From the Desk of Mimesq

      Words to Bedazzle





    • ATARAXIA - adj. - absolute calm and tranquility
    • BARMACIDE - noun - insincere benefactor; one who promises but doesn't deliver
    • BAVARDAGE - noun - foolish or empty chatter
    • BELESPRIT - noun - intellectually gifted person - BEAUXESPRITS (plural)
    • BELLIBONE - noun - a woman excelling in beauty and goodness
    • BELLWETHER - noun - anyone who assumes a leading role; one who takes initiative
    • CANARD - noun - a phony story, hoax
    • CARDIALGIA - noun - heartburn, mild indigestion
    • CHARIENTISM - noun - veiled insult
    • COXCOMB - noun - conceited fool
    • DECORTICATE - verb - to peel (as in banana, grape!)
    • ENDOMORPH - noun - short fat person
    • EGREGIOUS - adj. - exceptional
    • EPHEMERAL - adj. - lasting but a day; short-lived
    • EPHETIC - adj. - habitually suspending judgment; given to skepticiam
    • ERGASIOPHIO - noun - fear of or aversion to work
    • FAMULUS - noun - assistant
    • FLAGITIOUS - adj. - atrocious, heinous, appallingly wicked
    • GELOGENIC - adj. - laughter-provoking
    • GUDGEON - noun - a thing (anything)
    • INDEFECTIBLE - adj. - not capable of being faulted; without flaw
    • ITHYPHALLIC - adj. obscene, indecent
    • JACKANAPES - noun - silly, impertinent monkey of a fellow (!)
    • LUCCRIPETOUS - adj. - money-hungry (akin to NUMMAMOROUS - money-loving)
    • MOLIMINOUS - adj. - of great importance; momentous
    • MULIEBRITY - noun - quality of being womanly (opposite of VIRILITY)
    • MUSSITATION - noun - murmuring, grumbling
    • NESCIENCE - noun - lack of knowledge; ignorance (adj. - NESCIENT)
    • NUGATORY - adj. - of no value, trifling, pointless
    • OSCITATION - noun - inattention; an overt display of lack of interest
    • PROCELLOUS - adj. - stormy, tempestuous
    • QUIDNUNC - noun - a gossip, one who is anxious to know about everything going on
    • QUISQUOUS - adj. - perplexing, puzzling
    • TEMULENCY - noun - drunkenness
    • ULTRACREPIDARIAN - adj. - going too far; presumptuous; overstepping the mark
    • VARLET - noun - low, menial scoundral
    • VECORDIOUS - adj. - mad, obsessive, senseless
    • VORACIOUS - adj. - of a greedy disposition
    • VIRAGO - noun - a fierce, bad-tempered woman

    • ANIMUS - noun - animosity, hostility
    • ANTANAGOGUE - noun - a countercharge made in retort to an adversary's accusation
    • AXIOPISTY - noun - the quality that makes something believable (eg., He has no axiopisty!)
    • BEZONIAN - noun - rascal, scoundrel
    • BIRL - verb - to revolve a log in water while standing on it (is that what that is called?)
    • BLENNOPHOBIA - noun - fear of slime (really!!)
    • BOVARISM - noun - a magnified opinion of one's own abilities
    • BRIMBORION - noun - something useless or nonsensical (unlike these words!)
    • CLINOMANIA - noun - excessive desire to stay in bed (so that is what is wrong with me!)
    • COMPOTATION - noun- drinking party (you are invited the second Tuesday of next week!)
    • CONTRUDE - verb - to push or crowd together
    • DANDIPRAT - noun - silly little fellow or urchin, a simpleton
    • DEBLATERATE - verb - to babble (something I tend to do!!!)
    • DESIPIENT - adj. - silly, trifling or foolish
    • DIVERSIVOLENT - adj. - looking for trouble or argument
    • CONTRECTATION - noun - the act of caressing someone furtively or against his/her will
    • DISCALCED - adj.- barefooted
    • DRAPETOMANIA - noun - intense desire to run away from home
    • DYSLOGY - noun - dispraise; uncomplimentary remarks
    • EBRIECTION - noun - mental breakdown from drinking too much alcohol
    • EFFLUVIUM - noun - an intangible emanation or exhalation (implies an unpleasant odor)
    • ELDRITCH - adj.- weird or hideous
    • ENCEPHALALGIA - noun - headache (sounds like a good excuse to me!)
    • ENDOPHASIA - noun - inaudible speech
    • EPISTEMOPHILIA -noun - an abnormal preoccupation with knowledge
    • ESCHEW - verb - to abstain from
    • ESCULENT - adj.- fit to be eaten
    • EXOPTABLE - adj.- extremely desirable
    • FACUNDITY - noun - eloquence
    • FECUNDITY - noun - fertility
    • FAFF - verb - to dither or fumble about
    • FANFARONADE - noun - arrogant bragging or boasting
    • FLABELLATION - noun - the use of a fan to cool something
    • FORFICULA - noun - small shears or scissors
    • FRIPPET - noun - a frivolous female show-off (opposite of poppet - a dear little girl)
    • FUBBERY - noun - deception, cheating



      These words are taken from "The Superior Person's Book of Words"
      and its sequel, "The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird & Wondrous Words"
      both by Peter Bowler (David R. Godine, Publisher).



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