A Brand new word a day 1

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Please feel free to add your own  word,  please add the meaning


Macrocephalic

Having an unusually large head.

Bobbery

Squabble; commotion; confusion.

Two similar sounding words which confuse me :-

Turbid
adjective

1.  not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
“the turbid waters near the waterfall.”

2.  thick or dense, as smoke or clouds.

3.  confused; muddled; disturbed.


Turgid
adjective

1.  swollen; distended; tumid.

2.  inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic:
turgid language.


I think I get very “turbid” (def 3) on Friday night!!!!!!!  

Appetence

A strong desire or inclination.

Here's a fairly ordinary word which I heard recently,

but how many people know its exact definition?

"succinct"

adjective

1. expressed in few words; concise; terse.

2. characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity.

3. compressed into a small area, scope, or compass.

I'm a great believer in getting to learn , understand, define words that we hear but don't always know their meaning, rather than obscure antiquated long lost ones which would never be used in the real world.

"Ethereal"

adjective

1. light, airy, or tenuous:
an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination.

2. extremely delicate or refined:
ethereal beauty.

3. heavenly or celestial:
gone to his ethereal home.

4. of or relating to the upper regions of space.

5. Chemistry. pertaining to, containing, or resembling ethyl ether.

BAUXITE

The raw ore from Wich Aluminum is mined

Continuing with the idea of understanding “ordinary” words we hear but don’t always know the meaning of :-

“Altruism”

noun

1. the principle or practice of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

2. the philosophical doctrine that right action is that which produces the greatest benefit to others

Interesting, Ray. It's a word which I have heard but never fully understood.

Gassey, The word is ALUMINIUM, aluminum being the North American spelling/pronunciation. (Although having lived over there, I did pronounce it Aluminum because no one would understand me. I never did call them Tom..ayyyyytoes though. It was always Tom...aaatoes...) Ha...

@Nosam Derf wrote:Interesting, Ray. It's a word which I have heard but never fully understood.

Gassey, The word is ALUMINIUM, aluminum being the North American spelling/pronunciation. (Although having lived over there, I did pronounce it Aluminum because no one would understand me. I never did call them Tom..ayyyyytoes though. It was always Tom...aaatoes...) Ha...

well spotted Fred my tablets auto correct always
turns words into the American spellage. If I dont spot it and manually
correct it it stays Americanised. My keyboard doesn't even have pound
symbol just. $, thanks for pointing it out mate

onomatopoeia: noun

1. The formation of words whose sound is imitative of the sound of the noise or action designated, such as hiss, buzz, cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom.

2. The use of such words for poetic or rhetorical effect.

3. A word so formed.

onomatopoeic: adjective
1. Imitating sounds.

Lust-house

1. A country house or a summer house.
2. A tavern with a beer garden.

Appetence

A strong desire or inclination.

Wordnesia

The act of not being able to remember a specific word for the context of which you are speaking. a form of amnesia.