the worthless word for the day is: vapulation [fr. L. vapulare, to be beaten] obs. : a beating or flogging file under corporal punishment (cf bastinado,...
the worthless word for the day is: grammaticaster [med. L. < grammatic-us + -aster, expressing incomplete resemablance] /gram MAT i CAS ter/ contemptuous : a...
the worthless word for the day is: priscianist and speaking of grammarians.. [fr. Priscian, a celebrated Roman grammarian] arch. rare : a grammarian; (in...
the worthless word for the day is: comperendinate [fr. L. comperendinare, to defer (a trial)] /kom per EN di nate/ obs. : to delay, to postpone {Johnson,...
the worthless word for the day is: fefnicute [origin unknown] Lancashire dialect a hypocrite; a parasite, a hanger-on; a sneak "It is fate's promiscuous kiss,...
the worthless word for the day is: expergefaction [fr. L. expergefacere < expergere, to awake] /ek spurj uh fak shun/ archaic the act of rousing; the...
the worthless word for the day is: urgrund [G. fr. ur- primal + grund, ground] /UR grunt/ a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle "Bude's argument makes...
the worthless word for the day is: axiopisty [fr. Gk axio-pistos < axios, worthy + pistos, to be trusted] /aks ee AH pih stee/ obs. rare : the quality that...
the worthless word for the day is: equanimous [fr. L. æquanimis, having an even mind] /EE kwa nuh mus/ possessing or displaying equanimity: even-tempered ...
the worthless word for the day is: scobberlotcher [related to scopperloit, also of obscure origin] /?/ an idler (also scobolotcher) ""What! not abroad yet,...
the worthless word for the day is: impulregafize [Urquhart's nonce-word, evidently coined to one-up Rebelais, who coined emburelucocquer for the nonce] to...
the worthless word for the day is: shlumperdik [Yiddish, fr. shlump, untidy person, slob] /shlump puh dik/ ? unkempt, sloppy, dowdy "The house could fall down...
the worthless word for the day is: frondescent [fr. L. frondere, to put forth leaves] // springing into leaf; expanding into fronds "In the spring, when all...
the worthless word for the day is: patulous [L. patulus, from patere to be open] /PACH ul us/ 1) Zool. and Med. : expanded; gaping; also fig. <a wound with...
the worthless word for the day is: glottogony [fr. Gk glossa, tongue + gonikos, of the seed] /glo TOG uh nee/ the study of the (putative) origin of language ...
the worthless word for the day is: pendulate [NL pendulum + -ate] /PEN jul ate/ 1) to swing as a pendulum 2) fig. : fluctuate, undulate "But why does the...
the worthless word for the day is: fornication [fr. L fornix, an arch or vault] a vaulting or arching: vaulted construction (as of a cloister) so how did we...
the worthless word for the day is: prepensely [by extension from prepense, which is usu. seen postpositionally] (as, malice prepense) with premeditation:...
the worthless word for the day is: disfluency [dis-, apart or away + fluency] /dis FLOO un see/ 1) Pathol. : impairment of the ability to produce smooth, ...
the worthless word for the day is: opioid [opi(um) + -oid] /OH pee oid/ n. : an opium-like substance produced naturally in the brain adj. : possessing some...
the worthless word for the day is: multivious [L. multivius, having many ways] /mul TI vi us/ now rare : having many ways or roads; going in many directions ...
the worthless word for the day is: infovore [info- + L. vorus, devouring] /IN fo vore/ (introduced as a scientific term by neuroscientists Irving Biederman...
the worthless word for the day is: nihilartikel [fr. L. nihil, nothing + G. artikel] /NI hil AR ti kul/ a deliberately erroneous entry in a dictionary or...
the worthless word for the day is: keming [fr. misreading kerning] /KEM ing/ the result of improper kerning (a new typography term: http://tinyurl.com/27khtg)...
the worthless word for the day is: retrogenesis [fr. retro- backward + -genesis, origin] /ret troh JEN uh sis/ the loss of mental abilities in old age in the...
the worthless word for the day is: pieriansipist [Perian + sip + -ist] a dabbler in learning: one who learns a little about many subjects, or 'sips' from the...
the worthless word for the day is: nubivagant [fr. classical L. nubivagus, wandering among the clouds] obs. rare : passing through the clouds "[Y]et it would...
the worthless word for the day is: fucivorous [fr. L. fucus. rock-lichen + -vorus, devouring] /few SIV ur us/ eating or subsisting on seaweed hence fucivore,...
the worthless word for the day is: conviciatory [fr. L. conviciari, to revile, rail at] (also spelt convitiatory) obs. : wrangling, railing; reproachful also...
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