| Hiraeth | a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was... | Baron_Wobblyhorse |
| Tsundoku | buying books and not reading them; letting books pile up unread on shelves or floors or nightstands. (xpost r/books) | rhiannian |
| Kintsukuroi | "to repair with gold" | mcjergal |
| Toska [Russian] | a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. | fucksrslycatagain |
| Contronym | A word that is its own antonym (opposite) | kfudnapaa |
| Decathect | To withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss. | Chisaku |
| furlough | 1) a period of time when a soldier is allowed to leave the place where he or she is stationed; 2) a period of time when an employee is told not to come to work and is not paid; 3) a period of time when a prisoner is allowed to leave prison | luckykobold |
| Lalochezia | the emotional relief gained from using abusive or profane language | Baron_Wobblyhorse |
| Petrichor | The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell. | bestlaidplansofmice |
| Pluviophile | Lover of rain | NoGodsNoKingsNoFear |
| L’appel du vide | 'Call of the Void', the urge some people get to jump from high places when they encounter them. | Rapird |
| Sapiosexual (n.) | a person who is sexually attracted to intelligent people | e112 |
| Googling a word now provides all kinds of info | definition, pronunciation, etymology, translations, and a chart of popularity over the centuries. (Info in comments) | canausernamebetoolon |
| Felicitation | Congratulations.
Congratulations /r/Logophilia, you are subreddit of the day! | GreyCastle |
| Cunctator | A procrastinator. As in, Redditors are a bunch of massive cunctators | canausernamebetoolon |
| Idiolect | A person's individual speech pattern. | Nourn |
| apricity (n.) | the warmth of the sun in Winter. | 8bitlisa |
| Mononymous | A mononymous person is an individual addressed or known by a single name, e.g. Plato | sextagrammaton |
| Pilcrow | The paragraph symbol ( ¶ ). | canausernamebetoolon |
| Omnicompetent | Able to handle any situation. | Nourn |
| Whited sepulchre | a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous | Aesir1 |
| Vorfreude | (n.) the joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures | jdotfox |
| Zenzizenzizenzic | to the eighth power of a number | Spacenut42 |
| Nefelibata | "cloud walker"; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams; or one who does not obey the conventions of society, literature, or art. | emkayyess |
| Growlery | a place to retreat to, alone, when ill-humoured | Aesir1 |
| Pyrrhic | achieved at excessive cost | Kisutra |
| Vellicate | to touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements | Aesir1 |
| Callipygian | having well-shaped buttocks. | CAPTAINLOCK |
| Ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words | McHerpaDerp |
| Eigengrau | The dark grey colour seen by the eyes in perfect darkness, as a result of signals from the optic nerves. | Nourn |
| Kakistocracy | government by the worst persons possible. | veronicuddles |
| Aposiopesis | a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed. | PocketFullOfRain |
| Accismus | Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it. | Nourn |
| Pleonasm | The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea. | sacredserenity |
| zaftig - of a woman | slightly fat in an attractive way; having a full, rounded figure | callipygia |
| Pogonotrophy | the cultivation of beards, beard-growing. | Pata4AllaG |
| Polysemous | Having multiple meanings. | Nourn |
| My favorite word site | Power-search over 1000 dictionaries with Onelook.com. Want to know the bovine/feline/canine/piscine equivalent for a goose? Type *ine:goose. More instructions on homepage | canausernamebetoolon |
| memento mori | literally "remember you must die," an object, such as a skull, intended to remind people of the inevitability of death | Aesir1 |
| Decathect | To withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss. | Nourn |
| Sophistry | the clever use of arguments that seem true but are really false, in order to deceive people | zoossii |
| Bluestocking | A woman with considerable scholarly, literary, or intellectual ability or interest. | Nourn |
| Antejentacular | Occurring before breakfast. | veronicuddles |
| Anthypophora | A figure of reasoning in which one asks and then immediately answers one's own questions (or raises and then settles imaginary objections) | Aesir1 |
| Odalisque | A woman slave in a harem. | Nourn |
| Anasyrma | The gesture of lifting up the skirt or kilt to expose buttocks or genitalia (often for non-sexual purposes, such as warding against supernatural forces). | LiminalMask |
| Cephalophore | a saint who is generally depicted carrying his or her own head | Pandora_Glovebox |
| Mumpsimus (n.) | Adherence to a traditional custom or notion although it is shown to be unreasonable | Zakuriyah |
| Quockerwodger | “a wooden toy figure which jerks its limbs about when pulled by a string”, and also a politician whose strings are pulled by someone else." (Thanks TIL) | tjleggz |
| Saudade | a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves | EchoScar |
| Isolato | A person who is spiritually isolated from or out of sympathy with his or her times or society. | Nourn |
| Elucubrate | To produce a piece of work by intensive effort at night | ??? |
| Amaranthine | Not fading or dying : immortal. | Nourn |
| Philalethist | A lover of the truth | Aesir1 |
| Aizuchi | term for frequent interjections during a conversation that indicate the listener is paying attention and/or understanding the speaker | Aesir1 |
| Pecksniffian | pretending to have high moral principles | yaph |
| Penumbra | (n) the faded edge of a shadow | RedSquidz |
| Deuteragonist | The second most important character in a drama, the second actor. | cuprous_veins |
| Crepuscular | Of or relating to twilight | ConsultingBastard |
| Skyclad | Naked outdoors. | Nourn |
| Subnivean | Occurring beneath a layer of snow. | Nourn |
| Darkle | To become clouded or gloomy. | Nourn |
| Ghost word | A word that has come into a dictionary, grammar, or other scholarly work as a result of a misreading or misinterpretation, as by mistaking a typographical error for an actual word | Aesir1 |
| Ferrule | the metal part that holds an eraser to a pencil | clarkskywalker |
| Nihilarian | one who does useless work | Pandora_Glovebox |
| Spoonerism | Switching the first sounds of two or more words. Eg "A Dot in the Shark." | _undone_ |
| Threnody | A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy. | Nourn |
| Quincunx | an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its center (like when you roll a "five" at dice) | spikebrennan |
| In silico | In or on a computer. | Nourn |
| Jingo | a person who professes his or her patriotism loudly and excessively, favoring vigilant preparedness for war and an aggressive foreign policy; bellicose chauvinist. (see also Jingoism) | LiminalMask |
| Catachresis, n | Improper use of words; application of a term to a thing which it does not properly denote; abuse or perversion of a trope or metaphor. | FTFYcent |
| Stultify | (1) To render useless or ineffectual; cripple. (2) To cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous | Aesir1 |
| Jape | 1) to jest; joke; gibe. 2) to mock or make fun of. 3) a trick or practical joke. | LiminalMask |
| Meliorism | The belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid its betterment | Nourn |
| Dystheism | The belief that there is a god, but that this god is not good, and possibly, although not necessarily evil | Aesir1 |
| Hapax legomenon | a word that occurs only once within a context | riboflavins |
| Spanogyny | a scarcity of women | Pandora_Glovebox |
| Bluebeard | A man who marries and kills one wife after another. | Nourn |
| Niggle (v) | To find fault constantly and trivially; carp | phreakocious |
| Escutcheon | The part of a ship's stern on which the name is displayed | Rysona |
| Cenotaph | A monument erected in honor of a dead person whose remains lie elsewhere. | Nourn |
| Essorant | Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly | Aesir1 |
| Hyperthymia | excessive emotionalism | Aesir1 |
| Psithurism | The sound of rustling leaves. | Nourn |
| Wasm | an obsolete belief; an out-of-fashion `ism | Aesir1 |
| Nepenthe | A potion used by the ancients to induce forgetfulness of pain or sorrow. | Nourn |
| Pettyfogger (n) | One who quibbles over trifles. | ScriptSimian |
| Feuillemort | Having the color of a faded leaf | wildereye |
| Scripturient | Having a strong urge to write. | SootCayenne |
| miasma | a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere. | allURboozeRbelong2us |
| Boondoggle | work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy. | ThePrinterDoesntWork |
| Potvaliancy | Brave only as a result of being drunk. | Nourn |
| Lacuna | A blank space or a missing part. | Nourn |
| Exergasia | The repetition of a single idea, phrased in a different way each time. | AnimaSeverem |
| Witwanton | One who indulges in idle, foolish, and irreverent fancies or speculations; one who tries to be cleverly amusing but falls short. | Aesir1 |
| Velleity | a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action. | schnessl |
| Quincunx | The arrangement of five items in this pattern: ⁙ | mcmlxix |
| Sprezzatura | studied nonchalance; perfect conduct or performance of something (as an artistic endeavor) without apparent effort | mattXIX |
| Torpor (n) | A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility | phreakocious |
| Lascivious | inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd. | dragonfire882 |
| Fustilugs | A fat and slovenly person. | Nourn |
| Paralogize | To reason falsely; to draw conclusions not warranted by the premises | Aesir1 |
| Paroxysm | A sudden violent emotion or action | Fragmented663 |
| Qua | in the capacity of [A fantastic scrabble word with rather complex usages, please see text] | ALoafOfBread |
| Psychopomp (n) | a deity or creature who guides souls to their underworld, e.g. Charon or Anubis | IAmTheMittenMan |
| Reify | To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing. | Nourn |
| polylemma | A choice involving multiple undesirable options. | Snazzy67 |
| Ploce | The repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning. | Nourn |
| Menhir | a single upright rough monolith usually of prehistoric origin. | LiminalMask |
| Doctrinaire | A person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory without regard to its practicality | Aesir1 |
| Spoonerism | the transposition of the initial consonants or consonant clusters of a pair of words, often resulting in an amusing ambiguity of meaning, such as hush my brat for brush my hat | Aesir1 |
| Opsimath | a person who learns late in life. | dragonfire882 |
| Elflock | A tangled lock of hair. | Nourn |
| Persnickety | Overparticular about trivial details | richieguy309 |
| Muckibus | Drunkenly sentimental or maudlin. | Nourn |
| Mot Juste | The exactly right word or phrasing. | Nourn |
| Verecund | bashful; modest | Aesir1 |
| Aesthete (n) | One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature | phreakocious |
| Hobbledehoy | An awkward adolescent boy. | Nourn |
| Dixi | literally translated as "I have spoken". When used, it usually means: "I have said all that I had to say and thus the argument is settled". | Aesir1 |
| Mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style | Aesir1 |
| Agathocacological | Composed of good and evil; pertaining to both good and evil. | Aesir1 |
| Doggerel | crude. | CAPTAINLOCK |
| Banana republic | A political science term for a politically unstable country whose economy is largely dependent on the export of a single limited-resource product. | Nourn |
| Holophrasis | The use of a single word to convey a complex idea | Aesir1 |
| Nychthemeron | A full period of a day and night: 24 hours. | Nourn |
| Oojah | An oojah or ooja-ka-piv or oojiboo is "a thing whose name one forgets, does not know, or prefers not to mention." | Nourn |
| Inamorata | A woman with whom one is in love or has an intimate relationship. | Nourn |
| taedium vitae | the feeling that life is boring and dull | Aesir1 |
| Otiose | Lazy; indolent. | Nourn |
| humuhumunukunukuapua'a | The state fish of Hawaii | canausernamebetoolon |
| Mottainai | the sensation of loss associated with needless waste or patterns of behaviour that lead to such waste. One may say "that feels Mottainai". | RegularSustenance |
| Zoopharmacognosy | behaviour in which non-human animals self-medicate by selecting and using plants, soils, insects and psychoactive drugs to treat and prevent disease. | bouncingvumeters |
| A helpful resource for my fellow logophiles | A list of Greek and Latin root words with English meanings, examples, and etymologies. | Aesir1 |
| Pogonotrophy | The cultivation of beards; beard-growing | Soullessredditor |
| Ignivomous | Vomiting fire | Aesir1 |
| holograph | A document written wholly in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears | Snazzy67 |
| Dolorific | Causing pain or grief | Aesir1 |
| Ebullient | Zestfully enthusiastic | Aesir1 |
| Concupiscence | A strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust | Aesir1 |
| Susurration - noun | A soft murmur or whisper | limasierra |
| Katagelophobia | fear of being ridiculed | fatalillusion |
| Erudition | Knowledge gained chiefly from books. | dilettanteTunesmith |
| Claque | 1) A group hired to applaud at a performance 2) A group of sycophants | LiminalMask |
| Frangible | able to be broken into pieces (adj) | sextagrammaton |
| Aleatoricism | Dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome. | Nourn |
| Imprimatur | a highly-weighted acceptance or guarantee that something is of a good standard | yudkev |
| Nigrescence | The process of becoming black or dark. | Nourn |
| Polysemant | a word having more than one meaning | mattXIX |
| Quaff | To heartily drink a (usually alcoholic) beverage | LiberLapis |
| Pusillanimous | lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution | Michaelas10 |
| Esoteric | Understood or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest | schindelar |
| Good one for Reddit | ailurophile - a lover of cats | pullarius1 |
| Ouroboros | an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail | Aesir1 |
| Mitty | An ordinary, timid person who indulges in daydreams involving great adventures and triumphs. | Nourn |
| Doryphore | One who gains inordinate pleasure from detecting minor errors; a pedantic nitpicker | Aesir1 |
| Bellibone | A Woman Who Excels In Both Beauty And Goodness | tomjenkinson |
| Droog | A violent young gang member or a hooligan. | Nourn |
| Dialectic (n) | The art or practice of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments | phreakocious |
| Caryatid | a sculptured female figure used as a column. | LiminalMask |
| Milquetoast | a timid, meek, or unassertive person | braveliltoasterr |
| Taradiddle | A trivial or childish lie. | Nourn |
| Metaxy | the permanent place where man is in-between two poles of existence, such as the infinite and the finite reality of existence | fucksrslycatagain |
| Shebang ("the whole shebang") | probably from the French 'char-à-bancs' - carriage with benches. | vinipoars |
| Thanatosis | the process by which an animal feigns death in order to evade unwelcome attention. | Innitinnuitinnit |
| Fleer | To smirk or laugh in contempt or derision | Aesir1 |
| Chirocracy | A government that rules by a 'strong hand' or by physical force | Aesir1 |
| Fustian | Pretentious speech or writing; pompous language | Aesir1 |
| Exsanguinate | to drain of blood | kk- |
| Verbile | a person who is best stimulated by words | Aesir1 |
| Mythopoeic | Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth. | Nourn |
| Jingoism | Extreme patriotism, chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy | Dont_Thread_On_Me |
| Factotum | A person having many diverse activities or responsibilities. | dilettanteTunesmith |
| Demulcent | Soothing. | Nourn |
| Borborygmi | The rumbling sound your stomach makes | frankyroads |
| Retrophilia | a strong liking for things from the past | Aesir1 |
| Triumphalism | The attitude or belief that a particular doctrine, especially a religion or political theory, is superior to all others. | Nourn |
| Ultracrepidate | to go beyond one's scope or province, esp to criticize beyond your sphere of knowledge | Aesir1 |
| Entheogen | A psychoactive substance used for the purpose of inducing a mystical or spiritual experience. | Nourn |
| Aviatrix | A female aviator. | Nourn |
| Orotund | Marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound. | Nourn |
| Nonpareil | Having no equal. | Nourn |
| Gargalesthesia | The sensation commonly associated with tickling | freer101 |
| Mollitious | Luxurious. | Nourn |
| verisimilitude | the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability | Eternal_210C8A |
| Sonder | The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own | Sir_Lurksalot12 |
| Mensch | A person having admirable characteristics, such as fortitude and firmness of purpose | Aesir1 |
| Voluptuary | a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure. | LiminalMask |
| Crapulence | Excessive indulgence; intemperance | theturbolemming |
| Colloquy | a high-level, serious discussion | Schezemu |
| Putsch | a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed. | LiminalMask |
| Efflorescent | bursting into flower; growing at a rapid rate; flourishing | pallas_athene |
| Limpid | clear, transparent; completely calm | LiminalMask |
| Slubberdegullion | a filthy, slobbering person. | gezzed |
| Hierophant | An interpreter of sacred mysteries or arcane knowledge | jwbraith |
| Fremdscham | shame felt for actions done by someone else | Aesir1 |
| Anathema | a person or thing detested or loathed. | PocketFullOfRain |
| bel esprit | A cultivated, highly intelligent person | Aesir1 |
| Vespertinal | Of, relating to, or occurring in the evening | Aesir1 |
| Surcease | To bring or come to an end; stop. | Nourn |
| Jerkwater | Remote and unimportant. | Nourn |
| Resistentialism | The belief that inanimate objects have a natural antipathy toward human beings, and therefore it is not people who control things, but things which increasingly control people. | Octavian979 |
| Kleptocracy | A corrupt and dishonest government characterised by greed. | Nourn |
| Jink | To make a quick, evasive turn | Aesir1 |
| Circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea | spoonfrog |
| Colposinquanonia | Estimating a woman's beauty based on her chest | Mr_A_Snuffleupagus |
| McCarthyism | The practice of making unfounded accusations against someone | yaph |
| Manes | 1) (plur) the souls of the dead, shades; 2) (sing) the spirit or shade of a particular dead person. | LiminalMask |
| Anhedonia | The lack of pleasure or the ability to experience it | theturbolemming |
| Solacious | Affording solace; as, a solacious voice | Aesir1 |
| Cenotaph | a tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere | LiminalMask |
| Hoplophobia | a morbid fear of guns and firearms. | yudkev |
| celerity | (n.) Swiftness of action or motion; speed. | blboppie |
| Biophilia | The love of nature and all living things. | Nourn |
| Onychophagia | The practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance. | Nourn |
| Blellum | An idle, senseless, talking, or noisy fellow | Aesir1 |
| Altisonant | High-sounding; lofty or pompous | Aesir1 |
| Immanent | Naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something. | Nourn |
| Ambulate | to walk; to relocate one's self under the power of one's own legs. | zoossii |
| zeugma | (n) a literary term for using one word to modify two other words, in two different ways. "She brook his car and his heart." | Halloseve |
| Maumetry | the worship of idols or false gods | Aesir1 |
| Icarian | Of or relating to an over-ambitious attempt that ends in ruin. | Nourn |
| rebarbative | repellent; unattractive; objectionable | h1ppophagist |
| Sphallolalia | Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere. | Aesir1 |
| Stravage | To wander aimlessly. | Nourn |
| Homophilic | Tendency for people to maintain relationships with people who are similar to themselves, as characterized by age, race, gender, religion, or profession. | Nourn |
| Terricolous | Living on or in the ground. | Nourn |
| Vesta | 1) The Roman goddess of the hearth; 2) a short wooden match | LiminalMask |
| Agglutinate | To form words by combining words or word elements. | Nourn |
| Penurious | extremely poor; destitute; indigent. | PocketFullOfRain |
| Majuscule | A large letter, either capital or uncial, used in writing or printing. | Nourn |
| Hortator | Inciter, encourager, exhorter. | Nourn |
| Oologist | A collector of birds' eggs. | Nourn |
| Odeon | A modern theatre or concert hall. | Nourn |
| Falcate | Curved like a scythe or sickle; hooked; falciform. | Nourn |
| valedictory (adj, n) | bidding good-bye; saying farewell | allURboozeRbelong2us |
| Anglosphere | The countries where English is the main native language, considered collectively. | Nourn |
| Panoply | a full suit of armor; something forming a protective covering; an impressive array | kbmeister |
| Scelestic | Evil; wicked; atrocious | Aesir1 |
| Gormless | Lacking intelligence and vitality; dull. | Aesir1 |
| portmanteau | a new word which is a combination of two others words or morphemes (e.g. spork = spoon + fork) | clarkskywalker |
| Paroxysm | any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion | canyoupickbetternick |
| Tope | To drink (liquor) habitually and excessively or engage in such drinking. | ExplainLikeImAmish |
| Temerity | Excessive confidence or boldness | bloogie |
| Aeluroid / Aluroid | Having feline characteristics; catlike | Another_one_here |
| Sanative | Having the power to cure; healing or restorative | Aesir1 |
| Audile | A person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct. | DinosaurViking |
| Shivelight | a tiny sliver of light | joke-away |
| Tergiversate | To make conflicting or evasive statements, or to change one's loyalties. | quadrapod |
| Genuflect | to briefly lower one's body by bending one knee to the ground, as in a sign of worship or respect | RedSquidz |
| Hadal | Of or pertaining to the greatest ocean depths, below approximately 20,000 feet. | Nourn |
| Phaneromania | An uncontrollable impulse to pick at a spot or growth on one's body; the habit of picking at scabs, biting one's nails, or picking pimples | Aesir1 |
| Blague | pretentious but empty talk; nonsense | Aesir1 |
| Floccinaucinihilipilification | The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless. | Nourn |
| Widdershins | counterclockwise | fakingmysuicide |
| Pulchritude | physical comeliness; beauty | liquidflare |
| Dysania | The state of having a hard time waking up and getting out of bed in the morning | Aesir1 |
| Mollycoddle | To be overprotective and indulgent toward | Aesir1 |
| Deipnosophist | a person who is a master of dinner-table conversation | Aesir1 |
| Phylactery | 1) either of two small leather boxes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with scriptural passages worn during prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men. 2) a receptacle containing a holy relic. 3) an amulet, charm, or safeguard against harm or danger. | LiminalMask |
| Paraleipsis | A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice." | Aesir1 |
| Albedo | (n) the energy reflected off of a surface, typically a planet or moon | RedSquidz |
| Discerp | to tear in pieces; to rend | Aesir1 |
| Versute | Crafty; wily; cunning; artful | Aesir1 |
| Heortology | The study of religious festivals. | Nourn |
| bucolic | relating to or typical of rural life / of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral | pixel_bits |
| moribund | being in the state of dying / approaching death / being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence | pixel_bits |
| Bellicose | Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. | Nourn |
| Snollygoster | A clever, unscrupulous person. | Nourn |
| Nidus | A nest or breeding place. | Nourn |
| Evulse | to extract forcibly | Aesir1 |
| Abeyance | temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension [Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while] | ??? |
| Esse | Being; existence. | Nourn |
| ecdysiast, n. | A striptease artist. | Kaworu--Nagisa |
| Cyprian | lewd; licentious. | determinism89 |
| Turgid | Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent | Aesir1 |
| Proclivity (n.) | A tendency to choose or do something regularly. | aryst0krat |
| Nurdle | 1): To gently waffle or muse on a subject which one clearly knows little about. 2): The small amount of toothpaste applied to the toothbrush. | Nourn |
| Lucubrate | to work diligently by artificial light; to study at night | tospiteyourface |
| Sclerotic | Hard, rigid, slow to adapt or respond. | Bearrathi |
| Preantepenultimate | fourth from the end (of a series) | Rocknocker |
| Lachrymose | Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful | Aesir1 |
| Snowbroth | Melted snow. | Nourn |
| Fustilarian | A fat and slovenly person. | Nourn |
| Zymurgy | The branch of chemistry dealing with fermentation, as brewing. | Nourn |
| Mordacious | Sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc. | Nourn |
| Tapinosis | Giving a name to something which diminishes it in importance | Aesir1 |
| Drachenfutter | a gift (especially to a spouse) to appease someone who is angry at the giver | LeonardoFibonacci |
| Bovarism | an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit. | Aesir1 |
| ignotum per ignotius | an explanation that is obscurer than the thing to be explained | Aesir1 |
| Mamihlapinatapai | "a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves" | MonsieurPsychosis |
| Nimiety | Excess or redundancy | furniture_exorcist |
| Bromidic | lacking in originality | Conradical126 |
| subarin | (n) the waxy coating on the skin of plants | RedSquidz |
| Percontation | An act or process of questioning. | Nourn |
| Xanthodont | Someone who has yellow teeth | Aesir1 |
| Illusive | deceptive (not to be confused with "elusive") | Dont_Thread_On_Me |
| Roustabout | 1) A wharf laborer or deckhand; 2) An unskilled laborer who lives by odd jobs; 3) A circus laborer who works at setting up tents and caring for animals. | LiminalMask |
| Animadversion | The act of criticizing. | Nourn |
| Phlegmatic | 1) not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish. 2) self-possessed, calm, or composed. | LiminalMask |
| Circumpunct | A circle with a point at its centre, an ancient symbol. | Nourn |
| Cygneous | curved like the neck of a swan | angelbeach |
| Uxoricide | The murder of a wife by her husband. | Serial_Philatelist |
| Pabulum | food or fodder, bland intellectual fare | a2dam |
| Ambisinistrous | clumsy with both hands. | insomniaclyric |
| Bloviate | to speak pompously. | LiminalMask |
| Obloquy | harsh or critical statements about someone | criss990 |
| Confabulate | to talk informally | ConsultingBastardess |
| Prosopopeia | a figure of speech in which an imaginary, absent, or deceased person is represented as speaking or acting. | le_music_defener |
| Transeunt | (of a mental act) producing an effect outside of the mind. | LiminalMask |
| Furfuraceous | Covered with dandruff. | Nourn |
| Gubbins | A small object or gadget; nameless odds and ends; a silly person. | itsoonwearsoff |
| Eccedentesiast (n.) | one whom fakes a smile | klank |
| Huboon | A human-baboon hybrid; an ape-like person. | Nourn |
| Stakhanovite | An extremely productive or hard-working worker, especially in the former USSR, who may earn special rewards. | Nourn |
| Psychorrhagy | The manifestation of a person’s soul to another, usually at some distance from the body. | Nourn |
| Horrescent | Bristling with horror; shuddering | Aesir1 |
| Apoplexy (n) | A fit of extreme anger; rage | phreakocious |
| battology | wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing. | evanthesquirrel |
| Indefatigable (adj) | Incapable or seemingly incapable of being fatigued; tireless | phreakocious |
| Mithridatism | The developing of immunity to a poison by gradually increasing the dose. | Nourn |
| Pervicacious | Very stubborn. | Nourn |
| Peregrination | Travel from one place to another, especially by foot. A journey or expedition. | Rodan218 |
| Omnibus | An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form. | rickg3 |
| Subsultory | Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. | Aesir1 |
| Junta | A group of people in control of a government after a coup. | dilettanteTunesmith |
| Dragoon | To compel by violent measures or threats; coerce. | Nourn |
| Regicide | The act of killing a King or an Emperor | SwordLaker |
| Prolepsis | Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.v | Nourn |
| Antinomianism | The doctrine or belief that the Gospel frees Christians from required obedience to any law, whether scriptural, civil, or moral, and that salvation is attained solely through faith and the gift of divine grace | Aesir1 |
| Rhinorrhea | an excessive discharge of mucus from the nose.
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| Monology | The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation | Aesir1 |
| Algedonic | Pertaining to both pleasure and pain. | Chisaku |
| Eutony | Pleasantness of the sound of a word. | Aesir1 |
| Recusant | One who refuses to bow or to conform. | Nourn |
| Proctalgia | pain in the rectum | Aesir1 |
| Desiderate | To miss, to feel the absence of, to long for | Aesir1 |
| Pedantocracy | rule by pedants,. | INSIDIOUS_ROOT_BEER |
| Loblolly | A thick gruel. | Nourn |
| Lachrymose | suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful. | dragonfire882 |
| Xanthochroic | pertaining to people or races with light hair and pale complexions | Aesir1 |
| Visile | a person best stimulated by visual things | Aesir1 |
| Obambulation | Wandering about; a casual outing. | Nourn |
| Insouciance | Lack of care or concern; indifference. | Nourn |
| Uloid | Resembling a scar; scarlike | Aesir1 |
| Solivagant | A solitary wanderer | mjtribute |
| Treppenwitz | "Staircase wit", a devastating rejoinder thought of only after leaving the scene of the debate. German phrase for for Esprit descair | Aesir1 |
| Subtrist | slightly sad, not completely sad | Aesir1 |
| Reticent | disposed to be silent; reserved; reluctant or restrained | Eternal_210C8A |
| Dasypygal | Having Hairy Buttocks | bamburger |
| Echolalia | The uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person. | Nourn |
| Supernal | Celestial; heavenly. | Nourn |
| Esurient | Very hungry or greedy; ravenous | Aesir1 |
| Illecebrous | Alluring; attractive; enticing | Aesir1 |
| pharisaical | Hypocritically self-righteous and condemnatory. | Aesir1 |
| Addlepated | Being mixed up. | Nourn |
| To hobnob | socialize, be friendly with | Michaelas10 |
| Concatenate | To connect or link in a series or chain. | Nourn |
| Praxeology (n.) | The study of human action and conduct. | maplesyrupismajestic |
| Sophrosyne | moderation; discretion; prudence. | Buffalo__Buffalo |
| Golgotha | A place or occasion of great suffering | richieguy309 |
| Magdalen | a reformed prostitute, or a reformatory for prostitutes | jadepearl |
| Avulsion | The forcible tearing away of a body part by trauma or surgery | Aesir1 |
| Tin god | a self-important, dictatorial person in a position of authority, as an employer, military officer, critic, or teacher | Aesir1 |
| Hypergraphia | An overwhelming urge to write | drukqsx |
| Sklent (n) | A sideways glance | phreakocious |
| Damnatio memoriae | literally meaning "damnation of memory"; to cancel every trace of a person as if he had never existed | Aesir1 |
| Kalopsia | A state in which things appear more beautiful than they really are. | Chisaku |
| Phaneron | the real world filtered by our sensory input | stuntaneous |
| Apropos | Being at once opportune and to the point. | Nourn |
| Celerity | swiftness of movement | criss990 |
| Arachibutyrophobia | a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth | yaph |
| Midden | a dunghill or refuse heap | blonderson |
| Terpsichorean | related to dancing | canausernamebetoolon |
| Aefauld | Characterised by oneness; single; without duplicity. | Nourn |
| Oculolinctus | Eyeball-licking fetishism. | Neynt |
| Abecedarian | a 16th-century German sect of Anabaptists who effected an absolute disdain for all human knowledge | FlipConstantine |
| Propitious | Presenting favorable conditions. | Nourn |
| Concomitance | Occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another. | dilettanteTunesmith |
| plebeian | characteristic of commoners or a vulgar person | Snazzy67 |
| Asteism | Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another | Aesir1 |
| Uxorial | of, relating to, or characteristic of a wife | St_Dymphna |
| Inured | to accustom to hardship, difficulty....; toughen or harden; habituate; inured to cold. | Helzibah |
| Orgulous | Proud; haughty; disdainful. | Nourn |
| Spaghettification | What happens to an object when it enters a black hole. | OhFrabjousMe |
| In celebration of Halloween--Horripilation | [noun]
a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose flesh. | stult |
| Mollitude | Softness; effeminacy; weakness | Aesir1 |
| Bumbledom | Behavior characteristic of a pompous and self-important petty official. | Nourn |