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

[Ursa major]

As it's bank holiday weekend, they're probably massing there before joining the hordes heading for the beaches round here.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

epigraph 1. an inscription, especially on a building, statue, etc. 2. an apposite quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc.

apposite suitable, pertinent, apt

impertinent impudent, saucy, pert; irrelevant, intrusive; presumptuous, insolent

impudent pertaining to or characterized by boldness, impertinence, or effrontery; (obs.) shameless, brazenly immodest

effrontery shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity

 

[Boneman]

Cartesian Dualism - Rene Descartes'* philosophising that is a set of views about the relationship between mind and matter, which begins with the claim that mental phenomena are, in some respects, non-physical. As in Monty Python's quiz show question:

"Which great opponent of cartesian dualism resists the reduction of psychological phenomena to a physical state and insists there is no point of contact between the extended and the unexetended?"


* Of 'I'm pink, therefore I'm spam' fame.

 

[Granfalloon]

Epitaph - inscription on a gravestone. (normal usage)

Rubrick - a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.

Grav⋅i⋅ton  (Physics) The theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.

 

[Ursa major]

Epigram n. An inscription in stone (obsolete); a brief but witty saying; a short, witty or pithy poem.

Epicure n. Person with refined tastes in food, literature, etc.

Epilogue n. Concluding part, appendix, of literary work; speech or short poem addressed to spectators at end of play.

Epistemology n. Theory of the method or grounds of knowledge (hence epistemological).

 

[Granfalloon]

As long as we're defining words beginning with the letter "E"...

Epiphany: (modern usage) A sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

epitome a person or thing that possesses to the highest degree the characteristics of its class; a perfect example of its class or type

epithet a descriptive word or phrase used to characterize a person or thing, or in substitution for the name or title; (especially) a word or phrase used as a term of abuse, invective, or contempt

 

[Granfalloon]

A, B, C, D, E...

Feint: –noun
1. A movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack.
2. A feigned or assumed appearance: His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.
–verb (used with object)
3. To make a false show of; simulate.

Fiduciary 
–noun
1. A person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
–adjective
2. Of or pertaining to the relation between a fiduciary and his or her principal.
3. Of, based on, or in the nature of trust and confidence, as in public affairs: a fiduciary obligation of government employees.
4. Depending on public confidence for value or currency.

*Anyone care to make this series alphabetic?*

 

[Hilarious Joke]

granfalloon - a group of people who outwardly choose or claim to have a shared identity or purpose, but whose mutual association is actually meaningless

gimp - disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Also:
gimp a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord

(Sorry, I worked too long in a fabric store to let that one pass.)

I'm only in favor of doing this in alphabetical order if we don't fall prey to an urge to start stretching things with words we've just come across in a dictionary and never actually used.

haruspices (plural of haruspex, but I've never seen the singular used) a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice

 

[Ursa major]

Carrying on the alphabetic theme ():

Cornucopia n. Goat's horn represented as overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn; Horn of Plenty; overflowing store; also, in SF, a machine able to produce goods at will. (Note: it is not to be used to describe a very mild version of wheat intollerance. )

 

[Granfalloon]

Carrying on the alphabetic theme confused
Hilarious - Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or laughter; Extremely funny. D)

Granfalloon - a group of people who outwardly choose or claim to have a shared identity or purpose, but whose mutual association is actually meaningless.

Yes, HJ, would you like to join the Independent Order of Ostentatious* Odd Fellows (IOOOOF)?

*Just to be perfectly clear about the complete lack of rigidity I have toward my earlier suggestion:

*Ostentatious –adjective
1. Characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
2. (of actions, manner, qualities exhibited, etc.) intended to attract notice.

 

[Hilarious Joke]

Indubitably*, my good fellow!

*in a manner or degree that could not be doubted

 

[Interference]

Couple more bugbears ...

To:

wrest (not rest) - to take away by force, as in "I wrested the poor bird from my cat's mouth."
moot (not mute) - of little or no practical value, as in "it's a moot point."
wont (not want) - habit or practice, as in "we sang songs, as we were wont to do."
toe (not tow) - (v) to touch with a toe, as in "in the end, I toed the line."

please add:

Pique, not peek - a transient feeling of wounded vanity, as in "he departed in a fit of pique", but is it not also in "it piqued his interest somewhat"?

Reign, not rain (nor even rein, though it's an interesting option ) - as in "Reign of terror".

 

[Interference]

Inimitable - incapable of verisimilitude.

Verisimilitude - imperfect replication

Actually, that makes me wrong about the definition of Inimitable. Try "Unimitateable" instead

 

[Boneman]

UNCLUDE - Not included. Or without a clue.

Sorry, couldn't resist. Here's a real one:

SLOUGH - stagnant swamp: to cast off: to drag horse to a stop: A municipal borough of SE Buckinghamshire

OBTURATE - To close, stop up. (especially gun breeches)

ULOTRICHI - a subdivision of the human species characterised by woolly or crispy hair.

CONTRAFAGOTTO - a double bassoon.

 

[Pyan]

Hircocervus - a fabulous beasty, half-stag, half-goat.

Jactitation - tossing and turning, feverish movement

Prick-me-dainty - a fussy, over-the-top-dressing person

Vaccimulgence - milking cows...

 

[The Judge]

SLOUGH - stagnant swamp: to cast off: to drag horse to a stop: A municipal borough of SE Buckinghamshire

Hmmm. Let's see your authority for that one then.

J

 

[Xelebes]

SLOUGH - stagnant swamp: to cast off: to drag horse to a stop: A municipal borough of SE Buckinghamshire

In some parts of Canada, a SLOUGH is another word for a small, shallow lake. This is especially true in the Prairies.

 

[jojajihisc]

ghoti - Just an alternate spelling for fish according to George Bernard Shaw. (ex. As I headed out onto the lake that morning my only hope was to catch a ghoti for dinner later on.)
recrudesce - To break out again after lying latent or relatively inactive. (ex. After weeks, even months of dormancy jojajihisc has recrudesced his Internet forum life.)
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - A lung disease. (ex. Yes, I'd like to fill this prescription for my pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico -volcanoconiosis.)