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jejune adjective FORMAL DISAPPROVING

very simple or childish:

He made jejune generalizations about how all students were lazy and never did any work.

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When at length I returned to my rooms and found them exactly as I had left them that morning, I detected a jejune air that had not irked me before.

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from Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

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Originally Posted by Jay

supererogatory adj

1. beyond call of duty: performed to an extent beyond what is required or expected

2. superfluous: beyond what is sufficient or necessary, and not wanted

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Hey, you looked that up! :D :thumbs_up

You were explaining something to me, if I remember correctly, and I was awfully grateful . . . how weird to remember that now. :alien:

In the light of the vicious vocab thread thought this might be what we nedd~~bump~~

I'm not sure if we have tried this one yet. How about a thread where you can post an interesting word you've come across and its definition. Lets come up with some good words. Are we not literate?


ca·price –noun [kuh-prees]
1. a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
2. a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality; capriciousness: With the caprice of a despotic king, he alternated between kindness and cruelty.

I like the way this word sounds:
pulchritude –physical beauty; comeliness.

bon vivant \bon-vee-VONT\, noun:
A person with refined and sociable tastes, especially one who enjoys fine food and drink.
Bon vivant comes from French bon, "good" (from Latin bonus) + vivant, present participle of vivre, "to live," from Latin vivere.
from www.dictionary.com

aphorism (af-uh-riz-uhm) - An aphorism is a short, pithy statement containing a truth of general import; an epigram is like an aphorism, but lacking in general import. Maxim and saying can be used as synonyms for aphorism.

re·ful·gent (ri-fuhl-juhnt) –adjective: shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball.

votive candles lit in memory of someone in fullfillment of a vow to honor their death

vex·il·lol·o·gy [vek-suh-lol-uh-jee] –noun
the study of flags.

proselytize \PROS-uh-luh-tyz\, intransitive verb:

1. To induce someone to convert to one's religious faith.
2. To induce someone to join one's institution, cause, or political party.
3. To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like.

expiate (ex-pi-ate), verb

a)to extinguish the guilt incurred by b)to make amends for

And I have something to expiate: A pettiness. - D.H. Lawrence from The Snake

Mariology- study or doctrine relating to the Virgin Mary .

contravene \kon-truh-VEEN\, transitive verb:
1. To act or be counter to; to violate.
2. To oppose in argument; to contradict.