- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
A Brand new word a day 1
Sun Sep 07 2014, 17:50
First topic message reminder :
Please feel free to add your own word, please add the meaning
Macrocephalic
Having an unusually large head.
Please feel free to add your own word, please add the meaning
Macrocephalic
Having an unusually large head.
- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Tue Jun 09 2015, 09:56
Recrudescence
A renewed activity after a period of dormancy.
A renewed activity after a period of dormancy.
- veg grower
- Posts : 7350
Join date : 2013-12-05
Age : 50
Location : Bongs Toffee Shop
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Tue Jun 09 2015, 10:24
Is that from Springwatch? They have been having a new word a day on there.
Reverdie (rev-er-dee): a song or poem celebrating the joys of spring
Reverdie (rev-er-dee): a song or poem celebrating the joys of spring
- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Wed Jun 17 2015, 09:35
omphaloskepsis
omphaloskepsis (om-fuh-lo-SKEP-sis) noun
Contemplation of one's navel
omphaloskepsis (om-fuh-lo-SKEP-sis) noun
Contemplation of one's navel

- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Mon Jun 22 2015, 15:51
jobbernowl noun
A blockhead.
[From French jobard (stupid, gullible), from Old French jobe (stupid) + noll (top or crown of the head).]
A blockhead.
[From French jobard (stupid, gullible), from Old French jobe (stupid) + noll (top or crown of the head).]
- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Tue Jun 30 2015, 10:37
Ratiocinate
To reason, especially in a methodical manner.
Do I raciocinate the cryptic clues from RMJs Crossword threads
To reason, especially in a methodical manner.
Do I raciocinate the cryptic clues from RMJs Crossword threads

- Ragbru
- Posts : 7756
Join date : 2013-12-06
Location : In a land full of pretentious buffoons.(I live alone)
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Wed Jul 08 2015, 19:39
Accismus:pretending not to be interested in something which one secretly is interested in.
- Ragbru
- Posts : 7756
Join date : 2013-12-06
Location : In a land full of pretentious buffoons.(I live alone)
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Wed Jul 08 2015, 19:43
From here
Book on similar topic to this thread: may interest readers.
Book on similar topic to this thread: may interest readers.
- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Fri Jul 10 2015, 09:06
Potatory
From Latin potatorius, from Latin potatus, past participle of potare (to drink).
The word potatory has little to do with potatoes, unless the drink in question happens to be aquavit (a dry spirit made from potatoes). Two more familiar cousins of today's word are potion and potable.
From Latin potatorius, from Latin potatus, past participle of potare (to drink).
The word potatory has little to do with potatoes, unless the drink in question happens to be aquavit (a dry spirit made from potatoes). Two more familiar cousins of today's word are potion and potable.
- weatherwax
- Posts : 4463
Join date : 2013-12-09
Age : 70
Location : Southport
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Fri Jul 10 2015, 21:13
How about Poteen? 

- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Fri Jul 10 2015, 21:19
Dont talk Irish


- weatherwax
- Posts : 4463
Join date : 2013-12-09
Age : 70
Location : Southport
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Fri Jul 10 2015, 21:31
OK! 

- les-bradd
- Posts : 7360
Join date : 2013-12-05
Age : 52
Location : Wiggin
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Fri Jul 10 2015, 22:13
oooh the looks familiar to an avater on a long since banned site

- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Wed Jul 15 2015, 13:14
Flumadiddle a combination of flummery, meaning "complete nonsense," and diddle, meaning "to fool with."

- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Mon Jul 20 2015, 21:43
I like this one
Dittohead...
MEANING:
noun: One who mindlessly agrees with an idea or opinion.


Dittohead...
MEANING:
noun: One who mindlessly agrees with an idea or opinion.
- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Sun Jul 26 2015, 10:23
Logomaniac
MEANING:
One who is obsessively interested in words.
From Greek logo- (word) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1870.
MEANING:
One who is obsessively interested in words.
From Greek logo- (word) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1870.
- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Tue Aug 04 2015, 09:13
Famgrasp
To shake hands in Agreement
To shake hands in Agreement
- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Mon Aug 10 2015, 15:05
Hubris
1 Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. 2. A strong belief in a person’s own importance
1 Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. 2. A strong belief in a person’s own importance
- Corky Ringspot
- Posts : 55224
Join date : 2013-12-04
Location : Up a nick in Russia
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Fri Aug 14 2015, 11:51
Docent.
A new one on me. I recently heard it in an episode of American Dad.
Roger: Construction of the museum began in 1998. I should know because like Ross on Friends, I'm a docent but unlike Ross, I don't look like a Monchhichi.
So I googled further:
1.
(in certain US and European universities and colleges) a member of the teaching staff immediately below professorial rank.
2.
a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.
A new one on me. I recently heard it in an episode of American Dad.
Roger: Construction of the museum began in 1998. I should know because like Ross on Friends, I'm a docent but unlike Ross, I don't look like a Monchhichi.
So I googled further:
1.
(in certain US and European universities and colleges) a member of the teaching staff immediately below professorial rank.
2.
a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.
- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Mon Aug 17 2015, 14:26
Paralipsis
noun: Drawing attention to something while claiming to be passing over it.
Paralipsis is especially handy in politics to point out an opponent's faults. It typically involves these phrases:
"not to mention"
"to say nothing of"
"I won't speak of"
"leaving aside"
noun: Drawing attention to something while claiming to be passing over it.
Paralipsis is especially handy in politics to point out an opponent's faults. It typically involves these phrases:
"not to mention"
"to say nothing of"
"I won't speak of"
"leaving aside"
- GuestGuest
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Fri Sep 04 2015, 21:40
jirble (ˈdʒɜːbəl)
Definitions
verb (transitive)
(Scottish) to pour carelessly
Used in a sentence:
I just jirbled over her smashing blouse.
Definitions
verb (transitive)
(Scottish) to pour carelessly
Used in a sentence:
I just jirbled over her smashing blouse.
- Ragbru
- Posts : 7756
Join date : 2013-12-06
Location : In a land full of pretentious buffoons.(I live alone)
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Fri Sep 04 2015, 21:47
- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Sat Sep 12 2015, 15:24
Lovelace
noun: A seducer; a licentious man.
noun: A seducer; a licentious man.
- AdminAdmin
- Posts : 48075
Join date : 2013-12-04
Re: A Brand new word a day 1
Sun Sep 13 2015, 09:12
Stridulate
verb intr.: To make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing body parts together.
“Scientists recently discovered that in some ant species, the queen is a consummate percussionist, equipped with a tiny, uniquely ridged organ for stridulating out royal fanfares that help keep her workers in line.”
verb intr.: To make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing body parts together.
“Scientists recently discovered that in some ant species, the queen is a consummate percussionist, equipped with a tiny, uniquely ridged organ for stridulating out royal fanfares that help keep her workers in line.”
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
|
|