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GLADIOLUS

1
or plural gladiolus also glad·i·o·lus·es : any of a genus (Gladiolus) of chiefly African perennial plants of the iris family with erect sword-shaped leaves and spikes of brilliantly colored irregular flowers arising from corms
2
: the large middle portion of the sternum
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ABROGATE

transitive verb
1
: to abolish by authoritative action : annul
2
: to treat as nonexistent <abrogating their responsibilities>
ab·ro·ga·tion\ˌa-brə-ˈgā-shən\ noun
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LUXURIANCE

: the quality or state of being luxuriant

 

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ALBUMEN

1
: the white of an egg

Origin of ALBUMEN

Late Latin, from Latin albus

Rhymes with ALBUMEN

acumen, albumin, bitumen, cerumen, ichneumon, illumine,inhuman, panhuman, prehuman, subhuman

 

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ASCETIC

1
: practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
2
: austere in appearance, manner, or attitude
— ascetic noun
— as·cet·i·cal·ly  adverb
— as·cet·i·cism  noun

ASCETIC

Greek askētikos

Rhymes with ASCETIC

aesthetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic,
 cosmetic,eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic,
 genetic, hermetic,limnetic, magnetic, mimetic,
 noetic, Ossetic, paretic,pathetic, phenetic,
 phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic,prosthetic,
 pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic,
tonetic, Venetic

 

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FRACAS

: a noisy quarrel : brawl

Origin of FRACAS

French, din, row, from Italian fracasso, from fracassare to shatter

 

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FOULARD

1
a : a lightweight plain-woven or twilled silk usually decorated with a printed patternb : an imitation of this fabric

Origin of FOULARD

French

 

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KNACK

1
a : a clever trick or stratagemb : a clever way of doing something
2
: a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach
3
archaic : an ingenious device; broadly : toy, knickknack

Examples of KNACK

  1. <she's tried every knack in Cupid's book to get her guy to marry her>
  2. <a jazz musician with an incredible knack for improvisation>

Origin of KNACK

Middle English knak

 

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PROPITIATORY

1
: intended to propitiate : expiatory
2
: of or relating to propitiation

Related to PROPITIATORY

Synonyms: appeasing, conciliating, conciliatory,
disarming, mollifying, pacifying, peacemaking,
 placating,placatory, pacific
Antonyms: antagonizing

 

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DETERIORATE

transitive verb
1
: to make inferior in quality or value : impair
2
: disintegrate
intransitive verb
: to become impaired in quality, functioning, or condition :degenerate <allowed a tradition of academic excellence todeteriorate> <his health deteriorated>
— de·te·ri·o·ra·tive adjective

 

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INTELLIGIBLE

1
: apprehensible by the intellect only
2
: capable of being understood or comprehended <jargonintelligible only to the initiated>
— in·tel·li·gi·bil·i·ty noun
— in·tel·li·gi·ble·ness noun
— in·tel·li·gi·bly adverb

 

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INTERN

transitive verb
: to confine or impound especially during a war <internenemy aliens>
— in·tern·ee noun
— in·tern·ment noun

 

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PROMISCUOUS

1
: composed of all sorts of persons or things
2
: not restricted to one class, sort, or person : indiscriminate<education … cheapened through the promiscuousdistribution of diplomas — Norman Cousins>

 

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SANITARIUM

: sanatorium

Origin of SANITARIUM

New Latin, from Latin sanitat-, sanitas health

 

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CANONICAL

1
: of, relating to, or forming a canon
2
: conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure :orthodox
3
: of or relating to a clergyman who is a canon

 

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THERAPY

: therapeutic treatment especially of bodily, mental, or behavioral disorder

 

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INITIAL

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a : the first letter of a nameb plural : the first letter of each word in a full name <found that their initials were identical>
2
: a large letter beginning a text or a division or paragrap

 

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SACRILEGE

1
: a technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (as improper reception of a sacrament) of what is sacred because consecrated to God
2
: gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing
— sac·ri·le·gious adjective
— sac·ri·le·gious·ly adverb
— sac·ri·le·gious·ness noun

 

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SEMAPHORE

1
: an apparatus for visual signaling (as by the position of one or more movable arms)
2
: a system of visual signaling by two flags held one in each hand

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CHLOROPHYLL

1
: the green photosynthetic pigment found chiefly in the chloroplasts of plants and occurring especially as a blue-black ester C55H72MgN4O5 or a dark green ester C55H70MgN4O6 —called also chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b

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PSYCHIATRY

: a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders
— psy·chi·at·ric adjective
— psy·chi·at·ri·cal·ly adverb
— psy·chi·a·trist noun

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DULCIMER

1
: a stringed instrument of trapezoidal shape played with light hammers held in the hands
2
or dul·ci·more  : an American folk instrument with three or four strings stretched over an elongate fretted sound box that is held on the lap and played by plucking or strumming

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HARUSPEX

: a diviner in ancient Rome basing his predictions on inspection of the entrails of sacrificial animals

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INSOUCIANCE

: lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance
— in·sou·ci·ant adjective
— in·sou·ci·ant·ly adverb

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VIGNETTE

1
: a running ornament (as of vine leaves, tendrils, and grapes) put on or just before a title page or at the beginning or end of a chapter; also : a small decorative design or picture so placed
2
a : a picture (as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paperb : the pictorial part of a postage stamp design as distinguished from the frame and lettering
3
a : a short descriptive literary sketch
French

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SOUBRETTE

1
a : a coquettish maid or frivolous young woman in comediesb : an actress who plays such a part
2
: a soprano who sings supporting roles in comic opera

Origin of SOUBRETTE

French, from Occitan soubreto, feminine of soubret coy, from soubra to surmount, exceed, from Latin superare — more at insuperable

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TRANSEPT

: the part of a cruciform church that crosses at right angles to the greatest length between the nave and the apse or choir; also : either of the projecting ends of a transept
— tran·sep·tal adjective

Origin of TRANSEPT

New Latin transeptum, from Latin trans- + septum, saeptum enclosure, wall

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Crustaceology

Crus*ta`ce*ol"o*gy\ (-j?), n. [Crustacea + -logy.] That branch ofZo["o]logy which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology;carcinology.

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CONDOMINIUM

1
a : joint dominion; especially : joint sovereignty by two or more nationsb : a government operating under joint rule
2
: a politically dependent territory under condominium
3
a : individual ownership of a unit in a multiunit structure (as an apartment building) or on land owned in common (as a town house complex); also : a unit so ownedb : a building containing condominiums

Origin of CONDOMINIUM

New Latin, from Latin com- + dominium domain

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[shah-puh]
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SCHAPPE 

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schap·pe

 
–verb (used with object)
1.
to remove sericin from (silk waste) by fermentation.

 

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SYLLEPSIS

1
: the use of a word to modify or govern syntactically two or more words with only one of which it formally agrees in gender, number, or case
2
: the use of a word in the same grammatical relation to two adjacent words in the context with one literal and the other metaphorical in sense
— syl·lep·tic adjective

Origin of SYLLEPSIS

Latin, from Greek syllēpsis, from syllambanein
First Known Use: circa 1550

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KUH-KOH-LAE
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Cacolet

Ca`co*let"\, n. [F.] A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to theback or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers inmountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick andwounded of an army.

 

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TROCHE

: lozenge 3

Origin of TROCHE

alteration of earlier trochisk, from Late Latin trochiscus,from Greek trochiskos, from diminutive of trochos wheel

 

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SMARAGD

: emerald
— sma·rag·dine adjective

Origin of SMARAGD

Middle English smaragde, from Latin smaragdus, from Greek smaragdos, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadianbarraqtu gemstone

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ESQUAMULOSE

: not squamulose

Origin of ESQUAMULOSE

e- + squamulose

 

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eq·ui·page

[ek-wuh-pij] [image] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a carriage.
2.
a carriage drawn by horses and attended by servants.
3.
outfit, as of a ship, an army, or a soldier; equipment.
4.
Archaic .
a.
a set of small household articles, as of china.
b.
a collection of articles for personal ornament or use.

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SYCOPHANT

: a servile self-seeking flatterer
— sycophant adjective

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ECZEMA

: an inflammatory condition of the skin characterized by redness, itching, and oozing vesicular lesions which become scaly, crusted, or hardened
— ec·zem·a·tous adjective

Origin of ECZEMA

New Latin, from Greek ekzema, from ekzein to erupt, fromex- out + zein to boil — more at ex-, yeast
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RATOON

1
: a shoot of a perennial plant (as sugarcane)
2
: a crop (as of bananas) produced on ratoons

Origin of RATOON

Spanish retoño, from retoñar to sprout, from re- (from Latin) + otoñar to grow in autumn, from otoño autumn, from Latin autumnus

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CHIHUAHUA

: any of a breed of very small roundheaded dogs that occur in short-coated and long-coated varieties

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ABALONE

: any of a genus (Haliotis) of edible rock-clinging gastropod mollusks that have a flattened shell slightly spiral in form, lined with mother-of-pearl, and with a row of apertures along its outer edge

Origin of ABALONE

American Spanish abulón, from Rumsen (American Indian language of Monterey Bay, California) aulon

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INTERLOCUTORY

: made during the progress of a legal action and not final or definitive <an interlocutory appeal> <an interlocutorydecree>

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CROISSANT

: a flaky rich crescent-shaped roll

Origin of CROISSANT

French, literally, crescent, from Middle French, from present participle of croistre to grow, from Latin crescere— more at crescent

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SHALLOON

: a lightweight twilled fabric of wool or worsted

Origin of SHALLOON

Châlons-sur-Marne, France

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MACERATE

transitive verb
1
: to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
2
: to cause to become soft or separated into constituent elements by or as if by steeping in fluid; broadly : steep,soak
intransitive verb
: to soften and wear away especially as a result of being wetted or steeped
— mac·er·a·tion noun
— mac·er·a·tor noun

Examples of MACERATE

  1. <garnished with cherries that had been macerated in liqueur>

Origin of MACERATE

Latin maceratus, past participle of macerare to soften, steep

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VOUCHSAFE

transitive verb
1
a : to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending mannerb : to give by way of reply <refused to vouchsafe an explanation>
2
: to grant as a privilege or special favor
— vouch·safe·ment noun

Examples of VOUCHSAFE

  1. He vouchsafed the secret to only a few chosen disciples.

Origin of VOUCHSAFE

Middle English vouchen sauf to grant, consent, deign, from Anglo-French voucher salf

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INCISOR

: a front tooth typically adapted for cutting; especially : one of the cutting teeth in mammals located between the canines when canines are presen

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NARCOLEPSY

: a condition characterized by brief attacks of deep sleep often occurring with cataplexy and hypnagogic hallucinations
— nar·co·lep·tic adjective

Origin of NARCOLEPSY

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Trichotillomania


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an abnormal desire to pull out one's hair

About the word:


Mania means "excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm";trich means "hair"; tillo(from tillein) means "to pluck or pull."

Trichotillomania, classified as an impulse-control disorder, is estimated to afflict 2-4% of the population.

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Myrmecophilous


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fond of, associated with, or benefited by ants

About the word:


Myrmeco- means "ant";philous means "loving" or "having an affinity for."

Scientists usemyrmecophilous to describe the positive relationships between ants and such species as butterflies, crickets, beetles, and mites that help ants flourish.

In 2010, Pulitzer Prize-winning entomologist E.O. Wilson published Anthill: A Novel, which includes an absorbing narrative presented from the ants' perspective ... and which reveals that the author himself is myrmecophilous.

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Pulchritudinous

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physically beautiful

About the word:


If the meaning of this word seems counterintuitive, it's probably because the word's Latin ancestorpulcher ("beautiful") is unfamiliar, andpulchritudinous sounds more disgusting than enchanting.

 

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Psychotomimetic

 

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of, relating to, involving, or inducing psychotic alteration of behavior and personality

About the word:


This word – from psychoticmimetic (meaning "imitative") – first appeared in 1956, as mind-altering drugs began catching on with the public.

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Xenotransplantation

 

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transplantation of an organ, tissue, or cells between two different species

About the word:


The Latin xeno- comes from the Greek wordxenos, meaning "stranger" or "guest."

Cross-species transplants were (unsuccessfully) attempted in the 17th century.

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Polyphiloprogenitive

 

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extremely prolific; tending to produce offspring, or characterized by love of offspring

About the word:


The Duggars, Octomom, and Mother Goose's old woman who lived in a shoe: all werepolyphiloprogenitivePolymeans "many"; philo means "loving"; genitive comes from a word that translates literally as "of generation."

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Embourgeoisement

 

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a shift to bourgeois values and practices

About the word:


Embourgeoisement almost always refers to a shift by the working class, not the upper class.

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Tergiversation

 

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evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement : equivocation

About the word:


The Latin ancestors of tergiversation (tergum, meaning "back"; vertere, meaning "to turn") together translate roughly as "to turn one's back." Since the 16th century, tergiversation has described the reversal or desertion of a position or cause.

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Consanguineous

 

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of the same blood or origin; specifically : descended from the same ancestor

About the word:


The Latin sanguin- means "blood"; con- means "together."

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Machiavellianism

 

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About the word:


In 1513, Niccolò Machiavelli wrote Il Principe ("The Prince") to advise and impress the new Florentine ruler, Prince Lorenzo de' Medici. The book's instructions on obtaining and wielding power – e.g., "It is better to be feared than loved" – suggest the cynicism that gave its author a place in the language.


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Hypervitaminosis

 

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The word vitamin (in part from Latin vita, meaning "life") dates back only to 1912. The study of vitamins was still in its infancy when the word hypervitaminosisemerged in 1928. (Hypermeans "excessive.").

Two vitamins commonly implicated in hypervitaminosis are A and D, both of which are stored in the body, rather than excreted.

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Gedankenexperiment

 

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Gedanken means "thoughts" in German. The term was popularized by Albert Einstein, who appliedgedankenexperiment to his work conceptualizing the theory of relativity.

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Triskaidekaphobia

 

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About the word:


Every Friday the 13th, lookups ontriskaidekaphobia spike on Merriam-Webster.com.

The word comes from the Greek word for thirteen and the New Latin word "phobia."

The origin of this fear is murky. Some trace it to ancient Hindu beliefs, others to Norse mythology, and still others to the Last Supper, after which Jesus was betrayed by one of the thirteen people present. Interestingly enough, known mention of the fear of thirteen in print dates back only to the late 1800s.

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Hemidemisemiquaver

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About the word:


In this appropriately musical-sounding word,hemi-demi- and semi- all mean half. So how does halving something three times get you to a sixty-fourth note? Because you're halving the quaver, which is an eighth note. Divide that in half, in half again, and in half a third time and you get a sixty-fourth note.

 

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Prestidigitation

 

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About the word:


This word conjures something grand from a simple phrase.Prestidigitation ultimately comes from the Italian word presto, meaning "quick" or "quickly," and digitus, the Latin word for finger.

So at its root, prestidigitation basically means "quick fingers."

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Plenipotentiary

 

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About the word:


Since the mid-17th century a plenipotentiary has been "a person and especially a diplomatic agent invested with full power to transact business". (In Latin, plenusmeans full; potent means powerful). The term is rarely used these days in regular communication, but it endures in the diplomatic corps, where the minister plenipotentiary ranks below ambassador.

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Buckminsterfullerene

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About the word:


Buckminsterfullerene, discovered in 1985, was named in honor of the engineer R. Buckminster Fuller. He developed the geodesic dome – which, like a molecule of buckminsterfullerene, resembles a soccer ball. A molecule of buckminsterfullerene is also called a buckyball.

 

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Quattuordecillion

 

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About the word:


The -illion part is modeled on million; the quattuordeccomes from the Latin word for fourteen. Why 14? Because there are 14 groups of three zeros after the number 1,000 in quattuordecillion.

Many denominations above one million have names that indicate the number of groups of three zeros after the number 1,000. Centillion, for instance, represents 100 groups of three zeros after 1,000 (303 zeros).

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 Tintinnabulation

 

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About the word:


This word's Latin source,tintinnabulum, means "bell" and evokes the sound of one.

The word was popularized in the mid 1800s by Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Bells": "Keeping time, time, time, / In a sort of Runic rhyme, / To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells / from the bells, bells, bells, bells, / Bells, bells, bells...."

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Omphaloskepsis

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contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation; also: lack of will to move, exert, or change: inertia

About the word:

 

In Greek, omphalos means "navel"; skepsis means "examination."

 

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[kam-bist]
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cam·bist

[kam-bist] [image] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a dealer in bills of exchange.
2.
an expert in foreign exchange.
3.
a manual giving the moneys, weights, and measures ofdifferent countries, with their equivalents.
Origin: 
1800–10;  < F cambiste  < It cambista. See cambium-ist

 

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DEIFICATION

: the act or an instance of deifying

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MACULATURE
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Maculature

Mac"u*la*ture\, n. Blotting paper. [Obs

 

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[ih-loo-kyoo-breyt]
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ELUCUBRATE

transitive verb
: to work out or express by studious effort

 

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SARCOPHAGUS

: a stone coffin; broadly : coffin

Examples of SARCOPHAGUS

  1. <the crypt under the abbey church contains thesarcophagus of the monastery's founding abbot>

Origin of SARCOPHAGUS

Latin sarcophagus (lapis) limestone used for coffins, from Greek (lithossarkophagos, literally, flesh-eating stone, from sark- sarc- + phagein to eat — more at baksheesh

 

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PSORIASIS

: a chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red patches covered with white scales
— pso·ri·at·ic adjective or noun

Origin of PSORIASIS

New Latin, from Greek psōriasis, from psōrian to have the itch, from psōra itch; akin to Greek psēn to rub

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PURIM

: a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 14th of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre plotted by Haman

Origin of PURIM

Hebrew pūrīm, literally, lots; from the casting of lots by Haman (Esth 9:24–26)

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LUGE

: a small sled that is ridden in a supine position and used especially in competition; also : the competition itself
— luge intransitive verb
— lug·er noun

Origin of LUGE

French

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MILIEU

: the physical or social setting in which something occurs ordevelops : environment

Examples of MILIEU

  1. <young, innovative artists thrive in the freewheelingmilieu that a big city offers>
  2. Theirs was a bohemian milieu in which people often played romantic musical chairs. —Edmund White, New York Review of Books, 12 Feb. 2009

Origin of MILIEU

French, from Old French, midst, from mi middle (from Latin medius) + lieu place, from Latin locus — more at mid,stall

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ODONTALGIA

: toothache
odon·tal·gic  adjective

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS

1
capitalized : a genus of nonmotile gram-positive spherical bacteria that is placed in either of two families (Staphylococcaceae or Micrococcaceae), contains forms occurring singly, in pairs or tetrads, or in irregular clusters, and includes causative agents of various diseases and disorders (as food poisoning, skin infections, and endocarditis)
2
plural staph·y·lo·coc·ci   : any bacterium of the genus Staphylococcusbroadly : micrococcus 2

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[el-i-jahy-uh[image]k-UHL, -ak, ih-lee-jee-ak-UHL]
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el·e·gi·ac

[el-i-jahy-uh[image]k, -ak, ih-lee-jee-ak] [image] Show IPA
–adjective Also, el·e·gi·a·cal.
1.
used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy.
2.
expressing sorrow or lamentation: elegiac strains.
3.
Classical Prosody noting a distich or couplet the first line ofwhich is a dactylic hexameter and the second a pentameter,or a verse differing from the hexameter by suppression ofthe arsis or metrically unaccented part of the third and thesixth foot.

 

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[spoh-lee-eyt-uhr]
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spo·li·ate

[spoh-lee-eyt] [image] Show IPA
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
Origin: 
1715–25;  < L spoliātus,  ptp. of spoliāre  to spoil. See spoil-ate1

spo·li·a·tor, noun

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fi·branne

[fahy-bran, fahy-bran] [image] Show IP
A
–noun
viscose rayon made from spun yarn.

 

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ANTIPYRETIC

: an antipyretic agent—called also febrifuge

 

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ly·ce·um

[lahy-see-uh[image]m] [image] Show IPA
–noun
1.
an institution for popular education providing discussions,lectures, concerts, etc.
2.
a building for such activities.
3.
initial capital letter [image]the gymnasium where Aristotletaught, in ancient Athens.
4.
a lycée.
Origin: 
1570–80;  < L Lycēum, Lycīum  < Gk Lýkeion  place in Athens, sonamed from the neighboring temple of Apollo; n. use of neut. oflýkeios,  epithet of Apollo, variously explained

 

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KAMIKAZE

1
: a member of a Japanese air attack corps in World War II assigned to make a suicidal crash on a target (as a ship)
2
: an airplane containing explosives to be flown in a suicide crash on a target

Origin of KAMIKAZE

Japanese, literally, divine wind

 

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ANTEDILUVIAN

1
: of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
2
a : made, evolved, or developed a long time ago <anantediluvian automobile>b : extremely primitive or outmoded <an antediluvianprejudice>
— antediluvian noun
Examples of ANTEDILUVIAN
  1. He has antediluvian notions about the role of women in the workplace.
  2. <found evidence in the Middle East of an antediluvianpeople previously unknown to history>

Origin of ANTEDILUVIAN

ante- + Latin diluvium flood — more at deluge

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(zān-thō'sĭs)
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xanthosis  xan·tho·sis (zān-thō'sĭs) 
n. 
 A yellowish discoloration of degenerating tissues, especially seenin malignant neoplasms.
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[vee-vee-ˈse-pəl-ˌchr]
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\ˈyüəˌnim\
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EUONYM

: a name well suited to the person, place, or thing named

Origin of EUONYM

eu- + -onym

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CHIAROSCURIST

: an artist who specializes in chiaroscuro

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LOGORRHEA

: excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness
— log·or·rhe·ic adjective

Examples of LOGORRHEA

  1. <the article suffers from the logorrhea that infects so much academic writing>

Origin of LOGORRHEA

New Latin

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DÉMARCHE

1
a : a course of action : maneuverb : a diplomatic or political initiative or maneuver
2
: a petition or protest presented through diplomatic channels

Variants of DÉMARCHE

dé·marche or de·marche 

Origin of DÉMARCHE

French démarche, literally, gait, from Middle French, fromdemarcher to march, from Old French demarchier, fromde- + marchier to march

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SUCCEDANEUM

: substitute
— suc·ce·da·ne·ous adjective

Origin of SUCCEDANEUM

New Latin, from Latin, neuter of succedaneus substituted, from succedere to follow after

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prospishiens
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Prospicience

 

Pro*spi"cience\, n. [L. prospicientia, fr. prospiciens,

 p. pr. ofprospicere. See Prospect.]

 The act of looking forward.

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POCOCURANTE

: indifferent, nonchalant
— po·co·cu·ran·tism noun

Examples of POCOCURANTE

  1. <she has put up a strangely pococurante front throughout this whole ordeal>

Origin of POCOCURANTE

Italian poco curante caring little

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AUTOCHTHONOUS

1
: indigenous, native <an autochthonous people>
2
: formed or originating in the place where found<autochthonous rock> <an autochthonous infection>
— au·toch·tho·nous·ly adverb

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APPOGGIATURA

: an embellishing note or tone preceding an essential melodic note or tone and usually written as a note of smaller size

Origin of APPOGGIATURA

Italian, literally, support

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[oo[image]r-shprah-khuh; Ger. oor-shprah-khuh]
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Ur·spra·che

[oo[image]r-shprah-khuh; Ger. oor-shprah-khuh] [image] Show IPA
–noun
a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages.
Origin: 
G, equiv. to ur- ur-3  + Sprache  speech

 

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SERREFINE

: a small forceps for clamping a blood vessel

 

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GUERDON

: reward, recompense
— guerdon transitive verb

Origin of GUERDON

Middle English, from Anglo-French guerdun, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German widarlōn reward

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LAODICEAN

: lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics
— Laodicean noun

Origin of LAODICEAN

from the reproach to the church of the Laodiceans in Rev 3:15–16

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STROMUHR

: a rheometer designed to measure the amount and speed of blood flow through an artery

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