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vilipend \vil-UH-pend\
verb:
1. To regard or treat as of little value or account.
2. To vilify; depreciate.
 
mammonism\ MAM-uh-niz-uhm \
noun;

1. The greedy pursuit of riches.
 
tramontane \truh-MON-teyn\
adjective:

1. Being or situated beyond the mountains.
2. Beyond the Alps as viewed from Italy; transalpine.
3. Of, pertaining to, or coming from the other side of the mountains.
4. Foreign; barbarous.
noun:
1. A person who lives beyond the mountains: formerly applied by the Italians to the peoples beyond the Alps, and by the latter to the Italians.
2. A foreigner; outlander; barbarian.
3. A violent, polar wind from the northwest that blows in southern France.
 
logolepsy
n. - an obsession with words
 
pachyderm \PAK-i-durm\
noun:
1. A person who is not sensitive to criticism, ridicule, etc.
2. Any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
3. An elephant.
 
spruce \sproos\
verb:
1. To make neat or dapper (often followed by up).
2. To make oneself spruce (usually followed by up).
adjective:
1. Trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
 
morceau \mawr-SOH\
noun:
1. Piece; morsel.
2. An excerpt or passage of poetry or music.
 
bespeak \bih-SPEEK\
verb:
1. To show; indicate.
2. To ask for in advance.
3. To reserve beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for.
4. Literary. To speak to; address.
5. Obsolete. To foretell; forebode.
 
[h=2]ad rem[/h]\ ad REM \
adverb, 1. Without digressing; in a straightforward manner.


adjective: 1. Relevant; pertinent.


 
plenum \PLEE-nuhm\
noun:
1. A full assembly, as a joint legislative assembly.
2. The state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
3. A space, usually above a ceiling or below a floor, that can serve as a receiving chamber for air that has been heated or cooled to be distributed to inhabited areas.
4. The whole of space regarded as being filled with matter (opposed to vacuum).
 
adamantine \ad-uh-MAN-teen\
adjective:
1. Utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.
2. Too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
3. Like a diamond in luster.
 
bandy \BAN-dee\

verb:
1. To pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take.
2. To throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis.
3. To circulate freely.

adjective:
1. (Of legs) having a bend or crook outward; bowed.

noun:
1. An early form of tennis.
2. Chiefly British. (Formerly) hockey or shinny.
3. Obsolete. A hockey or shinny stick.
 
hircine \HUR-sahyn\
adjective:
1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a goat.
2. Having a goatish odor.
3. Lustful; libidinous.
 
I love this word.

DawgDaddy said:
hircine \HUR-sahyn\
adjective:
1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a goat.
2. Having a goatish odor.
3. Lustful; libidinous.
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flexuous \FLEK-shoo-uhs\
adjective:
Full of bends or curves; sinuous.
 
pettifog \PET-ee-fog\
verb:
1. To bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.
2. To carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business.
3. To practice chicanery of any sort.
 
This is a great word
DawgDaddy said:
pettifog \PET-ee-fog\
verb:
1. To bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.
2. To carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business.
3. To practice chicanery of any sort.
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DawgDaddy said:
pettifog \PET-ee-fog\
verb:
1. To bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.
2. To carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business.
3. To practice chicanery of any sort.
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Awesome word. Luckily, I know what "chicanery" is. Don't you just love a definition that is full of even more words you have to look-up? :)
 
quadrennial \kwo-DREN-ee-uhl\
adjective:
1. Occurring every four years.
2. Of or lasting for four years.
 
alembic \uh-LEM-bik\
noun:
1. Anything that transforms, purifies, or refines.
2. A vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling.
 
cant \kant\
verb:
1. To talk hypocritically.
2. To speak in the whining or singsong tone of a beggar; beg.
noun:
1. Insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
2. The private language of the underworld.
3. The phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.
4. Whining or singsong speech, especially of beggars.
 
liege \leej\
adjective:
1. Loyal; faithful.
2. Owing primary allegiance and service to a feudal lord.
3. Pertaining to the relation between a feudal vassal and lord.
noun:
1. A feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
2. A feudal vassal or subject.
 
oracular \aw-RAK-yuh-ler\
adjective:
1. Ambiguous; obscure.
2. Of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle.
3. Giving forth utterances or decisions as if by special inspiration or authority.
4. Uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible; sententious.
5. Portentous; ominous.
 
profluent \PROF-loo-uhnt\
adjective:
Flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
 
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