the worthless word for the day is: mesopygion [fr. Gk meso-, middle + pyge, the rump] rare : the cleavage of the buttocks (in the middle of the pyg family) ...
the worthless word for the day is: adoxography [fr. Gk adoxos, inglorious + -graphy, writing] /ad ok SOG ra fee/ fine writing on a trivial or base subject ...
the worthless word for the day is: ingravescent [L., to become worse] /in gra VES ent/ Medical : growing worse or more severe; also transf. "The Original...
the worthless word for the day is: vibrissa [L. vibrissae, nostril hairs] /vie BRIS uh/ pl. vibrissae one of the long stiff hairs that project from the snout...
the worthless word for the day is: dogdayed [f. dog-days, the hottest, sultriest days of summer] poetic nonce-word : of or relating to the dog-days "There from...
the worthless word for the day is: chairoplane [fr. chair, after aeroplane] /CHAIR uh plane/ a roundabout with seats suspended by chains <a chairoplane...
the worthless word for the day is: prodnose [fr. the name Prodnose, a pedantic and interfering character in the humorous columns of J.B. Morton] [v] rare : to...
the worthless word for the day is: platitudinary [fr. platitude, after e.g. latitudinary] // rare : characterized by or tending to use platitudes (usually...
the worthless word for the day is: rudery [fr. L. rudis, rough, unwrought] /RUE duh ree/ rudeness; a rude remark, comment, practical joke, etc. "I have, as a...
the worthless word for the day is: xylocephalous [fr. Gk xulo- < xulon, wood + kephale, head] /zy lo suh FAL us/ (also perh. xylocephalic) wooden-headed "My...
the worthless word for the day is: woodpusher [blend of wood + pusher] slang : a poor chess player; a patzer (or, if you prefer, Urban Dictionary gives "a term...
the worthless word for the day is: wordanista [coined by Steven Colbert, after fashionista, etc.; -ista has been given a pejorative twist in English] /word uh...
the worthless word for the day is: fogram [origin unknown] also fogrum /FOE gruhm/ [n] an antiquated or old-fashioned person: fogy [adj] antiquated,...
the worthless word for the day is: naffin [origin uncertain, but see It. gnaffa, a dreary man] Brit. colloq. : one who is almost an idiot "When the word idiot...
the worthless word for the day is: vivificent [fr. L. vivus, alive] obs. : living "liuely, or full of strength" - Robert Cawdrey, A Table Alphabeticall (1604)...
the worthless word for the day is: sophister [fr. OF sophistre, ad. L. sophista] one who makes use of fallacious arguments; a specious reasoner: sophist (also,...
the worthless word for the day is: preterlapsed [classical L. praeterlapsus] /pre ter LAPST/ now rare : past, bygone; ended, over with "passed, or gone past" ...
the worthless word for the day is: pinguidity [fr. post-classical L. pinguidus fatty, greasy] /pin GWID ity/ now rare : fatty, greasy, or oily matter;...
the worthless word for the day is: litherness [fr. lither < G. liederlich, lewd + -ness] obs. : 1) wickedness 2) laziness, sloth "slouthfulnes, idlenes" -...
the worthless word for the day is: punditocracy [pundit + -ocracy] /pun dih TOK ruh see/ a group of pundits who wield great political influence "This analysis...
the worthless word for the day is: sacerdotal [fr. L. sacerdos, one who offers sacrifices] 1) relating to priests or priesthood: priestly 2) relating to undue...
the worthless word for the day is: forensic [fr. L. forensis] /feh REN sik/ A. pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law B. ellipt. use, colloq....
the worthless word for the day is: pro tanto [late L., for so much] [adv] to that extent; accordingly [adj] commensurate, resultant "It should not surprise us...
the worthless word for the day is: writative [write + -ative] /WRITE uh tiv/ inclined to much writing (after talkative) "Increase of years makes men more...
the worthless word for the day is: crapulosity [fr. L. crapulosus, crapulous] /crap yu LOS ity/ A) an inclination to drunkenness or gluttony B) by transf. :...
the worthless word for the day is: wouldingness [fr. woulding (desiring) + -ness] // obs. nonce-word : desire, inclination "And whatsoever you do, you do,...
the worthless word for the day is: symphoric [fr. Gk sumphora, mishap, calamity] /sim FOR ik/ accident prone, clumsy <elderly and increasingly symphoric - D....
the worthless word for the day is: vomitacious [vomit + -acious] (see also vomitous) vomit-inducing; nauseating this strikingly graphic word hasn't found its...
the worthless word for the day is: theomancy [fr. Gk theos, god + -mancy, divination] divination by the responses of oracles supposed to be divinely inspired ...
the worthless word for the day is: pythonic [fr. Gk python, spirit of divination] A.1) of or relating to divination; prophetic, oracular 2) of, relating to or...
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