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Learned a new word recently? Share it by posting it here; give its definition.... and hey, gotta live dangerously, right?.... use it in a sentence. :thumbs_up
I'll have the first word ;)
Gelid - very cold; icy.
The wicked witch rested her gelid fingers on the newborn baby's bald head.
limacine - of, relating to, or resembling a slug
The limacine couch potato is distressed, he cannot reach the remote.
I've got another one!
gustation - the act or sensation of tasting
The gustation of the chocolate cream pie almost made me lose consciousness last night...just kidding :D
I love new vocabulary! Is anyone else going to join in?
Tyro - a novice; neophyte; a beginner in learning anything. (from Latin tiro, meaning 'recruit').
The ten-year-old tyro from Turkey has just unseated the long-time undisputed World Cheese Chomping champion.
Oppugn - to assail by criticism, argument, or action; to call in question; to dispute, oppose, contradict.
The employees oppugned management's decision to close the factory in Florida.
Vulpine - of or resembling a fox; cunning or crafty.
The vulpine vagabond stole the unsuspecting students' sandwiches.
decorticate - peel
I can't eat apples unless they are decorticated.
philippic - any speech or discourse of bitter denunciation; a tirade.
The preacher's philippic concerning church members who marry non-believers was ardently applauded by the elders.
fusty :
- having a stale smell; moldy; musty.
- old fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like.
- stubbornly conservative or old-fashioned; fogyish.
The little old lady refused to let go of her family's fusty furniture.
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"The trouble is, you get used to hell," ...
~ from THE FIFTH CHILD (by Doris Lessing)
Disport-To frolic or amuse.
internecine :
- of or pertaining to conflict or struggle within a group, organization, or nation.
- mutually destructive; ruinous or fatal to both sides.
- characterized by great slaughter; deadly.
(origin: Latin - to kill out, exterminate)
The megacorporation collapsed because of incessant internecine clashes among its major stockholders.
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currently reading : The Facts Behind The Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories (by Yann Martel)
persiflage
- light, bantering talk or writing.
- a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject.
The young man's persiflage did not endear him to his girlfriend's grandfather.
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currently reading : Billy Bathgate (by E.L. Doctorow)
discalciate (sp?)
to take off one's shoes.
Insouciant [adj]: casually unconcerned
Her insouciant reaction spoke volumes about her real affections towards him.
agglomerating: a mass of things clustered together.
agglomerating objects into unweidly groups (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo pg 81