the worthless word for the day is: persifleur [F, see also persiflate] a person who indulges in persiflage : one given to frivolous banter especially about...
the worthless word for the day is: cerebrotonic [fr. L. cerebrum, brain + tonic, producing tension] designating or characteristic of a type of personality...
the worthless word for the day is: pottiness [f. potty + -ness] (first attested to Wodehouse) the state or condition of being potty "It was not primarily his...
the worthless word for the day is: ekistics [f. Gr. oikistikos, relating to settlement] /i KIS tiks/ a name given by C. A. Doxiadis to the study of human...
the worthless word for the day is: sesquipedalophobia [sesquipedalian + -phobia] (coined by Byran A. Garner in a Verbatim article) the fear or hatred of long...
the worthless word for the day is: divinate [fr. L. divinare, to divine] (back-formation from divination(?)) to foretell future events, soothsay, augur,...
the worthless word for the day is: neologization [fr. neologize v. > neology n.] rare (coined by Jefferson) the coining of new words or phrases "When an...
the worthless word for the day is: libricide [f. L. liber, book + -cide] the slaughter of books this is marked 'rare' by the OED, with just the Blair citation;...
the worthless word for the day is: nebulochaotic [fr. L. nebula : mist, fog + chaotic] nonce-wd (obs.) hazily confused "The altogether nebulochaotic condition...
the worthless word for the day is: sardoodledom [sardoodle- (blend of Victorien Sardou, French playwright criticized by G. B. Shaw, for the supposed staginess...
the worthless word for the day is: petarding [fr. petard, explosive] rare : the action of setting off petards "A 'wicker Figure'.. is promenaded, not in...
the worthless word for the day is: clinomania [fr. Gk klin- : sloping, inclining + -mania] an overwhelming desire to stay in bed; esp. on a snowy (or rainy)...
the worthless word for the day is: surd [fr. L. surdus, speechless] 1) Math. : irrational; fig. : lacking sense: irrational 2) Linguistic : voiceless, used of...
the worthless word for the day is: theologaster [NL, fr. theologus + -aster, cf. poetaster] /the AL uh gas te(r)/ a shallow theologian, esp. one who pretends ...
the worthless word for the day is: stertorous [f. stertor, a heavy snoring sound > L. stertere, to snore] 1) characterized by a harsh snoring or gasping sound:...
the worthless word for the day is: stentorian [fr. Stentor, a Gk warrior with a powerful voice] /sten TOR ee un/ of the voice: loud, like that of Stentor also...
the worthless word for the day is: supinity [fr. L. supinus lying on the back] obs. supineness: inertness; sluggishness "Incuriousness was the most potent...
the worthless word for the day is: limacology [f. L. limax : slug, snail + -ology] the branch of zoology which deals with slugs "To the same author we owe a...
the worthless word for the day is: ataraxia [Gk ataraxia, impassiveness] /ad eh RAK see eh/ also ataraxy calmness untroubled by mental or emotional disquiet:...
the worthless word for the day is: algorism [ad. mL. > Arab. al-Khuwarizmi (Arab mathematician)] the Arabic, or decimal system of numeration; hence, arithmetic...
the worthless word for the day is: apothegmatic [fr. Gk apophthegmatikos, sententious] /apeh THEG mad ik/ also apophthegmatic relating to or characteristic of...
the worthless word for the day is: decussate [fr. L. decussis : number ten (X), intersection of two lines] to intersect decussation : an intersection...
the worthless word for the day is: wesort [probably from we sort (i.e., our sort)] usually capitalized one of a group of people of mixed white-black-Indian ...
the worthless word for the day is: wegotism [jocular blend of we + egotism] an obtrusive and too frequent use of the editorial we "Dr. Dwight," said an...
the worthless word for the day is: bimanous [fr. L. bimanus or F. bimane] /BI meh nehs/ (also bimanal) having two hands: two-handed "Even in these enlightened...
the worthless word for the day is: indign [fr. L. indignus, not worthy] /in DINE/ 1) archaic : unworthy, undeserving 2) obs. : shameful, disgraceful Let...
the worthless word for the day is: aurify [f. L. aurum, gold + -fy] to turn into gold "..and so are the future guineas that now lie ripening and aurifying in...
the worthless word for the day is: chatmate [fr. chat + mate] obs. rare : a gossip "By the sea-side on the other side stood Hero's tower.. that is not so wide...
the worthless word for the day is: imprescriptible [F] not subject to prescription: inalienable; also, absolute "..the natural and imprescriptible rights of...
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