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desultory \DES-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee\

adjective:

1. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
2. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
 
landloper \LAND-loh-per\

noun:

1. a wanderer, vagrant, or adventurer.
 
coriaceous \kawr-ee-EY-shuhs, kohr-, kor-\

adjective:

1. of or like leather.
 
recondite \REK-uhn-dahyt, ri-KON-dahyt\

adjective:

1. dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.
2. beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; esoteric: recondite principles.
 
crepuscular \kri-PUHS-kyuh-ler\

adjective:

1. of, relating to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct.
2. Zoology. appearing or active in the twilight, as certain bats and insects.
 
mauka \mah-OO-kuh\

adverb:

1. Hawaii. toward the mountains; inland.
 
frangible \FRAN-juh-buhl\

adjective:

1. easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children
 
lassitude \LAS-i-tood, -tyood\

noun:

1. weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
2. a condition of indolent indifference: the pleasant lassitude of the warm summer afternoon.
 
logophile \LAW-guh-fahyl, LOG-uh-\

noun:

1. a lover of words.
 
DawgDaddy said:
logophile \LAW-guh-fahyl, LOG-uh-\

noun:

1. a lover of words.
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As in "DawgDaddy appears to be a logophile." :D

Nice work, DD. Keep 'em coming!
 
magnanimous \mag-NAN-uh-muhs\

adjective:

1. proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind, character, etc.: a magnanimous gesture of forgiveness.
2. high-minded; noble: a just and magnanimous ruler.
 
soporific \sap-uh-RIF-ik\

adjective:

1. producing or imparting flavor or taste.
 
inconnu \in-kuh-NOO, -NYOO, ing-; French an-kaw-NY\

noun:

1. a person who is unknown; stranger.
2. Also called sheefish. a game fish, Stenodus leucichthys, of fresh or brackish northern waters.
 
indefatigable \in-di-FAT-i-guh-buhl\

adjective:

1. incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
 
obliviated. \oh-BLIV-ee-ated\

adjective:

1. one being so drunk he/she can be described as a combination of both oblivious and obliterated
 
diaphanous \dahy-AF-uh-nuhs\

adjective:

1. very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
2. delicately hazy.
 
hortatory \HAWR-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee\

adjective:

1. urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging: a hortatory speech.
 
slugabed \SLUHG-uh-bed\

noun:

1. a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
 
empyreal \em-PIR-ee-uhl, -PAHY-ree-, em-puh-REE-uhl, -pahy-\

adjective:

1. pertaining to the sky; celestial: empyreal blue.
2. pertaining to the highest heaven in the cosmology of the ancients.
 
Panglossian \pan-GLOS-ee-uhn, -GLAW-see-, pang-\

adjective:

1. characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
 
penurious \puh-NOO R-ee-uhs, -NYOO R-\

adjective:
1. extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
2. extremely poor; destitute; indigent.
 
nominalize \NOM-uh-nl-ahyz\

verb:

1. to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.
2. to convert (an underlying clause) into a noun phrase, as in changing he drinks to his drinking in I am worried about his drinking.
 
gratulation \grach-uh-LEY-shuhn\

noun:

1. a feeling of joy.
2. the expression of joy.
 
splendiferous \splen-DIF-er-uhs\

adjective:

1. splendid; magnificent; fine.
 
penetralia \pen-i-TREY-lee-uh\

noun:

1. the most private or secret things.
2. the innermost parts or recesses of a place or thing.
 
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