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.

Crapulous


Sick from excessive drinking or eating.

Just learned this one

Hyperbole


exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Just watching a teatime antiques prog on BBC2 just now.
Bonny wench called Christina bought 3 hand painted prints of
classical scenes showing maidens who were descriptively described
as “diaphanously clad”, I love that.

Diaphanous

Adjective

1. very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.

2. delicately hazy

Gardyloo

Definition:
used in Edinburgh as a warning cry when it was customary to throw slops from the windows into the streets

Example:
"Residents often threw refuse out of windows at night onto the streets. A commentator observed that, 'One never knew the moment when the warning cry 'Gardyloo'... might ring out, following which would come in quick succession an avalanche of unmentionable filth on to the footpath – or the passer-by.'" — Jonathan Yeager, Enlightened Evangelicalism: The Life and Thought of John Erskine, 2011

Just wondering...?..Do they still do that in Leigh???

They do in the other establishment across the road

But they don't shout a warning

Mrs. Pants: But what about the privies?

Blackadder: Um, well, what we are talking about in privy terms is the latest in front wall fresh air orifices combined with a wide capacity gutter installation below.

Mrs. Pants: You mean you crap out the window?

Blackadder: Yes.

Mrs. Pants: Well in that case we'll definitely take it. I can't stand those dirty indoor things.