the worthless word for the day is: caliginosity [fr. L. caliginosus: see caliginous and -ity] /kuh lij uh nos i tee] archaic : dimness of sight; darkness "I...
the worthless word for the day is: delation [fr. L. delatio, an accusation, denunciation] accusation, denouncement "[H]e was sure that Wield wouldn't have...
the worthless word for the day is: preponderate [fr. L. praeponderare to exceed in weight or influence] /pri PON duh rate/ 1) to exceed in weight: turn the...
the worthless word for the day is: vauntless [fr. vaunt, boasting or bragging + -less] not bragging or boasting "Vigorous, vauntless, straightforward, this man...
the worthless word for the day is: flabbergastation [fr. flabbergast, to confound] the state of being flabbergasted "We scarcely remember to have ever seen any...
the worthless word for the day is: baltering [fr. balter, to tread clumsily, to tumble about] tumbling "Yes, these are the dog days, Fortunatus: The heather...
the worthless word for the day is: cunctatory [fr. L. cunctari, to delay] /KUNK tuh tuh ri/ (not so) rare : delaying "When Marie tries to get a visa to go...
the worthless word for the day is: hypermiling [coined in 2004 by Wayne Gerdes] attempting to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to...
the worthless word for the day is: piste [F. piste < It pista, track] /peest/ 1) a beaten track or trail made by an animal; more generally, any track or trail...
the worthless word for the day is: necrological [necrology, an obituary + -ical] /nek ruh LOJ uh kul/ of, relating to, or having the nature of a necrology ...
the worthless word for the day is: pullulation [fr. L. pullulare, to sprout] // 1) germination 2) a rapid and abundant increase "The approaches to the...
the worthless word for the day is: heresiarch [L.L. haeresiarcha, from L.Gk hairesiarches] /huh REE zee ark/ the founder of a heresy or the leader of a...
the worthless word for the day is: incrassate(d) [fr. L. incrassare to fatten, make thick] /in CRAS sate/ Botany, Zool. : thickened or swollen (inspissated) ...
the worthless word for the day is: chuffed updated: [orig. northern Eng. dial. meaning proud] /chuft/ 1) pleased, delighted; flattered; very excited 2)...
the worthless word for the day is: pongy [origin unknown] /PON gy/ Brit. informal : having a strong, usually unpleasant smell; stinky, smelly "An 8ft cell...
the worthless word for the day is: fly-tipping [fly + tipping] U.K. the illegal dumping of garbage in an unauthorized place "A custodial sentence could be...
the worthless word for the day is: extirpate here's the word you may really want when your first thought is decimate.. [fr. L. exstirpo, to uproot] /EK stur...
the worthless word for the day is: horologist [fr. horology, concerned with measuring time + -ist] /huh RAL uh just/ a person skilled in the practice or theory...
the worthless word for the day is: apricity [fr. L. apricus, exposed to the sun] obs. rare warmth in the sun, sunshine {N. Bailey, 1731} the warmness of the...
the worthless word for the day is: bayard [fr. bayard, a bay-colored horse] /BAY urd/ obs. : one who has the self-confidence of ignorance "..and this he...
the worthless word for the day is: agraffe [F. agrafe < agrafer, to hook onto] /uh GRAF/ 1) a kind of hook, which fastens to a ring, used as a clasp 2) the...
the worthless word for the day is: emacity [fr. L. emacitas, a desire to buy] /ee MAS i tee// rare : a fondness for buying things (a very dangerous thing in...
the worthless word for the day is: holus-bolus [prob. reduplication of bolus, a large pill] /HO lus BO lus/ all at once: altogether (file bolus under: so...
the worthless word for the day is: quatopygia [fr. L. quatio, to shake + Gk pyge, buttocks] /kwah tuh PIJ ee uh/ the shaking of the buttocks when walking yet...
the worthless word for the day is: titivation [titivate + -ion] /TID uh VAY shun/ the action of sprucing up or making small additions or improvements in...
the worthless word for the day is: zhoosh [fr. Romani cant] // UK (gay) slang to tweak, finesse or improve something (for example, one's hair) "If a gay...
the worthless word for the day is: borak [fr. Ab. (Wathawurung) burag] /boraek/ also borac(k), borax Austral. and NZ slang : nonsense, humbug; banter; esp. in...
the worthless word for the day is: diastema [Gk diastema, interval] /die uh STEE muh/ a gap or space between two teeth (file under 'so that's what that's...
the worthless word for the day is: [fr. L. latrare, to bark] /LAY trayt/ obs. : to bark like a dog {Cockerham, 1623} "If you're a corporate animal.. it may...
the worthless word for the day is: latration [fr. L. latrare, to bark] a barking "With which attendant indignities? The unsympathetic indifference of...
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