Friday 12 August 2022
Ab Vrbe Condita 2775
08/07/2022
Cerberus (noun)
A hypervigilant custodian, such as an office receptionist who makes people wait interminably and hardly lets anybody in, regardles of their import
Cerberus (noun)
A hypervigilant custodian, such as an office receptionist who makes people wait interminably and hardly lets anybody in, regardles of their import
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07/31/2022: Euterpean (adjective) Pertaining to music
07/24/2022: Ucalegon (noun) A neighbor whose house is on fire
07/17/2022: Rubricate (verb) To mark in red, perhaps by using a rubric (classically, a piece of red chalk)
07/10/2022: Agalactic (adjective) Unable to produce milk
07/03/2022: Phthirophagous (adjective) Lice-eating
06/26/2022: Heterochromia (noun) The condition of having one eye a different color from the other, or having different colors within the iris of an eye
06/19/2022: Antejentacular (adjective) Before breakfast
06/12/2022: Desuetude (noun) A state of inactivity or of no longer being used or practiced
06/05/2022: Hyalophagy (noun) Glass-eating, sometimes a pathological condition but also done for shock effect by performers in the same vein as sword-swallowing, “pounding” nails up the nostrils, etc
05/29/2022: Preprandial (adjective) Before a meal, most often referring to dinner
05/22/2022: Phlogiston (noun) Invisible fluid first proposed in 1667 to be possessed by all flammable substances and released when they burn. Antoine Lavoisier debunked the theory in 1777.
05/15/2022: Quader (verb) To square a number (multiply it by itself)
05/08/2022: Bondieuserie (noun) Tacky or kitchy religious ornamentation. (From the French for “Dear Lord.”)
05/01/2022: Cymotrichous (adjective) Wavy-haired
04/24/2022: Destot’s space (noun) The space, or potential space, bounded by four adjacent bones of the wrist, named after radiology pioneer Etienne Destot (1864-1918). Typically brought up during crucifixion discussions.
04/17/2022: Macroscian (adjective) Casting a long shadow
04/10/2022: Simpsonize (verb) To cheat one’s customers by watering down their milk
04/03/2022: Skeuomorph (noun) An object designed with a feature that simulates earlier functions or materials that no longer actually apply. An example would be a modern hubcap with artificial spokes.
03/27/2022: Virgate (adjective) Shaped like a rod
03/20/2022: Gradgrind (noun) A person who relies on facts and physical measurements but doesn’t account for human nature
Touch word to see definition.
07/31/2022: Euterpean (adjective) Pertaining to music
07/24/2022: Ucalegon (noun) A neighbor whose house is on fire
07/17/2022: Rubricate (verb) To mark in red, perhaps by using a rubric (classically, a piece of red chalk)
07/10/2022: Agalactic (adjective) Unable to produce milk
07/03/2022: Phthirophagous (adjective) Lice-eating
06/26/2022: Heterochromia (noun) The condition of having one eye a different color from the other, or having different colors within the iris of an eye
06/19/2022: Antejentacular (adjective) Before breakfast
06/12/2022: Desuetude (noun) A state of inactivity or of no longer being used or practiced
06/05/2022: Hyalophagy (noun) Glass-eating, sometimes a pathological condition but also done for shock effect by performers in the same vein as sword-swallowing, “pounding” nails up the nostrils, etc
05/29/2022: Preprandial (adjective) Before a meal, most often referring to dinner
05/22/2022: Phlogiston (noun) Invisible fluid first proposed in 1667 to be possessed by all flammable substances and released when they burn. Antoine Lavoisier debunked the theory in 1777.
05/15/2022: Quader (verb) To square a number (multiply it by itself)
05/08/2022: Bondieuserie (noun) Tacky or kitchy religious ornamentation. (From the French for “Dear Lord.”)
05/01/2022: Cymotrichous (adjective) Wavy-haired
04/24/2022: Destot’s space (noun) The space, or potential space, bounded by four adjacent bones of the wrist, named after radiology pioneer Etienne Destot (1864-1918). Typically brought up during crucifixion discussions.
04/17/2022: Macroscian (adjective) Casting a long shadow
04/10/2022: Simpsonize (verb) To cheat one’s customers by watering down their milk
04/03/2022: Skeuomorph (noun) An object designed with a feature that simulates earlier functions or materials that no longer actually apply. An example would be a modern hubcap with artificial spokes.
03/27/2022: Virgate (adjective) Shaped like a rod
03/20/2022: Gradgrind (noun) A person who relies on facts and physical measurements but doesn’t account for human nature
