eloquent... exotic... esoteric... (please provide definitions)

Azoic- pertaining to geologic time before the appearance of life.
Aphonic-mute or afflicted with aphonia
Cromlech,Eolith,and Dolmen- early stone monoliths
 
I have a long list of words cribbed out of recent readings - all words I'd like to be able to use, words on the edge of comprehension, but all very clear in context as used by the author. Here's a few 'P' words...
Preachment,prebendary,precentor,preceptor,prefigure,preterite,pretermit,paregoric,pasquinade,phillipic,phoneme,prosody,puissant.... etc. Often I can't remember the meaning when looking at the word alone, but in a sentence it usually becomes clear. So now I'm going to keep a list of short sentences using the word I want to add, so's not to have to look it up again and again.

Circum- (ambience) (volutions) (gyratory)
Pencrafted by J Riff
 
Inoxidizable: Incapable of being oxidized; as, gold and platinum are inoxidizable in the air.

conspiratorial: Of, relating to, or characteristic of conspirators or a conspiracy.

epithelium: Membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells separated by very little intercellular substance and forming the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs.
 
bint -- woman, girl (British usage; derogatory)

lubricious -- displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire (in an offensive way); also smooth, slippery with oil

affectation -- display of pretended emotion; also pretentious conduct etc which is designed to impress
 
when in doubt- use Latin.

Reductio ad absurdium

lapsus linguae

ignoratio elenchi

ultra vires

ignis fatui


Myrmidon n. - unquestioning follower or subordinate: Thesssalian warrior under Achilles.
Stramonium n. - the dried poisonous leaves and flowers of Jimson weed,
used in treatment of asthma.
Brummagem n. - anything cheap and gaudy, esp. jewelry not made of gems and precious metals
Glabrous adj. - having no hairs, projections, or pubescence; smooth. A glabrous skull.

Pamphleteer!
 
Myrmidon is also the name of the imprint that publishes Toby Frost's Space Captain Smith books. (Ironic, really, given the lack of an unquestioning attitude amongst Capt. Smith's crew.)



And Brummagen is an old name for Birmingham (the one in England, not Alabama), hence Brummies. The city was, at one time, known as "the city of a thousand trades" (which, one might speculate - and not very hard - included the making of cheap and gaudy goods).
 
I handle brummagems all the time, I was looking at some today in fact - at the thrifty store. what is this junk? Now i know. They are brummagems!
 
Returning to the topic (and having moved a post from here to the Writing Challenge discussion, where I assume it was meant to go in the first place)

espy to see from a distance, to catch sight of

homily a religious discourse, sermon; an admonishing or moralizing lecture

morose gloomy, sullen, peevish, fretful
 
descry - t.v. to catch sight (of something) by careful scrutiny
decry - t.v. to condemn openly: depreciate(as currency) by official proclamation or rumor.
discountenance - t.v. to view or treat with disfavor: disconcert
phoneme - n. the smallest phonetic unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning, as the m of mat
 
thefreedictionary.com - has a nifty spelling game. On expert level it's very difficult to get past a few words.

atrabilious adj. - inclined to melancholy: having a peevish disposition, surly. L- black bile

poetaster n. - A writer of insignificant, meretricious, or shoddy poetry

juvenescent adj. - Becoming young or youthful.

phlebotomist - a qualified technician trained to draw blood

probably some repeats, but I won't get mulligrubs worrying about it.
 
Words you learned today

I think this is where this would go. Improving vocabulary is a writing skill, right?

I was writing earlier and kept adding a "g" to the word "within" every time I typed it ("ing" just comes naturally, I guess). I caught this fairly quickly every time, and the spell check in my open office can be a bit slow, so I assumed I was just fixing it before it got to it. Eventually I missed one, and in proofreading, found that the spell check didn't catch it. So, upon consulting an online dictionary, here are the words I learned today:

Withing - 1) A willow, twig, or osier [looked that up right after]. 2) Any tough, flexible twig or stem suitable for binding things together. 3) An elastic handle for a tool to lessen shock 4) A partition dividing flues of a chimney

Osier - Any North American dogwood or willow, or a branch or twig from such.

Hope this was a learning experience.
 
Re: Words you learned today

alight- 1)to come down from something as: dismount, deplane
2)to descend from or as if from the air and come to rest.

I think this is a great idea personally Heck Tate.
 
Re: Words you learned today

It is a good idea. Such an excellent idea, that The Judge started a similar thread quite a while ago. Nobody has posted in it for a while, but you should find it interesting.


In fact, I'm merging the threads.
 
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Armomancy. 1. Divination using the shoulder blades of animals. 2. Divination through the inspection of a persons shoulders to see if they were suitable for sacrifice.
 
Re: Words you learned today

Heck Tate said:
Ooops, I looked around for a while, don't know how I didn't see that there. Well at least I know where I should have posted this: workshop. Sorry.
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No problem. The thread had slipped down the page and wasn't exactly easy to find. You've provided an opportunity to revive the thread.

serendipity an aptitude for making desirable accidents by mistake; good luck, especially when it comes about through a happy accident (A word coined from the folktale "The Three Princes of Serendip." I am guessing that at least one of those princes possessed that gift.)

serendipitous the faculty of making fortunate discoveries while looking for something else; fortuitous

fortuitous occurring by a lucky chance; coming about through a fortunate series of events
 
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Jaeger n. hunter (German) or hunter's attendant
n. seabird of the obnoxious skua family
Pekararii/Jagare n. people that dress up like mooses and hunt hunters.(Finnish/Swedish)
Jagers n. elite troops of light infantry, originally a Prussian invention.
direct ancestor was the European jaeger (hunter) rifle, probably the first firearm that could be aimed at a distant target and hit it.
jagger n. - toothed chisel; one who works draft-horses for hire; one who carries a jag, or wallet; a peddler; a little wheel for ornamenting pastry- a jagging iron; the rough projection raised by nicking a piece of metal with a chisel- a jag;
Junk n. Chinese flatbottom ship with a high poop and battened sails.:(
 
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