Monday 13 July 2020
Ab Vrbe Condita 2773
07/12/2020
Scunner (verb)
To feel disgust or to otherwise dislike intensely
Scunner (verb)
To feel disgust or to otherwise dislike intensely
Recent entries
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07/05/2020: Nauscopy (noun) The purported, and as yet unexplained, ability to see ships over the horizon
06/28/2020: Tectiform (adjective) Roof-shaped
06/21/2020: Quango (noun) An organization created and/or supported by a government but independent of that government
06/14/2020: Hirudinoid (adjective) Leech-like
06/07/2020: Mumpsimus (noun) A cherished adherence to a mistaken doctrine or to a garbled use of language (for example, the corruption of hoc est corpus meum into “hocus pocus”). Also, a person who does such things.
05/31/2020: Etiolate (verb) To whiten by blocking exposure to sunlight. (You might do this to asparagus, for example.)
05/24/2020: Piacular (adjective) Said of a sin or sacrilege requiring atonement, or conversely of an act that’s intended to effect that atonement
05/17/2020: Perioecian (noun, adjective) A person who lives at the same latitude that you do, but exactly 180 degrees opposite in longitude
05/10/2020: Chuff (verb) For a tiger or snow leopard to make a low frequency non-threatening sound, through the nostrils with the mouth closed, equivalent to the purr of domestic cats
05/03/2020: Petrichor (noun) That earthy smell you notice when the weather has been dry for a while and it starts to rain. It's produced by geosmin and other compounds given off by bacteria in the soil and held there until moisture releases it into the air.
04/26/2020: Clithridiate (adjective) Keyhole-shaped
04/19/2020: Cryptomnesia (noun) Unconscious plagiarism
04/12/2020: Arsle (verb) To move backwards rapidly
04/05/2020: Chevon (noun) Goat meat
03/29/2020: Extradictionary (adjective) Pertaining to realities rather than words
03/22/2020: Hyperthymestic (adjective) Pertaining to the rare ability to recall virtually every minute detail of one’s life, or at least the last 20 years or so, in serial order
03/15/2020: Bottomry (noun) The use of a ship as collateral in order to finance its voyage
03/08/2020: Gelotoleptic (adjective) Pertaining to the loss of muscle tone and control due to laughter
03/01/2020: Hesternopothia (noun) An obsessive yearning for some perceived idyllic era of the past
02/23/2020: Mocteroof (verb) To refurbish damaged or otherwise esthetically flawed fruit or vegetable produce to make it more salable
Touch word to see definition.
07/05/2020: Nauscopy (noun) The purported, and as yet unexplained, ability to see ships over the horizon
06/28/2020: Tectiform (adjective) Roof-shaped
06/21/2020: Quango (noun) An organization created and/or supported by a government but independent of that government
06/14/2020: Hirudinoid (adjective) Leech-like
06/07/2020: Mumpsimus (noun) A cherished adherence to a mistaken doctrine or to a garbled use of language (for example, the corruption of hoc est corpus meum into “hocus pocus”). Also, a person who does such things.
05/31/2020: Etiolate (verb) To whiten by blocking exposure to sunlight. (You might do this to asparagus, for example.)
05/24/2020: Piacular (adjective) Said of a sin or sacrilege requiring atonement, or conversely of an act that’s intended to effect that atonement
05/17/2020: Perioecian (noun, adjective) A person who lives at the same latitude that you do, but exactly 180 degrees opposite in longitude
05/10/2020: Chuff (verb) For a tiger or snow leopard to make a low frequency non-threatening sound, through the nostrils with the mouth closed, equivalent to the purr of domestic cats
05/03/2020: Petrichor (noun) That earthy smell you notice when the weather has been dry for a while and it starts to rain. It's produced by geosmin and other compounds given off by bacteria in the soil and held there until moisture releases it into the air.
04/26/2020: Clithridiate (adjective) Keyhole-shaped
04/19/2020: Cryptomnesia (noun) Unconscious plagiarism
04/12/2020: Arsle (verb) To move backwards rapidly
04/05/2020: Chevon (noun) Goat meat
03/29/2020: Extradictionary (adjective) Pertaining to realities rather than words
03/22/2020: Hyperthymestic (adjective) Pertaining to the rare ability to recall virtually every minute detail of one’s life, or at least the last 20 years or so, in serial order
03/15/2020: Bottomry (noun) The use of a ship as collateral in order to finance its voyage
03/08/2020: Gelotoleptic (adjective) Pertaining to the loss of muscle tone and control due to laughter
03/01/2020: Hesternopothia (noun) An obsessive yearning for some perceived idyllic era of the past
02/23/2020: Mocteroof (verb) To refurbish damaged or otherwise esthetically flawed fruit or vegetable produce to make it more salable
