the worthless word for the day is: friggle [freq. of frig] Brit. dialect : to fuss over trifles: putter hence: friggled, friggling (trifling about) "Why do...
the worthless word for the day is: scorse [prob. alt of corse, to barter] obs., rare : barter, exchange "Yet lively vigour rested in his mind, And recompenst...
the worthless word for the day is: oligopoly [fr Gk oligos, few + polein, to sell] /ol uh GOP uh lee/ few sellers, many buyers: a sellers' market hence,...
the worthless word for the day is: marabout [F. fr. Port. marabuto < Arabic murabit : posted, stationed] /MAR uh boo(t)/ a Muslim hermit or saint, esp. in...
the worthless word for the day is: craquelure [F.] /kra kloor/ a network of fine cracks that may appear on the surface of an oil painting as it ages; also in...
the worthless word for the day is: monopsony [fr. mon(o)- + Gk opsonia, purchase of food] /muh NOP suh nee/ a market situation in which there is only one buyer...
the worthless word for the day is: versal [short for universal] archaic : entire, whole "I anger her sometimes, and tell her that Paris is the properer man;...
the worthless word for the day is: goditorium [after auditorium] slang : a church, perhaps a huge and gaudy one "Too many sins to confess, so I go to the...
the worthless word for the day is: pillion [Scottish Gaelic pillean] /PIL yun/ 1) a pad or cushion for an extra rider behind the saddle on a horse or...
worthless word for the day is: parachronism [fr. Gk para- beyond + kronos, time] /pa RAK ruh niz uhm/ an error in chronology; esp. the placing of an event ...
the worthless word for the day is: parvanimity [fr. L. parvus, little + animus, mind] /PAR vuh NIM i tee/ the state or quality of having a little or ignoble ...
the worthless word for the day is: fulgurating [fr. L. fulgur, lightning] /FUHL gyuh rey ting/ flashing or sudden, like lightning: a fulgurating pain (cf....
the worthless word for the day is: lachschlaganfall [G.] /lok shlok en fol/ a condition in which a person falls unconscious due to excessive laughter...
the worthless word for the day is: lockrum [origin uncertain] (also lockram) dialect : a pack of gibberish; nonsense "I'd say to the members, don't come down...
the worthless word for the day is: loxotic [fr. Gk loxos, oblique] /lok SOT ik/ rare : distorted; oblique "Loxotic means lopsided." - Jan & Hallie Leighton,...
the worthless word for the day is: latibulize [fr. L. latibul-um a hiding-place] rare : to hibernate; to retreat and lie hidden "When kept in gardens in Italy...
the worthless word for the day is: lucriferous [fr. L. lucr-um : gain, profit, advantage + iferous] obs. : lucrative, profitable hence, lucriferousness: the...
the worthless word for the day is: gubernate [fr. L. guberno, to steer/govern] obs. rare : to govern; hence, gubernation "Behold the creation of this world,...
the worthless word for the day is: feckly [feck + -ly] /fek ly/ chiefly Scots 1) for the most part 2) almost, nearly Wheel-carriages I hae but few: Three...
the worthless word for the day is: jobbery [fr. job or jobber] the practice of turning a public office or position of trust to personal gain or political...
the worthless word for the day is: cringeworthy [eponymous, after Cuthbert Cringeworthy (Beano comics)] informal, orig. Brit. causing feelings of embarrassment...
the worthless word for the day is: hibernaculum [L. hibernaculum, winter residence < hibernare] 1) obs. : a greenhouse for wintering plants 2) a shelter...
the worthless word for the day is: bumwhush UK dialect : ruin, obscurity, annihilation "When anything has made a noise for some time, and is then quashed, it...
the worthless word for the day is: obelus [L. < Gk obelos : spit, pointed pillar] 1) a mark (- or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to indicate spurious or...
the worthless word for the day is: tripudiation [fr. tripudiate < L. tripudiare, to dance exultingly] obs., rare : the act of dancing {Carlyle} "Till...
the worthless word for the day is: shipoopi [neologism of Wolfe/Meredith?] slang : a woman; the girl who's hard to get(?) (Eric Partridge claims the slang...
the worthless word for the day is: rumbustious [prob. alt. of archaic robustious] informal, chiefly British : boisterous or unruly "That black-whiskered...
the worthless word for the day is: infralapsarianism [fr. L. infra, later than + lapsus, fall] a doctrine holding the view that God's election of some to...
