the worthless word for the day is: locupletative [fr. L. locupletare, to enrich] /lock you PLEA ta tive/? inkhorn term : tending to enrich "The distinctions...
the worthless word for the day is: vilipensive [fr. L. vilipendere] /vil ih PEN sive/ abusive "[T]ime was when even Rhedycina's learned bowers resounded to...
the worthless word for the day is: slangwhanger [fr. slangwhang, to assail with abuse] chiefly U.S. a noisy or abusive talker or writer; a ranting partisan ...
the worthless word for the day is: gonkulator [gonk + calculator] /GON kyoo lay tur/ 1) a pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful...
the worthless word for the day is: philosophaster [post-classical L. philosophaster, person who dabbles in philosophy] /feh LAS eh fast er/ a pretender or...
the worthless word for the day is: surdaster [fr. L. surdus, deaf + -aster, not genuine] inkhorn term : deaf person; a little deaf "Surdaster cum surdastro...
the worthless word for the day is: vampirarchy [vampire + -archy, rule of] exploitative rule comparable to rule by vampires "A sceptical critic has pretended,...
the worthless word for the day is: tortiloquy [fr. late or med.L. tortiloquium < tortus, crooked + loqui, to speak] obs. rare : crooked talk {Blount, 1656} ...
the worthless word for the day is: ostrobogulous [attributed to Victor B. Neuburg, British writer] /OS tro BOG ju lus/ chiefly humorous : slightly risqué or...
the worthless word for the day is: titivil [L. Tutivillus, of unknown origin] /tit uh vil/ obs. 1) a name for a demon or devil in the mystery plays, said to...
the worthless word for the day is: entheomania [fr. L, entheos, divinely inspired + -mania] a passion for divine inspiration; religious mania cf. demonomania ...
the worthless word for the day is: feriation [fr. L. feriari < feria, holiday] obs. : holiday keeping; cessation of work <a welcome midwinter feriation - D....
the worthless word for the day is: visuriency [fr. L. visere, to behold + -ency] // obs. nonce-word : the desire of seeing as Morris Bishop states in _The...
the worthless word for the day is: mesonoxian [fr. Gk meso-, middle + L. nox, night] /mezz uh NOCK see un/? obs. rare : of or belonging to midnight {Cockeram}...
the worthless word for the day is: mesopygion [fr. Gk meso-, middle + pyge, the rump] rare : the cleavage of the buttocks (in the middle of the pyg family) ...
the worthless word for the day is: adoxography [fr. Gk adoxos, inglorious + -graphy, writing] /ad ok SOG ra fee/ fine writing on a trivial or base subject ...
the worthless word for the day is: ingravescent [L., to become worse] /in gra VES ent/ Medical : growing worse or more severe; also transf. "The Original...
the worthless word for the day is: vibrissa [L. vibrissae, nostril hairs] /vie BRIS uh/ pl. vibrissae one of the long stiff hairs that project from the snout...
the worthless word for the day is: dogdayed [f. dog-days, the hottest, sultriest days of summer] poetic nonce-word : of or relating to the dog-days "There from...
the worthless word for the day is: chairoplane [fr. chair, after aeroplane] /CHAIR uh plane/ a roundabout with seats suspended by chains <a chairoplane...
the worthless word for the day is: prodnose [fr. the name Prodnose, a pedantic and interfering character in the humorous columns of J.B. Morton] [v] rare : to...
the worthless word for the day is: platitudinary [fr. platitude, after e.g. latitudinary] // rare : characterized by or tending to use platitudes (usually...
the worthless word for the day is: rudery [fr. L. rudis, rough, unwrought] /RUE duh ree/ rudeness; a rude remark, comment, practical joke, etc. "I have, as a...
the worthless word for the day is: xylocephalous [fr. Gk xulo- < xulon, wood + kephale, head] /zy lo suh FAL us/ (also perh. xylocephalic) wooden-headed "My...
the worthless word for the day is: woodpusher [blend of wood + pusher] slang : a poor chess player; a patzer (or, if you prefer, Urban Dictionary gives "a term...
the worthless word for the day is: wordanista [coined by Steven Colbert, after fashionista, etc.; -ista has been given a pejorative twist in English] /word uh...
the worthless word for the day is: fogram [origin unknown] also fogrum /FOE gruhm/ [n] an antiquated or old-fashioned person: fogy [adj] antiquated,...
the worthless word for the day is: naffin [origin uncertain, but see It. gnaffa, a dreary man] Brit. colloq. : one who is almost an idiot "When the word idiot...
the worthless word for the day is: vivificent [fr. L. vivus, alive] obs. : living "liuely, or full of strength" - Robert Cawdrey, A Table Alphabeticall (1604)...
