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Macrocephalic

Having an unusually large head.

ARSE-COCKLE


Scots dialect word for a zit—or a “hot pimple

Multitudinous

Adjective

1 forming a multitude or great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers; very numerous.

2 comprising many items, parts, or elements.

3 Archaic . crowded or thronged.

A Skakespearian word what he invented.

It comes from the phrase "Multitudinous seas incarnadine".

Incarnadine

Adjective

1 blood-red; crimson.
2 flesh-coloured; pale pink.

Fartlek




It's safe to google it

Scorrie over the Fank..

Highlander talk for seagull over the sheep pen.

Salamagundi (heard on Endeavour earlier)


NOUN

1 a dish of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, and seasoning.


2 a general mixture; a miscellaneous collection.

Salmagundi.

Joseph wrote:Salmagundi.

Corky Ringspot wrote:

Joseph wrote:Salmagundi.

Salmanrushdie!

Schadenfreudie.

UKexit

I'm sure jo anne or corky can give us a meaning?

UK exit

Nitpicking

giving too much attention to details that are not important, especially as a way of criticizing:

Bonehead

A bonehead is someone thick-skulled, a blockhead. The word is a combination of bone, from Old English ban (bone) + head, from Old English heafod (top of the body). Earliest documented use: 1903.

USAGE:
“Mr Bush is widely seen, abroad if not at home, as a bonehead with more brawn than brain.”

prosopography

A study of people in a group, identifying patterns, connections, etc

Querulant



A person who obsessively feels wronged

Diad

Just to clarify:

In music, a diad is a set of two notes or pitches that, in particular contexts, may imply a chord. Diads can be classified by the interval between the notes. Take the notes For example, the interval between C and E is a major third, which can imply a C major chord, made up of the notes C, E and G. When the pitches of a diad occur in succession, they form a melodic interval. When they occur simultaneously, they form a harmonic interval.

K-TEL wrote:
Diad

Just to clarify:

In music, a  diad is a set of two notes or pitches that, in particular contexts, may imply a chord.  Diads can be classified by the interval between the notes. Take the notes For example, the interval between C and E is a major third, which can imply a C major chord, made up of the notes C, E and G. When the pitches of a diad occur in succession, they form a melodic interval. When they occur simultaneously, they form a harmonic interval.

I'll bear that in mind when I'm playing me uke

de rigueur

Adjective
Strictly required, as by etiquette, usage, or fashion.

One of the many French words that us ‘wordy’folk like to throw into conversation to show off.
I suspect it stems from hundreds of years ago after the Norman conquest , when French was the language of court, law and government.

sensum


an object of perseption or sensation

omnishambles

Chiefly British Informal . a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.

Just heard Rees Mogg use this in the House of Commons

Folderol

trivial or nonsensical fuss.

Dogmatic
Dogmatic adj. 1. Expressing rigid opinions; Prone to expressing strongly held beliefs and opinions. “A dogmatic speech.” 2. Asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated.

steganography


The practice of concealing a message within another, nonsecret message.