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sang-froid \sahn-FRWA\

noun:

1. coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
 
Yesterday's word
simulacrum \sim-yuh-LEY-kruhm\

noun:

1. a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
2. an effigy, image, or representation: a simulacrum of Aphrodite.
 
culturati \kuhl-chuh-RAH-tee, -REY-tahy\

noun:

1. people deeply interested in cultural and artistic matters: Discerning culturati are eagerly awaiting the museum's opening.
 
veridical \vuh-RID-i-kuhl\

adjective:

1. truthful; veracious.
2. corresponding to facts; not illusory; real; actual; genuine.
 
maudlin \MAWD-lin\

adjective:

1. tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental: a maudlin story of a little orphan and her lost dog.
2. foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness.
 
cacophonous \kuh-KOF-uh-nuhs\

adjective:

1. having a harsh or discordant sound.
 
piffle \PIF-uhl\

noun:

1. nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk.

verb:

1. to talk nonsense.
 
rhapsodic \rap-SOD-ik\

adjective:

1. extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
2. pertaining to, characteristic of, or of the nature or form of rhapsody.
 
moppet \MOP-it\

noun:

1. a young child.
 
aver \uh-VUR\

verb:

1. to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
2. Law. to allege as a fact.
 
diurnal \dahy-UR-nl\

adjective:

1. of or belonging to the daytime (opposed to nocturnal).
2. of or pertaining to a day or each day; daily.
 
bafflegab \BAF-uhl-gab\

noun:

1. Slang. confusing or generally unintelligible jargon; gobbledegook: an insurance policy written in bafflegab impenetrable to a lay person.
 
defenestrate \dee-FEN-uh-streyt\

verb:

1. to throw (a person or thing) out of a window.
 
volitant [vol-i-tnt, -tuh nt]

adjective:

1.engaged in or having the power of flight.
2.active; moving.
 
logy \LOH-gee\

adjective:

1. lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic.
 
credence \kreed-ns\

noun:

1. belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim.
2.something giving a claim to belief or confidence: letter of credence.
 
frabjous \frab-juh s\

adjective:

1. Informal. wonderful, elegant, superb.
 
Reminds me of Bill O'Reilly's word thing on Fox.

Words are fun. I like figures of speech too. Used to study them several times a week. I mainly enjoy them now for spicing a page or spotting in articles so I can track how much an author is trying to add to a narrative.
 
bibliomania \bib-lee-oh-MEY-nee-uh, -MEYN-yuh\

noun:

1. excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
 
rickety \RICK-uh-tee\

adjective:

1. unsound, shaky
 
hidebound \HAHYD-bound\

adjective:

1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative: a hidebound philosopher.
 
syzygy \SIZ-i-jee\

noun:

1. Astronomy. an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet: Syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon.
2. Classical Prosody. a group or combination of two feet, sometimes restricted to a combination of two feet of different kinds.
 
cynosure \SAHY-nuh-shoor, SIN-uh-\

noun:

1. something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.: the cynosure of all eyes.
2. something serving for guidance or direction.
 
scroop \skroop\

verb:

1. to emit a harsh, grating sound: The gate scrooped as he swung it shut.
noun:

1. a scrooping sound.
2. ability to make a rustling sound added to silk or rayon fabrics during finishing by treating them with certain acids.
 
legerity \luh-JER-i-tee\

noun:

1. physical or mental quickness; nimbleness; agility.
 
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