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Post by oldarmybear on Sept 15, 2018 10:48:05 GMT -5
melancholia noun mel-un-KOH-lee-uh Definition
: a mental condition and especially a manic-depressive condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and often hallucinations and delusions
Source for this and any subsequent words is" www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day
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Post by oldarmybear on Oct 20, 2018 16:06:56 GMT -5
Many liberals are: Feculent: (Adj.) Foul with impurities : fecal. (full of fecal matter)
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Post by Bogus0Pomp on Oct 22, 2018 14:30:15 GMT -5
Feculent also quite accurately describes many conservatives.
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Post by oldarmybear on Oct 22, 2018 17:50:49 GMT -5
Feculent also quite accurately describes many conservatives.
Of course it does, but I am not going to use that to describe my conservative pals...
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Post by oldarmybear on Oct 22, 2018 17:55:17 GMT -5
I just had to find a "z" word...
Zoilist: (Noun) One who makes bitter, carping, and belittling critical judgments.
Can you figure out who I think this fits? Remember I am a rabid republican...
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Post by oldarmybear on Oct 25, 2018 13:12:12 GMT -5
fugacious adjective fyoo-GAY-shus
Definition : lasting ashort time : evanescent Did You Know? Fugacious is often used to describe immaterial things like emotions, but not always. Botanists, for example, use it to describe plant parts that wither or fall off before the usual time. Things that are fugacious are fleeting, and etymologically they can also be said to be fleeing. Fugacious derives from the Latin verb fugere, which means "to flee." Other descendants of fugere include fugitive, refuge, and subterfuge.
Examples
The rock band's rise in popularity turned out to be fugacious, and within two years its members had moved on to other careers.
"The maple leaves are a yellow light signaling me to slow down and take in the last pulse of color of a fugacious fall." — David Johnson, The Daily News of Newburyport (Massachusetts), 26 Nov. 2013
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Post by oldarmybear on Nov 11, 2018 17:24:10 GMT -5
Furciferous: (Adj.) Fur*cif"er*ous\, a. [l. Furcifer yoke bearer, scoundrel; furca fork, yoke, fork-shaped instrument of punishment + ferre to bear.] Rascally; scandalous. [r.] "Furciferous knaves." ZZZZZde quincey.
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Post by oldarmybear on Nov 12, 2018 14:31:03 GMT -5
metagrobolize
PRONUNCIATION:
(me-tuh-GRAHB-uh-lyz)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To puzzle or to mystify.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle French matagraboliser. Earliest documented use: 1635.
USAGE:
“Can you bottle anti-commercial sentiment for commercial purposes? Should you? These are questions the Professor might call completely metagrobolizing.” Jeff Belle; ODP Shakes Up; EContent (Wilton, Connecticut); Feb/Mar 2001
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Post by oldarmybear on Nov 14, 2018 12:49:46 GMT -5
Sequacious: (Adj.) Intellectually servile.
Could this be someone we know?
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Post by oldarmybear on Nov 15, 2018 14:03:52 GMT -5
bamboozle
PRONUNCIATION:
(bam-BOO-zuhl)
MEANING:
verb tr.: 1. To deceive. 2. To confuse.
ETYMOLOGY:
Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1703.
USAGE:
“Vietnam began the game with a short passing game using one-touch tactics to bamboozle the Cameroonians and negate their physical size advantage.” Vu Duc; Olympic Finland Win BV Cup; The Saigon Times (Vietnam); Nov 20, 2006.
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Post by oldarmybear on Dec 10, 2018 12:49:01 GMT -5
Dolosity: (Noun) Deceitfulness, hidden malice.
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Post by oldarmybear on Dec 12, 2018 16:55:40 GMT -5
Lardy-dardy, adjective Definitions for lardy-dardy 1.Chiefly British Slang. characterized by excessive elegance. Citations for lardy-dardy
"Good afternoon!" -- in rather lardy-dardy, middle-class English. "I wonder if I may see your things in your studio."
-- D. H. Lawrence, The Captain's Doll, 1923
It was exaggerated flattery he always felt provoked and disgusted with. Such absurd palaver, and lardy-dardy talk as that of his grand mover and seconder.
-- F. A. J., "Greaswick for Coalheavers': or, The Alderman's Election" The Amateur's Magazine, 1859
Origin of lardy-dardy
Pity that one doesn’t see as many lardy-dardy types as formerly—affected swells, languid fops, chichi dandies lounging about music halls and theaters. Lardy-dardy entered English in the 1850s, at the height of the Victorian era. It is often said to be the British aristos’ non-rhotic (“r-less”) Received Pronunciation of la-di-da—a nice story except that lardy-dardy predates la-di-da by nearly 20 years.
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Post by oldarmybear on Jan 15, 2019 14:32:09 GMT -5
Bovaristic: (Noun) An exaggerated' especially glamorized; estimate of oneself conceit.
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Post by oldarmybear on Feb 1, 2019 15:40:07 GMT -5
rede
PRONUNCIATION:
(reed)
MEANING:
verb tr.: 1. To advise. 2. To interpret or explain. noun: 1. Advice. 2. An account or a narration.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old English rǣdan (read). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ar- (to fit together), which also gave us army, harmony, article, order, read, adorn, arithmetic, rhyme, and ratiocinate. Earliest documented use: before 450.
USAGE:
“There master Courtenay, sitting in his own chamber, gave his rede.” James Joyce; Ulysses; Sylvia Beach; 1922.
“Well, rede me this riddle.” L. Sprague deCamp and Catherine Crook deCamp; The Incorporated Knight; Phantasia Press; 1987.
“Yet do not cast all hope away. Tomorrow is unknown. Rede oft is found at the rising of the Sun.” J.R.R. Tolkien; The Two Towers (vol. 2 of The Lord of the Rings trilogy); George Allen & Unwin; 1954.
See more usage examples of rede in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
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Post by oldarmybear on Feb 6, 2019 17:14:16 GMT -5
Barbermonger
The word Barbermonger proceeding forth from Bill's mouth is defined as:
Barbermonger: (Noun) A fop (vain man). From O'Reilly's word of the day....
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Post by oldarmybear on Feb 12, 2019 19:03:04 GMT -5
Causerie: (Noun) 1 :an informal conversation :chat 2 :a short informal essay.
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