the worthless word for the day is: delitescent [fr. L. delitescere, to hide] /del eh TES sent/ lying hidden: obfuscated, latent thus, delitescence: latent...
the worthless word for the day is: rusticate [fr. L rusticari, to live in the country] [vi] to retire into the country; to stay or sojourn in the country; to...
the worthless word for the day is: superannuated [fr. L. superannuatus] [adj] of persons: disqualified or incapacitated by age; old and infirm; of things:...
the worthless word for the day is: otium [fr. classical L., leisure, ease, peace] now rare leisure; free time; ease "Mr. Morgan was enjoying his otium in a...
the worthless word for the day is: thylacine [fr. NL Thylacinus, genus of marsupials, from Greek thylakos sack, pouch] the Tasmanian Wolf: a somewhat doglike ...
the worthless word for the day is: judder [imitative, probably from shudder] [v] chiefly Brit: to shake and vibrate with intensity <the engine stalled and kept...
the worthless word for the day is: gunge [of uncertain origin; perh. associated with goo, grunge, gunk, ect.] Brit. slang any messy or clogging substance,...
the worthless word for the day is: vril [coined by Bulwer-Lytton] a mysterious force imagined as having been discovered by the people described in "The Coming...
the worthless word for the day is: malebolge [It., from the eighth circle of Dante's Inferno, Malebolge < L. malus, evil + bogia, valley] /mal eh BOLGE/...
the worthless word for the day is: flatulopetic [fr. L. flatus, blowing + Gk. -poietic, creation] /flach uh lo PET ik/ rare 1) (Med.) pertaining to gas...
the worthless word for the day is: ademonist [fr. Gk. a-, not + daimon, spirit] also adæmonist someone who denies the existence of demons or the Devil ...
the worthless word for the day is: pluterperfect nonce word, cf. pluperfect [perhaps a corruption of F. plus-que-parfait; ad. L. plus quam perfectum, more than...
the worthless word for the day is: acyrology [ad L. acyrologia, a Gk akyrolgia] obs. rare /ah sir OL uh jee (?)/ incorrect speech or use of language "His...
the worthless word for the day is: lexicographicolatry [neologism, from lexicographic + Gk. latriea, worship] reverence for "the dictionary"* "The writer John...
the worthless word for the day is: tetrabard [neologism, fr. L tetra-, four + bard (Shakespeare)] a unit of vocabulary : 60,000 words hence, a tetrabardian...
the worthless word for the day is: consuetudinary [fr. L. consuetudinarius, customary] /con swi TUD inary/ [adj] according to consuetude: customary; (in law) ...
the worthless word for the day is: millihelen [fr. milli-, thousandth + Helen (of Troy, whose beauty supposedly launched a thousand ships)] (jocular) the...
the worthless word for the day is: vermicular [fr. Latin vermiculus] 1) resembling a worm in form or motion 2) of, relating to, or caused by worms "Criminals.....
the worthless word for the day is: choplogic [fr. chop (obs.), to bandy back and forth + ~] involved and often specious argumentation CAPULET: How now, how...
the worthless word for the day is: impeccant [fr. in- + L. peccare, to sin] without sin; faultless "The hero.. is neither impeccable nor impeccant." - The...
the worthless word for the day is: peristalsis [fr. Gk peristaltikos, peristaltic] successive waves of involuntary contraction passing along the walls of a...
the worthless word for the day is: hegemon [fr. Gk. hegemon, leader] /HEJ uh mon/ one that exercises hegemony; a leading or dominant power "Hey, you gonna...
the worthless word for the day is: whilom [fr. OE. hwílum, later] /HWI lum/ archaic [adv] while; formerly [adj] former (see also erstwhile and quondam) "He...
the worthless word for the day is: spang [Scot., to leap, cast, bang] 1) to a complete degree: totally 2) in an exact or direct manner: squarely "...the sharp...
the worthless word for the day is: writhen [pa. pple. of writhe, fr. OE writhan] being twisted or contorted "'I'll give my father up,' returned Herrick, with a...
the worthless word for the day is: picaroon [Spanish picaron] /pik uh ROON/ 1) a rogue or adventurer; a bohemian 2) a pirate, corsair 3) a small pirate ship ...
the worthless word for the day is: ninnyhammer [app. fr. ninny + hammer (fr. hammer-headed?)] a fool, simpleton; a blockhead "You're nowt but a ninnyhammer,...
the worthless word for the day is: rapparee [Ir. rapaire, ropaire, lit., thruster, stabber] /ra puh REE/ 1) an Irish irregular soldier or bandit 2) vagabond,...
the worthless word for the day is: whipsloven [whip + sloven (see below)] obs. ? a sloven who deserves whipping sloven: [ME sloveyn, rascal] obs. a person of...
the worthless word for the day is: hadiwist [had-I-wist; from (archaic) wit, to know; akin to Latin videre, to see] obs. the awareness that, if only one had...
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