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A little something new and fun. I will just be choosing random & rarely used words and share their definitions with you.



Slapdash -Something done in a hurry, or carelessly.

"The arrogant dreamer gave a slapdash account of his task report".
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Bloviate - To talk on and on in a rather pompous, inflated manner.

"No one really enjoyed Percy's dinner parties as he tended to bloviate of his recent conquests."


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Cacophony- a harsh, clamoring mixture of sounds.

"A cacophony of lustful screams and squeels could be heard as the Mr. Underlight contestant removed his shirt "
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Beguile - To influence by trickery, flattery, to mislead or delude.
To charm or divert.

"The voluptuous woman beguiles the gents into adding her to their Will, then she poisons them!."



Taradiddle - Pretentious nonsense.

"Enough of your taradiddle!, though hilarious, it is quite annoying."
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As a fellow word lover, I continue this work in memory of Sorsha

Tintinnabulation:Tinkling

The waterfalls of Lambent fill the rooms with their tintinnabulation.
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Well then, let's get back to business, shall we?


Inaniloquent - Given to talking inanely, saying silly or foolish things.


"Sophia would pay more attention to Sidney if he was not quite so inaniloquent!"
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Agelast - A person who never smiles or laughs. A mirthless person. Having no sense of humour.


" Due to always having to work so hard, the normally jovial man has become somewhat of an Agelast."
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Capitulate - to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms. To relent.

"The tyrannical King Morden was not one to capitulate, but alas, felt that he must.
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3 Words today, for the price of 1 !



Dudgeon - A foul mood, a trantrum, a huff.

" The man, feeling as though the shopkeeper cheated him, left the shop in Dudgeon.


Fatuous - Unconsciously foolish, making unwise decisions, lacking intelligence.


" Bruno was quite Fatuous in deciding to juggle 6 axes at once!"


Jackanapes - A rapscalion, a hooligan (2 more fine words) a trouble maker.

" The King's council was rife with Jackanapes who weren't considered a very trutworthy bunch."





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Capernoited - Slightly intoxicated or tipsy.


"Bruno was the life of the party! Though his jokes were a bit crude, due to the fact that he was a tad capernoited!"
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Quidnunc - A person who always needs to know what is going on.

"The tavern is a second home to Nosey Ned, the local Quidnunc."


Tarantism - An urge overcome depression or melancholy by dancing.

"The kind man created a special doll, when it was hugged, the holder of the doll succumbed to uncontrollable Tarantism."

Nelipot - someone who always walks around with no shoes.

"The old Nelipot didn't seem to be bothered by the cold when she walked through the freezing snow."


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Concilliabule - a secret gathering of people who are planning some sort of secret plot.

"The angry peasants called a Concilliabule to discuss the revolution."


Maledicent - One who has a penchant for using abusive speech. Slanderous.

" The young brother and sister were so maledicent in their speech, they found it rather difficult to keep friends."
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Domteuse - A woman who trains animals.

"Not only was Cindy a tightrope walker in the circus, she was an accomplished Domteuse and worked with the lions."


Mulligrubs - Being in a state of melancholy, sullen, depressed.

" Elmer refused to participate in the tavern games, he had a dreadful case of the Mulligrubs!"

Viraginity - A woman who has masculine qualities.

" Helga does her best to disguise her Viraginity by using a lot of makeup and perfume, although
she still has the gait of a Lumberjack."

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Witzelsucht - A feeble attempt at humour. Inappropriate humour.

"actually a neurological disorder, caused mainly by front lobe damage or trauma. Patients suffering Witzelsucht do not see the jokes their making as inappropriate or unfitting."


Helga's witzelsucht was the main reason she had trouble finding a mate, most suiters found her quips quite appalling.


Bathykolpiam - Deep-bosomed, large breasted.


The Elder teacher was not only intelligent and witty, she was certainly on the more bathykolpian end
of the spectrum when it came to her hourglass figure!

Concinnity - Elegance or neatness of literary or artistic style.

The Wordsmith had the gift of concinnity, the words of prose flowed from his pen with ease and had all the ladies swooning.
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Zoanthropy- A person who has delusions that they are a form of animal or that they have changed into an animal.

" Fred, who slithered around the floor on his belly like an anaconda, clearly suffered from Zoanthropy."


Bretharian- A person who believes that it is possible, through meditation, to reach a level of consciousness where one can exist on air alone.

Mr. Yogu claimed he was a Bretharian, existing on his spiritual life force and tried to recruit others to his school of higher learning.

Illywhacker -A small time confidence man/swindler, a trickster, a grifter.

"It turns out Mr. Yogu was nothing but an Illywhacker, and his school of higher learning was a scam."
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Cavil -
A verb meaning to raise trivial and oftentimes irritating objections or to find fault unnecessarily.

Morosoph-
A learned fool, or one who puts up the pretense of knowledge or wisdom

Lalochezia-
The emotional relief gained by emitting vulgar or indecent words
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Xertz -
The act of gulping something down in haste.

Tittynope -
A small quantity of something left over on a plate.

Valetudinarian -
A sickly or weak person, who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her health.

Winklepicker -
A style of boot or shoe that has an extremely long, pointed and sharp toe.
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Palindrome -

A Palindrome is a word, phrase or set of numbers that reads the same forward and backward.
Some Examples:

Civic
Kayak
Sagas
Sexes
Tenet

Phrases:

Bombard a drab mob
Dammit, I'm mad!
Draw, O coward!
Live not on evil.
Stack cats.
Too bad I hid a boot.
Yo, banana boy!


Homonyms -

Homonyms are words that are spelled the same but have more than one meaning.
Some Examples:

Address - To speak to someone, or a location
Bright - Very intelligent, or filled with light
Lie - To recline or lay down, or to speak untruths
Pound - A unit of weight measurement, or to beat on something or someone
Rose - A type of flower, or to have gotten up from a prone position
Stalk - A long stem part of a plant, or to follow, pester or intimidate someone
Tender - To offer money, or kind and gentle, or in terms of food, soft and easy to chew
Well - A water source from the ground, or to be in good health and/or mood-spirits


Homophone:

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Some Examples:

Adieu - To bid farewell
Ado - fuss, bother, trouble

Dense - Closely compacted, or (slang) stupid - (this one falls under homonym and homophone which happens quite often with language)
Dents - A hollow made on a flat surface by pressure or a blow

Gene - A hereditary sequence of DNA
Jean- A heavy cotton twill fabric used for clothing

Key - A notched metal implement used to open a lock
Quay - A ship wharf

News - Information about recent events
Gnus - A type of large hoofed mammal related to deer (plural)

Rain - Water that falls from the sky
Rein - A leather strap attached to a bridle used to control a horse
Reign - To hold royal office or to rule or hold predominant rule

Vial- A small container, usually glass, used to hold (usually) liquid
Vile - Disgusting, extremely unpleasant
Viol - any family of stringed instruments played with a bow

Wail - A loud, high pitched sound
Wale - A raised mark on the skin, a welt
Whale - Enormous marine mammals
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In Relation to Dreaming -

There are many words synonymous to dreams or relating to dreaming, here are a few:

Nightmare -A terrifying or unusually upsetting dream.

Phantasmagoria - An ever changing stream of real or imagined images.

Surreal - An event wich reminds one of or closely resembles a dream.

Phantasm -Something existing in perception only.

Lucid Dreaming -A dream in which the dreamer is aware they are dreaming and has some semblence of control over it. This is what most of us here have achieved.

Dreamscape - A landscape oddly or mysteriously indicative of dreams.

Latent (content in) Dreams - The alleged hidden psychological meaning of a dream.

Daydream -Absent minded fantasizing (often times of grandeur or sexual in nature) while awake.

Eunoia - Beautiful, pure, dreamlike thinking, while awake.
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As I sit and muse about our shared dream, personalities come to mind, these words reflect personality traits.

Equanimist -Someone who is always calm and even tempered in every situation.

Reprobate -A person with very little principal, oft used in jest or affectionately.

Intrigant - A person who secretly conspires to do something harmful or illicit to others.

Perspicacious -A person who has a high level of discernment, clear sighted and realistic.

Apostate -Someone who renounces beliefs or principals, religious or otherwise.

Altruist - A person who always puts the welfare of others before themselves.

Captious -Someone who constantly finds fault and flaw in others, usually taking enjoyment in it.

Ebullient - A person who has an overabundance of enthusiasm.

Blatherskite-A person who talks without making much sense, a person given to incessant gibberish.

Phlegmatic -A person who is emotionally stoic,oft to the point of lacking any response or showing any emotion at all.

Obeisant - A person who shows solemn reverence to a person, place or idea.

Hyperthymic -A person who is excessively, oft abnormally, positive in disposition with an exaggerated enthusiasm for the activities of daily life.
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Today - Words you will most likely never ever use, though I challeng you to do so!

Borborygmus - A dreadful rumbling sound from the intestines.

Conjubilant - A group or gathering who shouts with joy or glee.

Finifugal - Descriptive of someone who is afraid to finish or go through with things.

Fudgel - Pretending to be doing something, or working, when in actuality you are doing nothing at all.

Groke - A word of Scottish origin, which means to stare at someone who is eating, in the hope that they will give you some of their food.

Kakorrhaphiophobia -A fear of failure.

Quomodocunquizing - Making money by any means possible.

Ulotrichous -Having wiry, wooly and unruly hair.

Whiffler -Someone who feels they always have to walk in front of a crowd, be the first in line.
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