

a woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures

Term

ophelimity

Definition

ability to please or satisfy sexually

Term

volitorial

Definition

able to fly

Term

vagile

Definition

able to move about freely

Term

heteroclite

Definition

abnormal; irregular

Term

dumose

Definition

abounding with bushes and briars; bushy

Term

achroamatic

Definition

abstruse; pertaining to deep learning; esoteric

Term

uberous

Definition

abundant; fruitful; yielding an abundance of milk

Term

fulsome

Definition

abundant; sickeningly excessive

Term

obloquy

Definition

abuse; disgrace; slander; censure

Term

barathrum

Definition

abyss

Term

symphoric

Definition

accident-prone; clumsy

Term

concomitant

Definition

accompanying

Term

chevisance

Definition

achievement; performance; profit

Term

evulsion

Definition

act of uprooting or tearing out

Term

alligation

Definition

act or state of attaching or being attached

Term

sanguinolency

Definition

addiction to bloodshed

Term

panurgic

Definition

adept at all kinds of work; ready for anything

Term

paraenisis

Definition

advice; exhortation

Term

tutoyant

Definition

affectionate; intimate

Term

rowen

Definition

aftermath

Term

swasivious

Definition

agreeably persuasive

Term

consilient

Definition

agreeing in inferences drawn from different premises

Term

subvention

Definition

aid, support, or relief

Term

azoth

Definition

alchemical name for mercury

Term

thelemic

Definition

allowing people to do what they like

Term

illecebrous

Definition

alluring; enticing; attractive

Term

spizzerinctum

Definition

ambition; the will to succeed

Term

emboyssement

Definition

ambush

Term

oeillade

Definition

an amorous or suggestive glance

Term

camisade

Definition

an attack made under cover of darkness

Term

sortie

Definition

an attack of troops out of a besieged place upon the besiegers

Term

atticism

Definition

an elegant and concise expression

Term

bouffage

Definition

an enjoyable or satisfying meal

Term

calvary

Definition

an experience of extreme mental suffering

Term

sansculotte

Definition

an extremist revolutionary; lit. “without breeches”

Term

schediasm

Definition

an impromptu action; cursory writing on a loose sheet

Term

causerie

Definition

an informal talk or chat; a short, informal essay

Term

wagtail

Definition

an obsequious person; a harlot

Term

machicolation

Definition

an opening in a wall that allowed for defense against attackers by dropping rocks, molten lead, fire, hot oil, etc

Term

embrasure

Definition

an opening through which missiles may be discharged

Term

boutade

Definition

an outburst

Term

bouleversement

Definition

an upset; a violent disturbance

Term

vetust

Definition

ancient

Term

alembic

Definition

ancient distilling apparatus

Term

raconteur

Definition

anecdote teller

Term

adespoton

Definition

anonymous saying, poem, etc.

Term

bathos

Definition

anticlimax with humorous effect; spurious pathos; triteness

Term

fogram

Definition

antiquated; old fashioned

Term

houghful

Definition

anxious; troubled; distressed; mindful of

Term

juggernaut

Definition

any belief or object needing or receiving sacrifice of themselves by believers; something that crushes everything in its path

Term

sententious

Definition

aphoristic: pompously moralizing

Term

paromology

Definition

apparent concession to opponent’s point which in reality strengthens one’s own argument

Term

ostensible

Definition

apparent, professed

Term

idoneous

Definition

appropriate

Term

induciae

Definition

armistice

Term

brassard

Definition

armlet

Term

cuirass

Definition

armor for breast and back

Term

armiger

Definition

armour-bearer; knight's squire

Term

caparison

Definition

armour; harness; trappings

Term

surquedry

Definition

arrogance; presumption

Term

fastuous

Definition

arrogant; showy

Term

cahier

Definition

artist's notes or drawings

Term

pixilated

Definition

as if bewitched by fairies; slightly crazy or drunk; bewildered

Term

fakir

Definition

ascetic or mendicant

Term

cinerious

Definition

ashen

Term

synod

Definition

assembly or council, esp. of church

Term

drabbing

Definition

associating with whores

Term

grith

Definition

asylum; sanctuary

Term

tantivy

Definition

at full gallop; headlong

Term

apical

Definition

at the summit or tip

Term

epigamic

Definition

attracting the opposite sex

Term

psychagogic

Definition

attractive; encouraging; persuasive

Term

allocution

Definition

authoritative or exhortatory address

Term

daedalist

Definition

aviator

Term

expergifacient

Definition

awakening; arousing

Term

hadiwist

Definition

awareness that if one had only known what is known now, one would have acted otherwise

Term

gaucherie

Definition

awkward or socially unacceptable remark

Term

maladroit

Definition

awkward; gauche

Term

postern

Definition

back door

Term

carnaptious

Definition

bad-tempered; cantankerous

Term

incondite

Definition

badly composed or put together; unpolished

Term

coctile

Definition

baked; hardened by fire

Term

deligation

Definition

bandaging

Term

ladronism

Definition

banditry; robbery

Term

badinage

Definition

banter

Term

affusion

Definition

baptism; a pouring of water or liquid

Term

ferity

Definition

barbarism

Term

latrant

Definition

barking

Term

seck

Definition

barren, unprofitable

Term

verecund

Definition

bashful, modest, shy

Term

faggotist

Definition

bassoon player

Term

balneary

Definition

bathing place; medicinal spring

Term

tediferous

Definition

bearing a torch

Term

securigerous

Definition

bearing an axe

Term

skewbald

Definition

bearing patches of white and some color other than black

Term

pruinose

Definition

bearing whitish dust; hoary

Term

kalon

Definition

beauty in a moral as well as an aesthetic sense; beauty that is more than skin deep

Term

canescent

Definition

becoming white; hoary

Term

antemundane

Definition

before creation

Term

clochard

Definition

beggar; tramp

Term

retardataire

Definition

behind the times

Term

geged

Definition

beholden

Term

necrophilous

Definition

being fond of dead creatures as food

Term

solipsism

Definition

belief that reality is subjective and all one can know is one’s own state

Term

declination

Definition

bending; turning aside; polite refusal

Term

withal

Definition

besides; nevertheless; therewith

Term

thereoid

Definition

bestial; savage

Term

bonification

Definition

betterment

Term

metagnostic

Definition

beyond comprehension or understanding

Term

supererogatory

Definition

beyond what is asked for; more than is needed

Term

outre

Definition

beyond what is proper; extravagant

Term

clinamen

Definition

bias

Term

mordacious

Definition

biting; caustic; sarcastic

Term

ostrobogulous

Definition

bizarre; unusual; interesting; risque

Term

infumate

Definition

blackish; smoky

Term

chantage

Definition

blackmail

Term

imputation

Definition

blame

Term

witeless

Definition

blameless

Term

bodacious

Definition

blatant; brazen; bold; outstanding

Term

pigsconce

Definition

blockhead

Term

wergild

Definition

blood money

Term

sanguinary

Definition

bloody; bloodthirsty; causing bloodshed

Term

jactancy

Definition

boasting

Term

thrasonical

Definition

boasting

Term

rumbustious

Definition

boisterous

Term

malapert

Definition

bold; forward; saucy

Term

balefire

Definition

bonfire; beacon; funeral pyre

Term

rand

Definition

border; edge; margin

Term

ennuyant

Definition

boring

Term

mutuaticial

Definition

borrowed

Term

rodomontade

Definition

bragging talk; rigmarole

Term

aeneous

Definition

brasslike

Term

furciferous

Definition

bratty; rascally

Term

stertorous

Definition

breathing loudly or hoarsely; snoring

Term

pauciloquy

Definition

brevity in speech

Term

syntomy

Definition

brevity; conciseness

Term

douceur

Definition

bribe; gratuity; gentleness of manner

Term

apophthegm

Definition

brief, wise saying

Term

klepht

Definition

brigand

Term

vitellary

Definition

bright yellow

Term

nitid

Definition

bright, lustrous, glistening

Term

luculent

Definition

bright; clear; convincing

Term

refulgent

Definition

brightly shining

Term

eclat

Definition

brilliancy; brilliant achievement; acclaimed success; exposure, especially scandalous

Term

educe

Definition

bring out; develop; elicit

Term

ostentiferous

Definition

bringing monsters or strange sights

Term

imbriferous

Definition

bringing or carrying rain

Term

horrent

Definition

bristling

Term

horripilation

Definition

bristling of hair or creeping of flesh due to cold, fright, etc.

Term

setose

Definition

bristly

Term

frangible

Definition

brittle

Term

schiller

Definition

bronzy lustre

Term

lupanar

Definition

brothel

Term

fuscous

Definition

brownish-gray

Term

infuscate

Definition

brownish; obscured

Term

gurgitate

Definition

bubble

Term

nittiness

Definition

bubbliness

Term

sepulchre

Definition

burial mound, tomb, or grave

Term

comburent

Definition

burning

Term

inustion

Definition

burning in; cauterization; branding

Term

adust

Definition

burnt up or scorched dry by heat; gloomy or sad

Term

defossion

Definition

burrying a person alive

Term

erumpent

Definition

bursting forth

Term

ithand

Definition

busy; diligent; plodding

Term

natiform

Definition

buttock-shaped

Term

redhibition

Definition

cancellation of sale of defective merchandise upon its return to vendor

Term

thyestian

Definition

cannibalistic

Term

deprehendable

Definition

capable of being detected

Term

devorative

Definition

capable of being swallowed whole

Term

expugnable

Definition

capable of being taken by storm

Term

ignescent

Definition

capable of emitting sparks; of a volatile mood

Term

manduction

Definition

careful guidance; leading by the hand

Term

yemeles

Definition

careless; heedless; negligent

Term

apolaustic

Definition

caring only for pleasure

Term

mastigophoric

Definition

carrying a whip

Term

donjon

Definition

castle keep

Term

obvention

Definition

casual or occasional happening or gift

Term

abreaction

Definition

catharsis, released emotional tension achieved through recalling a traumatic experience

Term

cacestogenous

Definition

caused by unfavorable home environment

Term

internecine

Definition

causing mutual death and destruction

Term

nociceptive

Definition

causing or sensitive to pain

Term

troglodytic

Definition

cave-dwelling

Term

thurible

Definition

censer

Term

certes

Definition

certainly

Term

catena

Definition

chain; series

Term

shambolic

Definition

chaotic

Term

tumultuary

Definition

chaotic; haphazard

Term

caritative

Definition

charitable

Term

ossuary

Definition

charnel house

Term

heartsome

Definition

cheering; encouraging; merry

Term

gueparde

Definition

cheetah

Term

lallation

Definition

childish mispronunciation; mispronunciation of speech sounds

Term

ramoneur

Definition

chimney sweep

Term

fubsy

Definition

chubby and somewhat squat

Term

wamble

Definition

churning of the stomach; wobbling or rolling motion

Term

amphilogism

Definition

circumlocution

Term

mufti

Definition

civilian dress, esp. as worn by someone who normally wears a uniform

Term

comity

Definition

civility; friendliness

Term

dight

Definition

clad

Term

phratry

Definition

clan or tribe

Term

scandent

Definition

climbing

Term

deasil

Definition

clockwise

Term

conversant

Definition

closely acquainted, having deep knowledge

Term

affined

Definition

closely related; connected

Term

havelock

Definition

cloth hanging from back of soldier’s cap as protection from sun

Term

nubilous

Definition

cloudy; vague

Term

balatron

Definition

clown; buffoon

Term

claviger

Definition

club-bearer; key-keeper or caretaker

Term

Rabelaisian

Definition

coarsely hilarious

Term

cortinate

Definition

cobweb-like

Term

algid

Definition

cold, chilly

Term

haematocryal

Definition

cold-blooded

Term

algor

Definition

coldness; shivering fit in fever

Term

oecist

Definition

colonist; settler

Term

achroous

Definition

colorless

Term

mandament

Definition

command

Term

tortious

Definition

committing a wrongful deed

Term

cogent

Definition

compelling, forceful, convincing

Term

querimony

Definition

complaint

Term

panoply

Definition

complete and splendid array; full suit of armor

Term

blandiloquence

Definition

complimentary language or speech

Term

palinoia

Definition

compulsive repetition of an act until it’s perfect

Term

recondite

Definition

concealed; abstruse; erudite

Term

celation

Definition

concealment

Term

synchoresis

Definition

concession made for the sake of more effective retort

Term

illation

Definition

conclusion; inference

Term

psychomachy

Definition

conflict of the soul

Term

imbroglio

Definition

confused or embarrassing situation or state

Term

mattoid

Definition

congenital idiot

Term

vincular

Definition

connected

Term

concision

Definition

consiceness; division; schism

Term

bricolage

Definition

construction using whatever materials come to hand; something constructed thusly

Term

ribibe

Definition

contemptuous term for an old woman; a bawd

Term

ingravescent

Definition

continually becoming more severe

Term

motatory

Definition

continually moving

Term

voulu

Definition

contrived; affected

Term

colloquy

Definition

conversation; dialogue

Term

opprobrious

Definition

conveying disgrace; disgraceful

Term

recoct

Definition

cook again; improvise

Term

scrivener

Definition

copyist; notary

Term

coign

Definition

corner; angle; viewpoint

Term

gorbellied

Definition

corpulent

Term

sumpsimus

Definition

correct expression that replaces popular but wrong one

Term

antisideric

Definition

countering the effects of iron

Term

prevenancy

Definition

courteous anticipation of another’s wishes

Term

arghness

Definition

cowardice; timidity

Term

recreant

Definition

cowardly, traitorous, unfaithful

Term

sleekit

Definition

crafty; sly; smooth

Term

versute

Definition

crafty; wily

Term

reptant

Definition

creeping

Term

mens rea

Definition

criminal intent

Term

nodus

Definition

crucial or difficult point; knot

Term

dragonnade

Definition

cruel persecution; violent invasion or punitive expedition

Term

ullagone

Definition

cry of lamentation; funeral lament

Term

singultient

Definition

crying; sobbing

Term

vafrous

Definition

cunning; sly

Term

ambry

Definition

cupboard or closet

Term

catholicon

Definition

cure-all; panacea

Term

synclastic

Definition

curved in all directions towards the same point

Term

aduncous

Definition

curved inward, hooked

Term

involute

Definition

curved spirally inwards; complicated

Term

nomic

Definition

customary; conventional

Term

bodkin

Definition

dagger

Term

skean

Definition

dagger

Term

estrade

Definition

dais

Term

perse

Definition

dark blue or bluish-gray

Term

fulgour

Definition

dazzling brightness; splendor

Term

lethiferous

Definition

deadly

Term

vorpal

Definition

deadly

Term

phthartic

Definition

deadly; destructive

Term

surd

Definition

deaf; senseless

Term

mercer

Definition

dealer in textiles

Term

athanasy

Definition

deathlessness

Term

roue

Definition

debauched man; lecher

Term

fleechment

Definition

deceptively flattering or persuasive talk

Term

spavined

Definition

decrepit or broken down

Term

oblate

Definition

dedicated

Term

bathukolpian

Definition

deep-breasted; large-breasted

Term

psellism

Definition

defective pronunciation

Term

wantage

Definition

deficiency

Term

effete

Definition

degenerated; sterile; worn out

Term

retromorphosis

Definition

degeneration; a change for the worse

Term

cunctation

Definition

delay

Term

parisology

Definition

deliberate ambiguity in the use of words

Term

phrenesis

Definition

delirium or frenzy

Term

appersonation

Definition

delusion of insane person that he is another, usually famous, person

Term

spissitude

Definition

density

Term

turpitude

Definition

depravity

Term

weltschmerz

Definition

depression caused by comparing the actual state of the world to its ideal state

Term

condign

Definition

deserved; adequate; appropriate

Term

apotropaic

Definition

designed to avert evil

Term

hypercathexis

Definition

desire amounting to mania for an object

Term

oikonisis

Definition

desire to start a family

Term

wanhope

Definition

despair

Term

fouty

Definition

despicable

Term

obliquity

Definition

deviation from straight line or moral code

Term

roric

Definition

dewy

Term

habile

Definition

dextrous; adroit

Term

sedulous

Definition

diligent, assiduous, persistently or carefully maintained

Term

coronach

Definition

dirge

Term

antithalian

Definition

disapproving of festivity or laughter

Term

diffidelity

Definition

disbelief

Term

epigone

Definition

disciple, follower, imitator, especially in later generation

Term

disaffected

Definition

discontented; rebellious

Term

absonant

Definition

discordant

Term

recusancy

Definition

disobedience; nonconformism

Term

deray

Definition

disorder; merriment; to go wild

Term

scialytic

Definition

dispelling shadows

Term

diaspora

Definition

dispersion

Term

heterotopia

Definition

displacement of an organ from its normal position in the body

Term

signate

Definition

distinct; distinguished; having definite markings

Term

eximious

Definition

distinguished; eminent; excellent

Term

distrait

Definition

distracted; inattentive

Term

night-foundered

Definition

distressed on account of losing one’s way in the night

Term

bobbery

Definition

disturbance; uproar

Term

ruction

Definition

disturbance; uproar

Term

inusitation

Definition

disuse; disrepair

Term

desuetude

Definition

disuse; obsolescence

Term

urinator

Definition

diver

Term

decarnate

Definition

divested of bodily form

Term

sortilege

Definition

divination by drawing lots

Term

tiromancy

Definition

divination using cheese

Term

afflatus

Definition

divine breath; inspiration

Term

enthiate

Definition

divinely inspired

Term

agathism

Definition

doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, though the means may be evil

Term

ostiary

Definition

doorkeeper, esp. of church

Term

choller

Definition

double chin

Term

declivity

Definition

downward slope

Term

culvert

Definition

drain or conduit

Term

abducent

Definition

drawing away, as by the action of a muscle

Term

voiturier

Definition

driver of a carriage or coach

Term

somnifugous

Definition

driving away sleep

Term

battue

Definition

driving of game towards guns; massacre of helpless persons

Term

noyade

Definition

drowning, esp. of a number of persons together as execution

Term

temulent

Definition

drunk; intoxicated

Term

xerotic

Definition

dry

Term

simoom

Definition

dry, hot, dusty desert wind

Term

pythogenic

Definition

due to or causing dirt and decay

Term

advenient

Definition

due to outside causes

Term

lurdane

Definition

dull and lazy

Term

hebeate

Definition

dull-witted

Term

beneplacito

Definition

during pleasure

Term

phaeic

Definition

dusky

Term

subfusc

Definition

dusky; dim; drab; dark; devoid of brightness or appeal

Term

pulverous

Definition

dusty

Term

devoir

Definition

duty; best of which one is capable

Term

obnixely

Definition

earnestly; strenuously

Term

sprezzatura

Definition

ease of manner; studied carelessness; the appearance of acting or being done effortlessly

Term

venal

Definition

easily bribed or corrupted

Term

ductile

Definition

easily led

Term

sequacious

Definition

easily led or moulded; servile; logical

Term

ridibund

Definition

easily moved to laughter

Term

transpicuous

Definition

easily seen through or understood

Term

perspicuous

Definition

easily understood; clearly expressed

Term

esculent

Definition

edible

Term

perficient

Definition

effectual; achieving a result

Term

feckful

Definition

efficient; powerful, effective

Term

mahout

Definition

elephant driver

Term

facundity

Definition

eloquence

Term

fugacious

Definition

elusive; ephemeral; volatile

Term

garniture

Definition

embellishment, ornamentation

Term

inanition

Definition

emptiness; starvation; lethargy

Term

viduous

Definition

empty

Term

jejeune

Definition

empty; sterile; dry; naïve; immature

Term

eschaton

Definition

end of the world, end of time, apocalypse

Term

premorse

Definition

ending abruptly as if bitten off

Term

oblectation

Definition

enjoyment; pleasure

Term

versal

Definition

entire; whole

Term

chawdron

Definition

entrails

Term

vestibule

Definition

entrance hall

Term

unasinous

Definition

equally stupid

Term

equipage

Definition

equipment; appurtenances; retinue

Term

sine qua non

Definition

essential adjunct or condition

Term

consuetude

Definition

established custom

Term

olid

Definition

evil-smelling

Term

bravura

Definition

exceptional skill; boldness; brilliance

Term

orchidaceous

Definition

exceptionally beautiful; ostentatious; gaudy

Term

nimiety

Definition

excess

Term

perichareia

Definition

excessive and violent rejoicing

Term

preciosity

Definition

excessive elegance, esp. of literary style

Term

maritality

Definition

excessive fondness for (one’s own) husband

Term

illeism

Definition

excessive use of the third person to refer to oneself

Term

godwottery

Definition

excessively elaborate speech or writing; gardening

Term

peine

Definition

execution by crushing to death under heavy weights

Term

waygone

Definition

exhausted from long travels

Term

allotropy

Definition

existence of an element in more than one form

Term

benet

Definition

exorcist

Term

tentation

Definition

experiment by trial and error

Term

peirastic

Definition

experimental; ready to be tried

Term

tatonnement

Definition

experimentation; trial and error

Term

zoopery

Definition

experimenting on lower animals

Term

piacular

Definition

expiatory; sinful

Term

apodcitic

Definition

expressing absolute certainty

Term

morbidezza

Definition

extreme softness or delicacy in artistic representation

Term

obolary

Definition

extremely poor

Term

facinorous

Definition

extremely wicked

Term

nonfeasance

Definition

failure to perform an act or obligation

Term

eboulliment

Definition

falling in of a wall of a fort; landslide

Term

caducous

Definition

falling off easily

Term

subreption

Definition

false or unfair deduction or representation due to suppression of truth

Term

sadogue

Definition

fat, easygoing person

Term

steatopygous

Definition

fat-buttocked

Term

captious

Definition

fault-finding

Term

feracity

Definition

fecundity; fertility

Term

sarcophagous (adj)

Definition

feeding on flesh; carnivorous

Term

lotophagous

Definition

feeding on lotuses; indolent; dreamy; lazy

Term

dedolent

Definition

feeling no sorrow; callous; apathetic

Term

muliebrile

Definition

feminine

Term

foinery

Definition

fencing; swordplay

Term

gyve

Definition

fetter; to shackle

Term

aceldama

Definition

field or scene of bloodshed

Term

truculent

Definition

fierce, cruel, hostile, scathing

Term

breme

Definition

fierce; sharp; cruel

Term

splenitive

Definition

fiery; ill-tempered

Term

metonymy

Definition

figurative use of a word for another closely associated with it, esp of attribute for its subject (ie “the crown” for the sovereign)

Term

borborology

Definition

filthy talk

Term

question extraordinaire

Definition

final or severest torture

Term

charrette

Definition

final, intensive effort to finish a project before deadline

Term

desitive

Definition

final; completing

Term

serein

Definition

fine rain falling from an apparently cloudless sky

Term

meet

Definition

fitting; proper

Term

binnacle

Definition

fixed case or stand for the ship's compass

Term

bannock

Definition

flat, round, unleavened Scottish loaf

Term

gloze

Definition

flattery or deceit; to explain away or gloss over

Term

preterlabent

Definition

flowing by

Term

confluent

Definition

flowing together; combining

Term

transvection

Definition

flying by supernatural means

Term

altivolant

Definition

flying high

Term

serpivolent

Definition

flying serpent

Term

velivolent

Definition

flying with sails

Term

spumid

Definition

foamy; frothing

Term

strapontin

Definition

folding seat in a theatre

Term

myrmidon

Definition

follower; hireling

Term

vitiative

Definition

fond of life

Term

mulierose

Definition

fond of women

Term

stultiloquence

Definition

foolish talk

Term

seely

Definition

foolish; pitiable because of weakness

Term

pelmatogram

Definition

footprint

Term

faute de mieux

Definition

for want of better

Term

exallotriote

Definition

foreign

Term

predevote

Definition

foreordained

Term

adumbrative

Definition

foreshadowing; vaguely indicative

Term

antepast

Definition

foretaste; first course

Term

lethologica

Definition

forgetfulness of words

Term

cyanthropy

Definition

form of insanity in which patient has delusions of being a dog

Term

whilom

Definition

formerly; erstwhile

Term

scortation

Definition

fornication; lewdness

Term

redoubt

Definition

fortification within an outwork

Term

ichnite

Definition

fossil footprint

Term

turbid

Definition

foul; muddy; befogged

Term

olent

Definition

fragrant

Term

suaveolent

Definition

fragrant

Term

gantry

Definition

framelike support

Term

eleutherian

Definition

freedom-giving

Term

micturition

Definition

frequent urination

Term

habitue

Definition

frequenter

Term

bonhomie

Definition

friendliness; urbane manner

Term

fizgig

Definition

frivolous or coquettish girl

Term

cavillation

Definition

frivolous or sophistical objection

Term

march

Definition

frontier; border area

Term

rime

Definition

frost or hoarfrost

Term

frore

Definition

frosty; frozen

Term

Pyrrhic victory

Definition

fruitless victory

Term

tosticated

Definition

fuddled; perplexed

Term

runagate

Definition

fugitive; vagabond

Term

eclaircissement

Definition

full explanation; enlightenment

Term

gambrinous

Definition

full of beer

Term

pecorous

Definition

full of cows

Term

plenary

Definition

full; entire; unlimited; with all members present

Term

exequy

Definition

funeral rights; procession

Term

tenue

Definition

general appearance or manner

Term

veridic

Definition

genuine

Term

echt

Definition

genuine; authentic

Term

aurated

Definition

gilded

Term

cameleopard

Definition

giraffe

Term

hyaline

Definition

glassy; transparent

Term

fulgid

Definition

glittering

Term

clinquant

Definition

glittering with tinsel or garish finery

Term

aestuous

Definition

glowing ; agitated, as with heat

Term

aurulent

Definition

golden-colored

Term

pukka

Definition

good; sound; reliable; genuine

Term

anserine

Definition

gooselike; foolish

Term

quidnunc

Definition

gossiper; inquisitive person

Term

tournure

Definition

grace; poise; expressive phrase

Term

leggiadrous

Definition

graceful; elegant; pleasing

Term

rondure

Definition

gracefully rounded curvature

Term

charientism

Definition

gracefully veiled insult

Term

mome

Definition

grave; solemn

Term

lubricity

Definition

greasiness; wiliness

Term

ingordigious

Definition

greedy

Term

lickerish

Definition

greedy; letcherous

Term

chrysochlorous

Definition

greenish-gold

Term

amadelphous

Definition

gregarious; outgoing

Term

mascaron

Definition

grotesque face on a door-knocker

Term

galere

Definition

group of undesirable people; unpleasant situation

Term

agminate

Definition

grouped

Term

senescent

Definition

growing old

Term

revirescent

Definition

growing young and strong again

Term

creancer

Definition

guardian; mentor

Term

vade-mecum

Definition

guidebook; manual

Term

cynosure

Definition

guiding star; object of common interest

Term

scaturient

Definition

gushing; overflowing; effusive

Term

usance

Definition

habit; custom

Term

assuefaction, assuetude

Definition

habituation

Term

comate

Definition

hairy

Term

crinite

Definition

hairy

Term

helve

Definition

handle or hilt

Term

eumoirous

Definition

happy because innocent and good

Term

festination

Definition

haste; hurrying walk

Term

chatoyant

Definition

having a changeable luster, like a cat’s eye; iridescent

Term

simous

Definition

having a flat, upturned nose

Term

anticryptic

Definition

having a protective resemblance to the environment

Term

scripturient

Definition

having a violent desire to write

Term

chalcenterous

Definition

having bowels of brass; tough

Term

auricomous

Definition

having golden hair

Term

multivious

Definition

having many directions; leading many ways

Term

myriacanthous

Definition

having many prickles

Term

monarsenous

Definition

having one male for every several females

Term

iridian

Definition

having or suggestive of the colors of a rainbow

Term

sonsy

Definition

having pleasing curves

Term

raglan

Definition

having sleeves going all the way to the neck

Term

epicene

Definition

having the characteristics of both sexes; sexless

Term

heterotrichosis

Definition

having variegated colored hair

Term

ithyphallic

Definition

having, showing, or pertaining to an erect penis; indecent or obscene

Term

accipitrine

Definition

hawklike; rapacious

Term

sanative

Definition

healing

Term

psychiasis

Definition

healing in the soul or psyche

Term

vulnerary

Definition

healing wounds

Term

salubrious

Definition

health-giving; respectable; wholesome

Term

embonpoint

Definition

healthy plumpness, stoutness

Term

duramen

Definition

heartwood

Term

supernal

Definition

heavenly

Term

cirogrille

Definition

hedgehog

Term

ilspile

Definition

hedgehog

Term

flagitous

Definition

heinous; villainous

Term

timoneer

Definition

helmsman

Term

apparator

Definition

herald; harbinger

Term

dern

Definition

hidden; secret; dark; somber

Term

exoptable

Definition

highly desirable

Term

pismirism

Definition

hoarding of small or insignificant things

Term

gallimaufry

Definition

hodge-podge

Term

sanctanimity

Definition

holiness of mind

Term

melichrous

Definition

honey-colored

Term

protreptical

Definition

hortatory; persuasive

Term

penates

Definition

household gods

Term

meinie

Definition

household; retinue

Term

yapness

Definition

hunger

Term

esurience

Definition

hunger; appetite

Term

blendling

Definition

hybrid

Term

la maledie sans maledie

Definition

hypochondria

Term

quixotic

Definition

idealistic; altruistic; unpractical

Term

dizzard

Definition

idiot

Term

bavardage

Definition

idle chatter

Term

faineant

Definition

idle; indolent

Term

otiant

Definition

idle; resting

Term

otiose

Definition

idle; useless; futile

Term

solecism

Definition

ignorant error, esp. in grammar; breach of ettiquette

Term

wanion

Definition

ill luck, misfortune

Term

xanthippe

Definition

ill-tempered woman

Term

hofles

Definition

immoderate, unreasonable

Term

profligate

Definition

immoral; dissolute

Term

mithridation

Definition

immunity from poison gained by consuming a series of small doses

Term

alluvion

Definition

impact of water on shore; flood

Term

unthirlable

Definition

impenetrable

Term

subintelligitur

Definition

implication understood though not stated

Term

introuvable

Definition

impossible to find

Term

spado

Definition

impotent person; castrated animal

Term

autoschediasm

Definition

improvisation

Term

maugre

Definition

in spite of

Term

murklins

Definition

in the dark

Term

impassible

Definition

incapable of suffering pain or harm

Term

tephrosis

Definition

incineration

Term

abderian

Definition

inclined to foolish or incessant merriment

Term

pararthria

Definition

incoherence

Term

cacoepy

Definition

incorrect pronunciation

Term

rocambolesque

Definition

incredible; fantastic

Term

swoopstake

Definition

indiscriminately

Term

immanent

Definition

indwelling; inherent; all-pervading

Term

tirailleur

Definition

infantry soldier; skirmisher; sharpshooter

Term

ceilidh

Definition

informal gathering with music, dancing, etc.

Term

daedalian

Definition

ingenious; intricate; varied

Term

amphiscian

Definition

inhabitant of the tropics

Term

cleronomy

Definition

inheritance

Term

caveat

Definition

injunction to stop proceedings; warning

Term

teen

Definition

injury; grief

Term

atrament

Definition

ink

Term

sprachgefuhl

Definition

innate feel for the essential character of a language

Term

adytum

Definition

inner sanctuary of temple; secret room

Term

ingenuous

Definition

innocent; guileless

Term

intempestive

Definition

inopportune; untimely; out of season

Term

delirament

Definition

insane fancy; delusion

Term

indiscerptible

Definition

inseperable

Term

contumelious

Definition

insolently abusive and humiliating

Term

swith

Definition

instantly; quickly; forcibly; strongly

Term

storge

Definition

instinctive parental affection for one’s young

Term

sollevation

Definition

insurrection

Term

marcor

Definition

intense emaciation due to malnutrition

Term

marasmic

Definition

intensely emaciated due to malnutrition

Term

allision

Definition

intentional collision, esp of ships

Term

ballonet(te)

Definition

interior, volume-variable gasbag of airship or balloon

Term

hermeneutic

Definition

interpretative, explanatory

Term

anacrisis

Definition

interrogation accompanied by torture

Term

raddle

Definition

interweave, wattle

Term

intrinsicate

Definition

intricate; involved; tangled

Term

exordium

Definition

introductory part, beginning

Term

choleric

Definition

iracisible

Term

narquois

Definition

ironic; mocking; malicious

Term

ineluctable

Definition

irresistible; unavoidable

Term

saccadic

Definition

jerky; twitching

Term

atrous

Definition

jet black

Term

ferroniere

Definition

jewel held on the forehead by a chain

Term

carcanet

Definition

jeweled necklace or collar

Term

allegresse

Definition

joy

Term

tregetour

Definition

juggler; trickster; deciever

Term

prosilient

Definition

jumping forth; conspicuous

Term

pheretrer

Definition

keeper of a shrine

Term

clithridate

Definition

keyhole-shaped

Term

plagium

Definition

kidnapping

Term

mactation

Definition

killing, esp. sacrificial

Term

branks

Definition

kind of bridle fixed to the head of a nagging woman as punishment, scold’s bridle

Term

baisemain

Definition

kiss on the hand

Term

cataglottism

Definition

kissing using the tongue

Term

parviscient

Definition

knowing little; uninformed; ignorant

Term

afterwit

Definition

knowledge gained too late to do any good

Term

lucubration

Definition

laborious work, study, or thought, esp. at night; a speech or dissertation

Term

ullage

Definition

lack; deficiency; amount by which something, esp. of liquor, is short of full measure

Term

threnody

Definition

lament; dirge

Term

wayment

Definition

lamentation; grief

Term

pasquinade

Definition

lampoon or satire, esp. exhibited in a public place

Term

pannychous

Definition

lasting all night

Term

dapatical

Definition

lavish; sumptuous; costly

Term

ignavy

Definition

laziness

Term

huderon

Definition

lazy

Term

murcid

Definition

lazy

Term

plumbeous

Definition

leaden

Term

cruentation

Definition

leaking or oozing of blood from dead body

Term

salient

Definition

leaping; outstanding; pointing outwards

Term

femme savant

Definition

learned woman; bluestocking

Term

furlough

Definition

leave of absence; holiday

Term

subsecive

Definition

left over; spare

Term

mancinism

Definition

left-handedness

Term

endlong

Definition

lengthwise

Term

whifflery

Definition

levity

Term

grivoiserie

Definition

lewd and lascivious behavior

Term

putanism

Definition

lewdness in women; prostitution

Term

unwithdrawing

Definition

liberal; lavish

Term

lambent

Definition

licking, lapping, running lightly over a surface, of wit: graceful, lightly playful; of light: flickering, softly radiant

Term

persiflage

Definition

light conversation; idle chatter; banter

Term

peerl

Definition

light, drizzling rain

Term

fanal

Definition

lighthouse

Term

aphotic

Definition

lightless

Term

legerity

Definition

lightness; nimbleness

Term

echinate

Definition

like a hedgehog; prickly

Term

sulline

Definition

like a pig

Term

pythonic

Definition

like a python; like an oracle

Term

salamandroid

Definition

like a salamander; able to withstand fire

Term

anile

Definition

like a very old woman; imbecile

Term

thooid

Definition

like a wolf

Term

eburnian

Definition

like ivory

Term

punctate

Definition

like or ending in a point; like a dot; bearing spots; pitted

Term

clysmian

Definition

like, pertaining to, or caused by a flood

Term

bdelygmia

Definition

litany of abuse

Term

runnel

Definition

little brook

Term

synechthry

Definition

living together of hostile species

Term

feak

Definition

lock of hair

Term

celsitude

Definition

loftiness

Term

anagapesis

Definition

loss of feelings for someone once loved

Term

clamant

Definition

loud; insistent; urgent

Term

philocaly

Definition

love of beauty

Term

philomath

Definition

lover of learning

Term

phialethist

Definition

lover of truth

Term

malapropism

Definition

ludicrous misuse of words

Term

berceuse

Definition

lullaby

Term

latitant

Definition

lurking; lying in wait; hiding

Term

reflet

Definition

lustre, iridescence, esp. on pottery

Term

mollitious

Definition

luxurious; sensuous

Term

sardanapalian

Definition

luxuriously effeminate

Term

delitescent

Definition

lying hidden; latent; obfuscated

Term

subjacent

Definition

lying or situated below

Term

clou

Definition

main point of interest or attention

Term

bel-etage

Definition

main story of building

Term

schlimmbesserung

Definition

making things worse in the attempt to make them better

Term

telamon

Definition

male caratid

Term

theriodic

Definition

malignant

Term

secernate

Definition

mark as different, distinguish

Term

culacino

Definition

mark left on a surface by a moist glass

Term

splenetic

Definition

marked by bad temper or spite; melancholy

Term

cicisbeo

Definition

married woman's lover or escort

Term

brocard

Definition

maxim; axiom; caustic remark

Term

dapocaginous

Definition

mean-spirited; heartless

Term

flummery

Definition

meaningless flattery; nonsense

Term

commensurate

Definition

measurable by the same standard; proportionate

Term

recontre

Definition

meeting; encounter; duel

Term

athymy

Definition

melancholy

Term

saturnine

Definition

melancholy; taciturn; suffering from lead poisoning

Term

melisma

Definition

melodic embellishment or ornamentation of a tune

Term

canorous

Definition

melodic; musical

Term

peritectic

Definition

melting

Term

idolum

Definition

mental picture; fallacy

Term

paralepsis

Definition

mentioning something by saying you won’t mention it

Term

skainsmate

Definition

messmate; companion in arms

Term

collet

Definition

metal collar or sleeve

Term

mansuetude

Definition

mildness, gentleness

Term

katabasis

Definition

military retreat

Term

mirabiliary

Definition

miracle-worker

Term

espileglerie

Definition

mischievousness; a mischievous trick

Term

contretemps

Definition

mishap; awkward situation

Term

brume

Definition

mist or fog

Term

pseudepigraphy

Definition

mistaken attribution of works to wrong authors

Term

caliginous

Definition

misty; dim; dark

Term

catachresis

Definition

misuse of a word

Term

zabernism

Definition

misuse of military authority; bullying

Term

irrisory

Definition

mocking; derisive

Term

scaphism

Definition

mode of execution by smearing criminals with honey and exposing them to insects

Term

sophrosone

Definition

moderation; prudence

Term

bedesman

Definition

monk; pensioner or almshouse inmate who prays for benefactor

Term

claire de lune

Definition

moonlight

Term

flamfew

Definition

moonlight reflected on water

Term

alborado

Definition

morning song

Term

ughten

Definition

morning twilight

Term

polikilitic

Definition

mottled

Term

plangorous

Definition

mournful

Term

lugubrious

Definition

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated manner

Term

macaronic

Definition

muddled; mixed up

Term

pseudoautochiria

Definition

murder disguised as suicide

Term

sicarian

Definition

murderer

Term

thew

Definition

muscle, sinew, strength

Term

orphic

Definition

mystic; oracular

Term

hight

Definition

named; called

Term

yclept

Definition

named; called

Term

diegesis

Definition

narration

Term

hithermost

Definition

nearest to this place or in this direction

Term

nightwhat

Definition

nearly; almost

Term

paizogony

Definition

necking; love play

Term

goety

Definition

necromancy

Term

etui

Definition

needle-case; small case for toilet articles, etc.

Term

incivism

Definition

neglect of one's duty as a citizen

Term

laches

Definition

negligence, carelessness

Term

voisinage

Definition

neighborhood

Term

purlieus

Definition

neighborhood, suburb(s)

Term

yare

Definition

nimble; brisk; ready

Term

sneap

Definition

nip; pinch; put down; repress; snub

Term

strepor

Definition

noise

Term

obstreperous

Definition

noisy, exuberant; unruly

Term

nary

Definition

not a one; not at all

Term

infrangible

Definition

not able to be broken or violated

Term

uneath

Definition

not easily; with difficulty; scarcely

Term

multivolent

Definition

not in agreement

Term

adscitious

Definition

not inherent or essential; derived from something extrinsic

Term

inapposite

Definition

not pertinent

Term

imperscriptable

Definition

not recorded

Term

inchoate

Definition

not yet fully developed, just begun, disorganized

Term

apostille

Definition

note in margin

Term

esclandre

Definition

notoriety; scandal; an incident that gives rise to such

Term

aliment

Definition

nourishment; food

Term

serment

Definition

oath

Term

polysarcous

Definition

obese

Term

morigerous

Definition

obsequiously obedient

Term

dacnomania

Definition

obsession with killing

Term

obdurate

Definition

obstinate

Term

immorigerous

Definition

obstinate; disobedient

Term

contumacious

Definition

obstinate; rebellious

Term

encheson

Definition

occasion; cause; reason

Term

roustabout

Definition

odd job man; unskilled laborer

Term

phlegmatic

Definition

of a calm, unexcitable disposition

Term

priscan

Definition

of ancient times

Term

eoan

Definition

of dawn

Term

mazarine

Definition

of deep blue hue (a red-blue as opposed to a green-blue)

Term

friscalating

Definition

of dusklight, shimmering on the horizon at sunset

Term

mantic

Definition

of or pertaining to divination

Term

propadeutic

Definition

of or relating to preparatory instruction necessary for study in a certain field

Term

chthonian

Definition

of the underworld

Term

stochastic

Definition

of, like, or pertaining to a sequence of random events

Term

ichneutic

Definition

of, like, or pertaining to a tracker or tracking

Term

syrtic

Definition

of, like, or pertaining to quicksand

Term

bumptious

Definition

offensively conceited or self-assertive

Term

oblation

Definition

offering; sacrifice

Term

polypragmatic

Definition

officious or meddlesome

Term

mumsy

Definition

old-fashioned, drab

Term

minimifidian

Definition

one having the smallest possible degree of faith

Term

moiety

Definition

one part of something divided into two parts

Term

vespillo

Definition

one who carries forth dead bodies in the night to be buried, as in times of plague

Term

sloffer

Definition

one who eats greedily and untidily

Term

doryphore

Definition

one who gains pleasure from pointing out minor errors; a nitpicker

Term

bayard

Definition

one who has the self-confidence of ignorance

Term

gradgrind

Definition

one who is interested in only the cold, hard facts

Term

passalorynchite

Definition

one who takes a religious vow of silence

Term

lychnobite

Definition

one who works at night and sleeps during the day

Term

wold

Definition

open tract of country

Term

antibasilican

Definition

opposed to the principle of monarchy

Term

corybantic

Definition

orgiastic; frenzied

Term

hors de combat

Definition

out of combat; disabled

Term

perdu

Definition

out of sight; reckless; lost; hidden; obscured; (of a soldier) placed in a very dangerous position, duty, or mission—essentially, one expected to be lost; expendable

Term

bailey

Definition

outer wall of castle

Term

peregrinity

Definition

outlandishness; foreignness

Term

parrhesia

Definition

outspokenness

Term

gauletier

Definition

overbearing wielder of petty authority

Term

obvolute

Definition

overlapping; twisted

Term

benighted

Definition

overtaken by night; ignorant

Term

pastose

Definition

painted thickly

Term

palimpsest

Definition

parchment, etc, of which first writing was erased to enable it to be used again

Term

enclave

Definition

part of a foreign country enclosed in native territory; any small, distinct area or group isolated within a larger one

Term

discinct

Definition

partly or loosely clad; having belt removed

Term

dithyrambic

Definition

passionate; ecstatic; frenzied; wildly enthusiastic in speech or writing

Term

longanimity

Definition

patience; forbearance

Term

pavonated

Definition

peacock blue

Term

pyriform

Definition

pear-shaped

Term

margaritaceous

Definition

pearl-like

Term

protervity

Definition

peevishness; petulance; perversity; wantonness

Term

metanoia

Definition

penitence; spiritual conversion; fundamental change in character

Term

apperception

Definition

perception of inner meaning and relation of new facts to facts already known; mental assimilation

Term

obreptitious

Definition

performed in an underhanded fashion

Term

nycthemeron

Definition

period of 24 hours; a night and day

Term

antilapsarian

Definition

person denying the doctrine of the fall of man

Term

voluptuary

Definition

person excessively devoted to pleasure

Term

pedant

Definition

person making an excessive display of his knowing; learned person paying excessive attention to insignificant details; schoolmaster or teacher

Term

energumen

Definition

person possessed by evil spirit; fanatic

Term

votary

Definition

person vowed or devoted to god

Term

izzat

Definition

personal dignity; honor; public esteem

Term

personalty

Definition

personal property

Term

idiolect

Definition

personal speech pattern

Term

tonsorial

Definition

pertaining to barber or hairdressing

Term

orectic

Definition

pertaining to desires and their satisfaction

Term

xenial

Definition

pertaining to hospitality or relations with friendly visitors

Term

basial

Definition

pertaining to kissing

Term

saltatory

Definition

pertaining to leaping or dancing; taking place by leaps and bounds

Term

palladian

Definition

pertaining to learning and wisdom

Term

matinal

Definition

pertaining to morning

Term

risorial

Definition

pertaining to or causing laughter

Term

smaragdine

Definition

pertaining to or colored like an emerald

Term

lyncean

Definition

pertaining to or like a lynx; keen-sighted

Term

vitreous

Definition

pertaining to or like glass; glassy

Term

inguinal

Definition

pertaining to or near the groin

Term

venatic

Definition

pertaining to or used in hunting

Term

hyetal

Definition

pertaining to rain

Term

geal

Definition

pertaining to the earth

Term

hesternal

Definition

pertaining to yesterday

Term

camsteary

Definition

perverse; unruly

Term

hypokoristikon

Definition

pet name

Term

parvanimity

Definition

pettiness; meanness; small-mindedness

Term

picayune

Definition

petty, trivial

Term

amyctic

Definition

physically irritating

Term

spoilation

Definition

pillage

Term

disreption

Definition

pillaging; plundering

Term

dispiteous

Definition

pitiless; malicious

Term

lusory

Definition

playful

Term

lepid

Definition

pleasant; charming; amusing

Term

sapid

Definition

pleasantly flavoured; having flavor; agreeable

Term

eutrapely

Definition

pleasantness in conversation

Term

grate

Definition

pleasing

Term

macarism

Definition

pleasure in another’s joy; a beatitude

Term

depredate

Definition

plunder; ravish

Term

fastigate

Definition

pointed, conical

Term

virose

Definition

poisonous; foul-smelling

Term

fitchew

Definition

polecat

Term

asteism

Definition

polite irony

Term

penurious

Definition

poor

Term

funest

Definition

portending death; deadly; disastrous, lamentable

Term

affiche

Definition

poster or placard

Term

compendious

Definition

precise but comprehensive

Term

porparler

Definition

preliminary or informal discussion

Term

prepense

Definition

premeditated; intentional

Term

antephialtic

Definition

preventative of nightmare

Term

bridewell

Definition

prison

Term

belike

Definition

probably

Term

dilatory

Definition

procrastinating; slow

Term

proxenete

Definition

procurer; marriage broker

Term

teratogenic

Definition

producing monsters or abnormal growth

Term

henotic

Definition

promoting harmony or peace

Term

eirenic

Definition

promoting peace

Term

bienseance

Definition

proper, correct, or fitting thing

Term

allodium

Definition

property under absolute ownership; freehold

Term

defilade

Definition

protection provided by obstacles or fortifications against enemy fire; to arrange fortifications for this purpose

Term

orgulous

Definition

proud; haughty

Term

zeigarnik

Definition

psychological tendency to remember an uncompleted rather than a completed act

Term

reclame

Definition

publicity

Term

bouffant

Definition

puffed out

Term

tractive

Definition

pulling

Term

pultaceous

Definition

pulpy; porridgelike

Term

pertuse

Definition

punched; pierced; slit

Term

theomastix

Definition

punishment or punisher of mortals sent by God

Term

meracious

Definition

pure; unmixed

Term

vastation

Definition

purification

Term

smectic

Definition

purifying

Term

provedore

Definition

purveyor of supplies; steward

Term

arriviste

Definition

pushful, ambitious person; upstart

Term

haeccity

Definition

quality of being here at present

Term

bund

Definition

quay; esplanade; embankment

Term

pysmatic

Definition

questioning; interrogatory

Term

rathe

Definition

quick; early; eager

Term

argute

Definition

quick; sharp; shrill; astute; subtle

Term

betimes

Definition

quickly

Term

nervine

Definition

quieting; soothing nervous excitement

Term

quiddity

Definition

quintessence; unique essence; triviality; eccentricity

Term

quidditative

Definition

quirky; eccentric

Term

miscegenation

Definition

racial interbreeding

Term

effulgent

Definition

radiant; bright

Term

pluviose

Definition

rainy

Term

arrect

Definition

raised up; attentive

Term

degringolade

Definition

rapid deterioration of a situation or circumstance; downfall

Term

cullion

Definition

rascal

Term

temerarious

Definition

rashly or presumptuously daring

Term

clough

Definition

ravine; trench; gully

Term

ravissant

Definition

ravishing; causing rapture

Term

exprobate

Definition

rebuke

Term

leitmotif

Definition

recurring musical theme associated with a person, idea, event, etc.

Term

pyrrhotism

Definition

red-hairedness

Term

alpenglow

Definition

reddish light at sunrise or sunset on mountaintops

Term

pyrrhous

Definition

reddish; rusty

Term

recherche

Definition

refined; carefully done; curious; farfetched; extravagant; rare or exotic

Term

draff

Definition

refuse; dregs

Term

recadency

Definition

relapsing; falling back

Term

affinal

Definition

related by marriage

Term

agnate

Definition

related on the father's side

Term

fideism

Definition

reliance on faith alone

Term

remanent

Definition

remaining; residual

Term

anamnesis

Definition

remembrance of the past; remembrance of ideas the soul had known in its previous existence

Term

debridement

Definition

removal of foreign matter and dead tissue from a wound

Term

discalceation

Definition

removal of one’s shoes, esp. in reverence

Term

attrite

Definition

repentant through fear of punishment

Term

dysphemism

Definition

replacing an unoffensive word with an offensive one; the opposite of euphemism

Term

rejoinder

Definition

reply to an answer

Term

rebarbative

Definition

repulsive

Term

operose

Definition

requiring effort; working hard

Term

pergameneous

Definition

resembling parchment

Term

stomachous

Definition

resentful; haughty; spirited; sullen; obstinate

Term

obluctation

Definition

resistance; opposition

Term

denouement

Definition

resolution of the plot at the end of the play

Term

plangent

Definition

resounding loudly, as a bell; deep or loud sounding

Term

devoirs

Definition

respects, attentions; courtesy

Term

remuant

Definition

restless; fidgety

Term

apocatastisis

Definition

restoration; the conversion of the whole world to Christianity

Term

roborant

Definition

restoring vigor or strength

Term

rapprochement

Definition

resumption of or improvement of relations between countries or persons

Term

talionic

Definition

retributive; like for like; punitive

Term

reboant

Definition

reverberating

Term

atavism

Definition

reversion to ancestral type; throwback

Term

redintegration

Definition

revival of whole of previous mental state at recurrence of part of it

Term

guerdon

Definition

reward; to reward

Term

diasyrm

Definition

rhetorical device of damning by faint praise

Term

asyndeton

Definition

rhetorical device of emitting conjunctions

Term

vallation

Definition

ridge or bank of earth used as fortification

Term

canaille

Definition

riffraff; rabble; the masses

Term

recto

Definition

right hand page; front of printed of manuscript page

Term

rhadamanthine

Definition

rigorously severe and just

Term

nepotation

Definition

riotous behavior; profligacy

Term

ustulation

Definition

roasting; lust

Term

dacoitage

Definition

robbery by gang or mob

Term

rupellary

Definition

rocky

Term

skerry

Definition

rocky island

Term

hypaethral

Definition

roofless; open to the sky

Term

upaithric

Definition

roofless; open to the sky

Term

scabrous

Definition

rough-surfaced; scaly; scabby; full of difficulties; obscene; risqué

Term

ruvid

Definition

rough; tough; barbaric

Term

ambagious

Definition

roundabout; circuitous; devious

Term

viceroy

Definition

ruler having king’s authority

Term

agrestic

Definition

rural; unpolished

Term

bethel

Definition

sacred place

Term

luctual

Definition

saddening

Term

pantagruelian

Definition

satirical, though ribald

Term

allantiasis

Definition

sausage poisoning

Term

roinish

Definition

scabby; despicable

Term

exiguous

Definition

scanty; slender; meager

Term

rampallion

Definition

scoundrel; villain

Term

thersitical

Definition

scurrilous; violent in manner of speech

Term

virason

Definition

sea breeze

Term

thalassian

Definition

sea turtle

Term

cumatic

Definition

sea-blue

Term

spindrift

Definition

sea-spray blown up by a wind; powdery snow blown off a mountain

Term

commissure

Definition

seam; cleft; joint

Term

araphostic

Definition

seamless

Term

clancular

Definition

secret; private; underhanded

Term

reprisal

Definition

securing of redress or compensation by violent measure; act of retaliation in kind or to the same degree

Term

apophenia

Definition

seeing connections where none exist

Term

philonoist

Definition

seeker of knowledge

Term

antilogy

Definition

self-contradictory statement

Term

vecordious

Definition

senseless; crazy; mad

Term

sidereal

Definition

sent from the stars; omenous or evil

Term

schwarmerei

Definition

sentimental enthusiasm; wild devotion

Term

vadelect

Definition

servant; serving man

Term

aristarch

Definition

severe critic

Term

cafard

Definition

severe depression; apathy

Term

troilism

Definition

sexual activity between three people

Term

houghmagandie

Definition

sexual intercourse

Term

volupty

Definition

sexual pleasure

Term

veilleuse

Definition

shaded night lamp; dark lantern

Term

galanty

Definition

shadow play

Term

inverecund

Definition

shameless

Term

harengiform

Definition

shaped like a herring

Term

featous

Definition

shapely; well-made; handsome; neat

Term

trenchant

Definition

sharp; cutting

Term

pyknic

Definition

short, stocky, often fat

Term

pursy

Definition

short-winded, esp. because stout

Term

anhelation

Definition

shortness of breath

Term

conclamation

Definition

shouting together

Term

empressement

Definition

show of affection

Term

niaiserie

Definition

simplicity; foolishness

Term

demersal

Definition

sinking to the bottom

Term

velitation

Definition

skirmish; minor argument

Term

argot

Definition

slang, jargon

Term

trucidation

Definition

slaughter

Term

velleity

Definition

slight desire; vague wish

Term

legerdemain

Definition

slight of hand

Term

engleimous

Definition

slimy and venomous

Term

mucid

Definition

slimy, moldy, musty

Term

unctuous

Definition

slimy; oily; greasy; offensively suave and smug

Term

shibboleth

Definition

slogan; watchword; distinguishing linguistic peculiarity

Term

proreption

Definition

slow, secret advance; creeping attack

Term

lenitude

Definition

slowness; lethargy

Term

segnity

Definition

sluggishness; slothfulness

Term

subdolous

Definition

sly; crafty; artful

Term

pawky

Definition

sly; dry; coy

Term

firkin

Definition

small cask

Term

pugil

Definition

small handful; pinch

Term

bibelot

Definition

small object of art; curio; trinket

Term

interstice

Definition

small opening or space, esp. intervening

Term

punctillo

Definition

small point or detail of conduct; close observance of such points

Term

sprauncy

Definition

smart; dapper

Term

subrident

Definition

smiling

Term

oggannition

Definition

snarling; growling

Term

mycterism

Definition

sneering

Term

malacophanous

Definition

soft-voiced

Term

mollescent

Definition

softening

Term

agelast

Definition

someone who never laughs

Term

noceur

Definition

someone who stays up late; a rake or libertine

Term

nelipot

Definition

someone who walks around barefoot

Term

anachorism

Definition

something out of place in or foreign to a country

Term

wonderclout

Definition

something showy but worthless

Term

brimborion

Definition

something useless or worthless

Term

epinicon

Definition

song of victory or triumph

Term

eftsoons

Definition

soon after

Term

hesychastic

Definition

soothing; quieting; keeping silence

Term

fuliginous

Definition

sooty; dusty

Term

elenge

Definition

sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble

Term

frampled

Definition

sour-tempered; cross; peevish

Term

commodious

Definition

spacious; convenient

Term

scintilla

Definition

spark; atom

Term

suaviloquent

Definition

speaking sweetly or agreeably

Term

galliard

Definition

spirited; lively

Term

lemures

Definition

spirits

Term

anagogy

Definition

spiritual exaltation, mystical interpretation of sacred works

Term

numinous

Definition

spiritual or supernatural; mysterious

Term

hircarra

Definition

spy; messenger

Term

stridulous

Definition

squeaky

Term

louche

Definition

squinting; dubious; shady; disreputable

Term

guidon

Definition

standard-bearer

Term

feeze

Definition

state of alarm or excitement; rush

Term

dwaal

Definition

state of befuddlement

Term

alterity

Definition

state of being different

Term

swivet

Definition

state of extreme agitation

Term

fanteague

Definition

state of worry or excitement; ill humor; anxiety or irritation

Term

tentiginous

Definition

stiff; stretched; strained; lustful; lust provoking

Term

urticant

Definition

stinging; irritating

Term

abeyant

Definition

stopped, suspended, inactive

Term

oragious

Definition

stormy

Term

procellous

Definition

stormy

Term

mezzanine

Definition

story between two others, esp between ground and first floor

Term

capilotade

Definition

story that is hashed together

Term

selcouth

Definition

strange; unfamiliar; marvelous

Term

wavenger

Definition

stray animal

Term

porrect

Definition

stretched at length; to stretch forth; to present

Term

foudroyant

Definition

striking, as if by lightning; stunning; dazzling; overwhelming

Term

luctation

Definition

struggle; strive

Term

atelier

Definition

studio; workshop

Term

insipient

Definition

stupid

Term

sotisse

Definition

stupid or blundering act

Term

hebitude

Definition

stupidity

Term

epitonic

Definition

subjected to too great strain

Term

ersatz

Definition

substitute

Term

thole

Definition

suffer; endure; tolerate without complaint

Term

lautitious

Definition

sumptuous

Term

ampliative

Definition

supplementary

Term

millieu

Definition

surroundings; environment

Term

pickthank

Definition

sycophant; flatterer

Term

gnathonic

Definition

sycophantic; flattering

Term

anacoluthon

Definition

syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence

Term

raisonne

Definition

systematically arranged; ordered

Term

lambitive

Definition

taken by licking up with the tongue

Term

recaption

Definition

taking back that which is unlawfully obtained

Term

wearish

Definition

tasteless; savourless

Term

fulvous

Definition

tawny

Term

larmoyant

Definition

tearful; weeping

Term

moromancy

Definition

telling the future by observing the behavior of fools

Term

tendresse

Definition

tender feeling; care; delicacy

Term

sublative

Definition

tending to remove

Term

capreolate

Definition

tentacled

Term

telluric

Definition

terrestrial, proceeding from the earth and soil

Term

inexpiable

Definition

that which cannot be atoned for

Term

metachrosis

Definition

the ability to change color voluntarily

Term

morsure

Definition

the act of biting

Term

orchesis

Definition

the act of dancing or rhythmical moving of the body

Term

yepsen

Definition

the amount that can be held in two hands cupped together

Term

eschatology

Definition

the branch of theology dealing with death, final judgement, the future state, etc.

Term

auto-da-fe

Definition

the burning of a heretic

Term

wang

Definition

the cheek

Term

epanorthosis

Definition

the correction of a statement as one is making it

Term

karezza

Definition

the deliberate delaying or avoiding of orgasm during prolonged intercourse

Term

omophagy

Definition

the eating of raw flesh

Term

ignoratio elenchi

Definition

the fallacy of ignoring the point in question and arguing the wrong point

Term

jactitation

Definition

the false assertion that one is someone’s wife or husband

Term

saudade

Definition

the feeling of longing for something or someone one loves but has lost

Term

akathesia

Definition

the inability to sit down because of intense anxiety

Term

zemblanity

Definition

the inexorable discovery of what we don’t want to know

Term

epenthesis

Definition

the insertion of an extra sound into a word

Term

l'appel du vide

Definition

the instinctive urge to jump from high places; lit. “the call of the void”

Term

epitrope

Definition

the ironic granting of permission to someone to do what they propose to do

Term

deicide

Definition

the killing or destruction of a god; one who commits such a killing

Term

nadir

Definition

the lowest point

Term

invultuation

Definition

the making of an image for use in witchcraft

Term

metensomatosis

Definition

the migration of a soul from body to body

Term

vivisepulture

Definition

the practice of burying people alive

Term

enantosis

Definition

the rhetorical device of ironically stating the opposite of what is meant

Term

nidor

Definition

the savory odor of cooked food, esp. meat

Term

ancilla

Definition

the sidekick who helps another to accomplish or master something difficult or complicated

Term

petrichor

Definition

the smell of earth after rain

Term

ruffing

Definition

the stamping of feet as a form of applause

Term

cingulomania

Definition

the strong desire to hold someone in your arms

Term

resistentialism

Definition

the theory that inanimate objects demonstrate hostile behavior towards us

Term

moonglade

Definition

the track made by moonlight on water

Term

patavinity

Definition

the use of local words or expressions

Term

outrance

Definition

the utmost extremity; the bitter end

Term

furacious

Definition

thievish

Term

scarious

Definition

thin and tough

Term

gerendum

Definition

thing to be done

Term

commination

Definition

threat of punishment or vengeance; denunciation

Term

minatorial

Definition

threatening

Term

frisson

Definition

thrill; shudder; shiver

Term

tonitruous

Definition

thundering

Term

religate

Definition

tie together; restrain

Term

pourboire

Definition

tip, gratuity

Term

cumshaw

Definition

tip; gratuity

Term

discountenance

Definition

to abash; to show disapproval of

Term

incede

Definition

to advance majestically

Term

asseverate

Definition

to affirm; declair

Term

satisfice

Definition

to aim for or achieve that which will suffice

Term

obrogate

Definition

to alter a law by passing a new law

Term

drygulch

Definition

to ambush with the intent of killing or severely mauling; to betray by a sudden change of attitude or allegiance; to murder by pushing off a cliff

Term

obviate

Definition

to anticipate and so avoid the need for

Term

propitiate

Definition

to appease; conciliate

Term

abord

Definition

to approach

Term

impetrate

Definition

to ask for; to obtain by entreaty, request, or prayer

Term

aret

Definition

to assign; to allot; to ascribe

Term

inveigh

Definition

to attack with words

Term

abraid

Definition

to awake or arouse, to stir or start up; to shout out

Term

morfound

Definition

to be chilled or numb with cold

Term

paralogize

Definition

to be illogical; to draw unwarranted conclusions

Term

welter

Definition

to be in a state of turmoil or chaos

Term

melic

Definition

to be sung; lyric

Term

suggilate

Definition

to beat black and blue; to slander

Term

extund

Definition

to beat or force out

Term

spiflicate

Definition

to beat up; trounce; destroy

Term

fustigate

Definition

to beat with a cudgel

Term

verberate

Definition

to beat; to strike

Term

feague

Definition

to beat; to whip; to drive

Term

decollate

Definition

to behead; to disorganize

Term

inhere

Definition

to belong intimately and by nature; to be a part of

Term

obsecrate

Definition

to beseech

Term

obtest

Definition

to beseech; invoke; abjure

Term

inculpate

Definition

to blame; involve in blame

Term

abacinate

Definition

to blind a person by placing hot irons near the eyes

Term

oppilate

Definition

to block or stop up

Term

whiffle

Definition

to blow in puffs or gusts; to be evasive; vacillate

Term

terebrate

Definition

to bore into; to pierce

Term

moider

Definition

to bother, bewilder; to talk in a rambling or confused manner

Term

gasconade

Definition

to brag

Term

insufflate

Definition

to breathe upon

Term

perorate

Definition

to bring speech to a close

Term

burgeon

Definition

to bud; sprout

Term

foozle

Definition

to bungle

Term

cark

Definition

to burden; worry; distress

Term

yird

Definition

to bury

Term

froonce

Definition

to bustle about energetically; to be active

Term

oppugn

Definition

to call into question; deny; to resist; conflict with

Term

yomp

Definition

to carry heavy equiptment over difficult terrain

Term

spanghew

Definition

to cause a frog or a toad to fly up in the air in a violent manner, as from the end of a stick

Term

cathect

Definition

to charge with mental energy; to give an emotional loading to

Term

adjure

Definition

to charge, bind, command, or entreat

Term

sufflaminate

Definition

to check, obstruct

Term

quackle

Definition

to choke; to suffocate

Term

vendicate

Definition

to claim for oneself

Term

mundify

Definition

to cleanse; to purify; to heal

Term

indite

Definition

to compose; write down; describe

Term

fard

Definition

to conceal facial blemishes with makeup

Term

athetize

Definition

to condemn as spurious

Term

obelize

Definition

to condemn as spurious, doubtful, or corrupt

Term

sequestrate

Definition

to confiscate

Term

felicitate

Definition

to congratulate; to make happy

Term

vitiligate

Definition

to contend in law litigiously or cavilously

Term

eloign

Definition

to convey to a distance; to remove

Term

rede

Definition

to council, advise; advice, a plan, explanation, or story

Term

braze

Definition

to cover with brass

Term

farcinate

Definition

to cram, fill, or stuff with

Term

animadvert

Definition

to criticise; to take notice; to comment; to reprove

Term

ultracrepidate

Definition

to criticize outside one’s sphere of knowledge

Term

execrate

Definition

to curse; to loathe

Term

sinuate

Definition

to curve

Term

jugulate

Definition

to cut the throat of

Term

obtenebrate

Definition

to darken, cast a shadow

Term

advesperate

Definition

to darken; to become late

Term

stuprate

Definition

to debauch; to violate; to rape

Term

clarigate

Definition

to declare war formally

Term

wanze

Definition

to decrease; to waste away

Term

temporize

Definition

to delay; to procrastinate

Term

flagitate

Definition

to demand repeatedly

Term

subiate

Definition

to deny; cancel; reduce

Term

pejorate

Definition

to depreciate; worsen

Term

vilipend

Definition

to disparage; treat as if of small worth

Term

luxate

Definition

to displace; to dislocate

Term

pretermit

Definition

to disregard, let pass, or neglect

Term

desacralize

Definition

to divest of supernatural qualities

Term

comminute

Definition

to divide into small parts, powder, pulverize

Term

bewray

Definition

to divulge or reveal

Term

morganize

Definition

to do away with secretly; burke

Term

resile

Definition

to draw back; return to first position or shape

Term

yerk

Definition

to draw tight; to bind

Term

gourmandize

Definition

to eat greedily or voraciously

Term

gilravage

Definition

to eat or drink intemperately; to indulge in high living; to act extravagantly; to indulge in noisy merry-making

Term

peculate

Definition

to embezzle

Term

complect

Definition

to embrace; to interweave; to entwine

Term

abrook

Definition

to endure, to bear

Term

adfenestrate

Definition

to enter surreptitiously through a window

Term

patibulate

Definition

to execute by hanging

Term

ganch

Definition

to execute by impaling on stakes or hooks

Term

beleaguer

Definition

to exhaust with attacks

Term

fulminate

Definition

to explode; to denounce in a loud or violent manner

Term

periclitate

Definition

to expose to peril, danger, or risk

Term

insolate

Definition

to expose to sunlight

Term

illapse

Definition

to fall or glide in, to enter, to pass (into), to descend

Term

dissimulate

Definition

to feign; pretend

Term

spancel

Definition

to fetter

Term

glaver

Definition

to flatter

Term

sawder

Definition

to flatter

Term

excoriate

Definition

to flay; to criticise savagely

Term

vapulate

Definition

to flog

Term

distream

Definition

to flow

Term

popple

Definition

to flow tumblingly; to heave choppily

Term

volitate

Definition

to fly about, flutter

Term

interdict

Definition

to forbid

Term

prefigure

Definition

to foreshadow; to imagine beforehand

Term

escalade

Definition

to gain access to a place, esp. a fortification, by the use of ladders; an assault by these means

Term

matriculate

Definition

to gain admission to university by passing examination as a student

Term

infrendiate

Definition

to gnash one's teeth

Term

eccentricate

Definition

to go out of one's proper sphere

Term

erme

Definition

to grieve

Term

maunder

Definition

to grumble; to drivel; to mutter

Term

suspercollate

Definition

to hang by the neck

Term

guarish

Definition

to heal

Term

tartle

Definition

to hesitate when introducing someone because one has forgotten their name

Term

deponticate

Definition

to hurl from a bridge

Term

vitiate

Definition

to impair, spoil, or corrupt

Term

immure

Definition

to imprison; to entomb

Term

scrouge

Definition

to inconvenience or discomfort a person by pressing against them or standing too close

Term

suborn

Definition

to induce, esp. to commit crime; to procure

Term

avise

Definition

to inform

Term

perlustrate

Definition

to inspect with care

Term

entermete

Definition

to interfere; to meddle

Term

interjaculation

Definition

to interrupt with an exclamation

Term

obacerate

Definition

to interrupt; to contradict

Term

hector

Definition

to intimidate by bluster, pomp, or arrogance; to bully

Term

exosculate

Definition

to kiss fervently, repeatedly, or fondly

Term

cachinnate

Definition

to laugh harshly and loudly

Term

kench

Definition

to laugh loudly

Term

swedge

Definition

to leave without paying

Term

catillate

Definition

to lick a plate or dish

Term

blague

Definition

to lie boastfully

Term

palter

Definition

to lie, haggle, trifle with; act or talk deceitfully

Term

hoise

Definition

to lift; to raise

Term

viajou la maionese

Definition

to live in a dream world; (lit. to travel in mayonnaise)

Term

tergiversate

Definition

to make conflicting or evasive statements; to equivocate

Term

decrepitate

Definition

to make crackle by roasting

Term

vastate

Definition

to make immune

Term

quomodocunquize

Definition

to make money in any way possible

Term

etoliate

Definition

to make pale or sickly by depriving of light

Term

rarefy

Definition

to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to make more refined, spiritual, or exalted

Term

inviscicate

Definition

to make sticky; to trap with sticky substance

Term

corrivate

Definition

to make to flow together

Term

stultify

Definition

to make to seem foolish; frustrate; make futile

Term

warray

Definition

to make war on

Term

evulgate

Definition

to make widely known

Term

deliquesce

Definition

to melt away

Term

defalcate

Definition

to misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one, embezzle

Term

skirr

Definition

to move or fly rapidly

Term

mussitate

Definition

to mutter

Term

fouter

Definition

to occupy oneself trivially or to little effect; to mess about with aimlessly (from foutre)

Term

supervene

Definition

to occur in addition or unexpectedly; to follow close upon

Term

collocate

Definition

to order; to place side by side

Term

purfle

Definition

to ornament the edge with embroidery

Term

abscind

Definition

to pare, reduce, or cut away

Term

twire

Definition

to peep; to glance obliquely; to twinkle; to gleam

Term

pight

Definition

to pitch

Term

perendinate

Definition

to postpone to the next day; to postpone indefinitely

Term

tittup

Definition

to prance

Term

boun

Definition

to prepare; to make ready; to set out for

Term

macarize

Definition

to pronounce blessed; praise; congratulate

Term

hariolate

Definition

to prophecy, tell fortunes

Term

amerce

Definition

to punish, esp. by fine

Term

februate

Definition

to purify

Term

gruntle

Definition

to put in good humor

Term

indue

Definition

to put on; assume; endow; supply

Term

quilet

Definition

to quibble

Term

tressilate

Definition

to quiver

Term

spatiate

Definition

to ramble, saunter

Term

faunch

Definition

to rant and rave

Term

levigate

Definition

to reduce to a fine powder; having a smooth or glossy surface

Term

scorify

Definition

to reduce to slag; to remove impurities in such a way

Term

retrench

Definition

to reduce; economize

Term

refel

Definition

to refute; to disprove

Term

respue

Definition

to reject strongly

Term

recidive

Definition

to relapse, recur

Term

exaugurate

Definition

to remove blessing from; to profane

Term

exauctorate

Definition

to remove from office; to strip of authority

Term

limn

Definition

to represent in drawing or painting

Term

cohibit

Definition

to restrain

Term

deliciate

Definition

to revel or luxuriate in

Term

convicate

Definition

to revile; reproach; slander

Term

obequitate

Definition

to ride about

Term

mulct

Definition

to rob of; deprive of; fine

Term

reive

Definition

to rob; to plunder; to carry off

Term

triturate

Definition

to rub; bruise; grind to powder

Term

flane

Definition

to saunter; to laze

Term

ustulate

Definition

to scorch or give burnt appearance to

Term

torrify

Definition

to scorch; to parch

Term

misprise

Definition

to scorn; to slight; to undervalue

Term

sejugate

Definition

to separate

Term

seposit

Definition

to set aside; to give up

Term

actuate

Definition

to set in motion

Term

accend

Definition

to set on fire; to kindle

Term

skive

Definition

to shave, pare, or remove the surface of

Term

agrise

Definition

to shudder at; to dread; to terrify

Term

occlude

Definition

to shut up, in, or out

Term

hent

Definition

to sieze or grasp

Term

asperse

Definition

to slander

Term

traduce

Definition

to slander

Term

illaqueate

Definition

to snare; to entrap

Term

croodle

Definition

to snuggle

Term

intenerate

Definition

to soften

Term

accoy

Definition

to soothe; to subdue

Term

vituperate

Definition

to speak bitterly, harshly, or abusively of

Term

footle

Definition

to speak or act foolishly

Term

abiglurate

Definition

to spend money lavishly on food and drink

Term

pernoctate

Definition

to spend the night in vigil or prayer

Term

spawl

Definition

to spit

Term

walm

Definition

to spout; to boil up

Term

asperge

Definition

to sprinkle

Term

pullulate

Definition

to sprout, bud, increase rapidly

Term

conspue

Definition

to spurn; despise

Term

quadrate

Definition

to square; agree; make to agree

Term

slubber

Definition

to stain; sully; do carelessly

Term

haver

Definition

to stall for time

Term

clem

Definition

to starve

Term

querken

Definition

to stifle or choke

Term

lapidate

Definition

to stone to death

Term

pandiculate

Definition

to stretch oneself (as when waking from sleep)

Term

aby

Definition

to suffer for; to atone for

Term

invigilate

Definition

to supervise closely

Term

statuminate

Definition

to support; to prop up

Term

dejerate

Definition

to swear an oath

Term

chouse

Definition

to swindle; cheat

Term

scamander

Definition

to take a winding course; to meander

Term

undight

Definition

to take off; to doff

Term

inculcate

Definition

to teach by repetition and persistence, to influence someone to accept an idea or a feeling

Term

mencolek

Definition

to tease someone by lightly touching them with one finger

Term

inspissate

Definition

to thicken

Term

quob

Definition

to throb; to quiver

Term

stymie

Definition

to thwart

Term

vellicate

Definition

to tickle or cause to twitch

Term

kittle

Definition

to tickle, stir, rouse, or excite; ticklish, precarious

Term

swink

Definition

to toil; work hard; exert oneself

Term

gorgonize

Definition

to transfix with stare; petrify

Term

contemn

Definition

to treat with contempt

Term

illude

Definition

to trick

Term

whelve

Definition

to turn over and hide something underneath; to bury something

Term

aurify

Definition

to turn to gold

Term

penelopize

Definition

to undo and redo to gain time; to create work as an excuse to deter suitors

Term

inosculate

Definition

to unite; combine; blend

Term

unleel

Definition

to unsew the eyes of; to enlighten

Term

yikker

Definition

to utter sharp little cries

Term

darraign

Definition

to vindicate; to justify or prove

Term

averruncate

Definition

to ward off; to avert; to root up

Term

attenuate

Definition

to weaken in force or intensity

Term

counterpoise

Definition

to weigh one thing against another; to consider carefully

Term

whereuntil

Definition

to what

Term

pule

Definition

to whine, whimper

Term

siffilate

Definition

to whisper

Term

absterge

Definition

to wipe clean; to purify

Term

videlicet

Definition

to wit; namely

Term

infandous

Definition

too horrible to mention

Term

agomphous

Definition

toothless

Term

pyrgoidal

Definition

tower-shaped

Term

raptus

Definition

trance; rapture; seizure

Term

ataraxia

Definition

tranquility; freedom from disturbance or anxiety

Term

metempiric

Definition

transcending but associated with empirical knowledge

Term

metempsychosis

Definition

transfer of the soul into another body at death

Term

heterize

Definition

transform

Term

metathesis

Definition

transposition of letters or sounds in a word

Term

cautelous

Definition

treacherous; cunning; wily; cautious

Term

perduellion

Definition

treason

Term

triquetra

Definition

triangular shaped pattern, object, etc.

Term

ficelle

Definition

trick; artifice

Term

superchery

Definition

trickery; deceit; foul play

Term

fourberie

Definition

trickery; deception; fraud

Term

droumy

Definition

troubled; muddy

Term

soothfast

Definition

truthful

Term

verticordious

Definition

turning the heart from evil

Term

belvedere

Definition

turret or open shelter on roof

Term

writhen

Definition

twisted or contorted

Term

incommiscible

Definition

unable to be mixed or intermingled

Term

illutible

Definition

unable to be washed away

Term

bletcherous

Definition

unappealing or disgusting in design

Term

pokerish

Definition

uncanny; causing terror

Term

holocryptic

Definition

undecipherable

Term

intemerant

Definition

undefiled

Term

souterrain

Definition

underground chamber; earth-house

Term

undercroft

Definition

underground room or vault; crypt

Term

hypogeal

Definition

underground; subterranean

Term

tripotage

Definition

underhanded plotting or scheming

Term

einfuhlung

Definition

understanding so complete that the feelings, thoughts, and motives of one person are readily comprehended by another

Term

inopinate

Definition

unexpected

Term

immarcescible

Definition

unfading; imperishable

Term

sodality

Definition

union; association; brotherhood

Term

inconnu

Definition

unknown person; stranger

Term

scevity

Definition

unluckiness

Term

infaust

Definition

unlucky; ill-omened

Term

untoward

Definition

unlucky; improper; awkward; inconvenient

Term

wanchancy

Definition

unlucky; uncanny

Term

arrant

Definition

unmitigated; infamous

Term

dragonism

Definition

unrelenting watchfulness

Term

nefandous

Definition

unspeakably horrible; abominable; atrocious

Term

wankle

Definition

unstable or unsteady

Term

incicurable

Definition

untameable

Term

heretofore

Definition

until now

Term

sopor

Definition

unusually deep sleep or lethargy

Term

sthenic

Definition

unusually strong

Term

indign

Definition

unworthy; disgraceful; unseemly

Term

stanchion

Definition

upright support or post

Term

tintamarre

Definition

uproar or hubbub

Term

randan

Definition

uproar; din; riotous conduct

Term

resupinate

Definition

upside down

Term

oppidian

Definition

urban; a person living in a town

Term

exigency

Definition

urgent need or requirement; necessary condition

Term

perissology

Definition

use of more words than are necessary

Term

lustrical

Definition

used for purification

Term

orotund

Definition

using high-flung language; speaking or singing clearly and strongly

Term

sesquipedalian

Definition

using very long words

Term

banaustic

Definition

utilitarian; materialistic

Term

effable

Definition

utterable; expressible

Term

marmorate

Definition

veined like marble

Term

ultion

Definition

vengeance

Term

vraisemblance

Definition

verisimilitude

Term

vermeil

Definition

vermilion; bright red; scarlet

Term

oultrepreu

Definition

very brave

Term

atrabilious

Definition

very melancholic; hypochondriac

Term

pervicaceous

Definition

very obstinate

Term

paramene

Definition

very pleasant

Term

peracute

Definition

very sharp or violent; very acute

Term

brio

Definition

vigor, liveliness

Term

skellum

Definition

villain; rascal; scoundrel

Term

ultrageous

Definition

violently extreme

Term

pucelage

Definition

virginity

Term

splanchnic

Definition

visceral; intestinal

Term

phanic

Definition

visible; obvious

Term

bibliophagist

Definition

voracious reader of books

Term

tourbillion

Definition

vortex; whirlwind; swirl

Term

parvenu

Definition

vulgar, newly-rich person; upstart

Term

fescinine

Definition

vulgar; obscene

Term

lochetic

Definition

waiting for prey, in ambush

Term

wakerife

Definition

wakeful; indisposed to sleep

Term

peripatetic

Definition

walking around from place to place; itinerant

Term

evagation

Definition

wandering; digression; departure from etiquette

Term

garderobe

Definition

wardrobe; private room, privy

Term

calefacient

Definition

warming

Term

commonition

Definition

warning

Term

catchment

Definition

water collection; reservoir

Term

wafture

Definition

waving

Term

scrannel

Definition

weak; thin; harsh-sounding

Term

elumbated

Definition

weakened in the loins

Term

peise

Definition

weight, burden, load

Term

soigne

Definition

well-groomed

Term

psithurism

Definition

whispering noise; sound of leaves moving in the wind

Term

ivorine

Definition

white and smooth like ivory

Term

candent

Definition

white-hot

Term

holour

Definition

whoremonger

Term

scelestic

Definition

wicked; villainous

Term

litherness

Definition

wickedness; sloth

Term

patulous

Definition

wide-spreading or wide open

Term

relict

Definition

widow; survivor; remnant

Term

farouche

Definition

wild; gauche; shy

Term

ragmatical

Definition

wild; ill-behaved

Term

ramageous

Definition

wild; untamed

Term

pseudological

Definition

wildly exaggerated or untrue

Term

sommelier

Definition

wine steward; butler

Term

bodega

Definition

wineshop

Term

solonist

Definition

wise man

Term

broche

Definition

with a raised pattern

Term

en sursaut

Definition

with a start; suddenly

Term

ventripotent

Definition

with great capacity or appetite for food

Term

blissom

Definition

with strong sexual desires; in rut

Term

emarcid

Definition

withered; limp; emaciated; pining

Term

intercrural

Definition

within or pertaining to the area between the legs

Term

demivierge

Definition

woman who is sexually promiscuous while remaining technically a virgin

Term

mirifical

Definition

wonder-working, miraculous

Term

monsterful

Definition

wonderful and extraordinary

Term

galluptious

Definition

wonderful; delightful; delicious

Term

venefic

Definition

working by potions or by sorcery

Term

fin de siecle

Definition

world-weariness and fashionable despair

Term

reck

Definition

worry

Term

vulnerose

Definition

wounded

Term

plectile

Definition

woven or plaited

Term

wrack

Definition

wreckage, vestige

Term

scripitation

Definition

writing continuously

Term

secretaire

Definition

writing desk

Term

purpresture

Definition

wrongful appropriation of or encroachment on public or common lands

Term

serrurerie

Definition

wrought-ironwork

Term

appetition

Definition

yearning

Term

neanic

Definition

young

Term

puisne

Definition

younger, lower-ranking

Term

spelter

Definition

zinc

Term

depayse

Definition

“away from one’s country or environment”, out of one’s element

Term

soi dissant

Definition

“calling himself”; self-styled; would be

Term

manque

Definition

“lacking”, defective; having failed to achieve ambition; falling short of hopes or expectations

Term

revenons a nos moutons

Definition

“let us return to our sheep” let us return to the subject at hand

Term

savoir fair

Definition

“to know how to do”; knowledge of correct action; tact; adroitness

Term

espirit de l'escalier

Definition

“wit of the staircase”; a witty retort one wishes one had thought of at the time

Term

absence de fer

Definition

in fencing, when the blades are not touching; opposite of engagement

Term

attaque au fer

Definition

in fencing, an attack that is prepared for by deflecting the opponent's blade

Term

contre-riposte

Definition

in fencing, an attack that follows a parry of the opponent's riposte

Term

corps-a-corps

Definition

in fencing, physical contact between the two fencers during a bout

Term

coup droit

Definition

in fencing, an attack or riposte that finishes in the same line as it was formed, with no feints out of that line

Term

degagement

Definition

in fencing, a circular movement of the blade that decieves the opponent's parry, removes the blades from engagement, or changes the line of engagement

Term

fausse attaque

Definition

in fencing, an action that is intended to fail, but draw a predicted reaction from the opponent

Term

foinery

Definition

swordplay (esp in fencing)

Term

froissement

Definition

in fencing, an attack that displaces the opponent's blade by a strong grazing action

Term

mal-paré

Definition

in fencing, a parry that fails to prevent the attack from landing

Term

prise de fer

Definition

in fencing, an engagement of the blades that forces the opponent's weapon into a new line

Term

recontre

Definition

meeting, encounter, duel

Term

redoublement

Definition

in fencing, a new action that follows an attack that missed or was parried

Term

bijou

Definition

small, delicate, and esquisitely wrought

Term

a gogo

Definition

in abundance

Term

apercu

Definition

first impression; initial insight

Term

arête

Definition

a narrow ridge

Term

au courant

Definition

up to date

Term

avoirdupois

Definition

the pound-based (as opposed to the metric) weight system

Term

beau geste

Definition

a gesture gracious and noble in form but often meaningless or futile in substance

Term

beaux espirits

Definition

fine, cultured minds

Term

bien-pensance

Definition

willful blindness to the suffering of others

Term

bon vivant

Definition

an epicurean

Term

ça ne fait rien

Definition

"that doesn't matter"

Term

contre-jour

Definition

backlit; (lit. "against the day")

Term

coup de foudre

Definition

(lit. "strike of thunder") a sudden unforeseen event, esp. love at first sight

Term

éminence grise

Definition

a lesser-known person with little formal power but great influence over those in authority

Term

les goûts et les couleurs

Definition

(lit. "tastes and colors," shortened version of "les goûts et les couleurs ne se discutent pas") one does not argue over differences in tastes, to each his own

Term

arret a bon temps

Definition

in fencing, a counterattack that takes advantage of an uncertain attack

Term

agroof

Definition

to fall flat on one's face

Term

apodyopsis

Definition

the act of mentally undressing someone

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apposite

Definition

strikingly appropriate and relevant

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banausic

Definition

merely mechanical; routine

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bumbledom

Definition

official pomposity or stupidity

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curple

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rump

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eleemosynary

Definition

of, pertaining to, or dependent on charity

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ensoul

Definition

to place, recieve, or cherish in the soul

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epicaricacy

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schadenfreude

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fungible

Definition

interchangeable

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garçonierre

Definition

a bachelor's apartment or quarters

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majuscule

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a large letter used in writing or printing, as is the enlarged and illuminated first letter of a chapter or page

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noctilucous

Definition

shining in the night

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penumbra

Definition

a partial shadow between an area of complete shadow and one of complete illumination; an area in which something exists to a lesser or uncertain degree; a peripheral or outlying region

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quatopygia

Definition

the shaking of the buttocks while walking

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synecdoche

Definition

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword)

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