{"id":1699,"date":"2024-03-16T14:10:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T14:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/?page_id=1699"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:42:35","slug":"just-words","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Words I&#8217;ve encountered that I&#8217;d like to use, or words that interest me. Mostly from <a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/today.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/today.html\">Word-A-Day.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#lucent_relucent\" >lucent || relucent<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#fulgent\" >fulgent<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#incubous\" >incubous<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#serried\" >serried<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#welter\" >welter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#kerf\" >kerf<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#ruderal\" >ruderal<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#gleed\" >gleed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#bosky\" >bosky<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#eclat_or_eclat\" >eclat or \u00e9clat<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#Involucre\" >Involucre<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#Imbricate\" >Imbricate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#Grisalle\" >Grisalle<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#noun\" >noun<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#Allembic\" >Allembic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#cacoethes\" >cacoethes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#velleity\" >velleity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#conation\" >conation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#Hypostasize_hypostasize\" >Hypostasize. hypostasize<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#daedal\" >daedal<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#lentic\" >lentic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#seraphic\" >seraphic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#involute\" >involute<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#bombinate\" >bombinate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#balter\" >balter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#caducous\" >caducous<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#sympatric\" >sympatric<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#cwm\" >cwm<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-31\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#clamant\" >clamant<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-32\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#eidolon\" >eidolon<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-33\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#_didymous\" >&nbsp;didymous<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-34\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#mackle\" >mackle<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-35\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#ullage\" >ullage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-36\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#tittup\" >tittup<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-37\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#skail\" >skail<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-38\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#wale\" >wale<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-39\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#obverse\" >obverse<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-40\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#ekistics\" >ekistics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-41\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#sillage\" >sillage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-42\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#metathesis\" >metathesis<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-43\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#mondain\" >mondain<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-44\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#tantivy\" >tantivy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-45\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#olid\" >olid<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-46\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#defeasible\" >defeasible<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-47\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#fuliginous\" >fuliginous<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-48\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#fabian\" >fabian<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-49\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#cunctator\" >cunctator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-50\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#bavardage\" >bavardage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-51\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#hypercathexis\" >hypercathexis<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-52\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#contretemps\" >contretemps<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-53\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#chatoyant\" >chatoyant<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-54\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#acerate\" >acerate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-55\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#vedette_or_vidette\" >vedette or vidette<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-56\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#velitation\" >velitation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-57\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#mise_en_abyme\" >mise en abyme<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-58\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#parergon\" >parergon<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-59\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#suberous\" >suberous<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-60\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#orotund\" >orotund<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-61\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#susurrate\" >susurrate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-62\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#farraginous\" >farraginous<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-63\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#tachyphylaxis\" >tachyphylaxis<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-64\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#condign\" >condign<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-65\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#exaptation\" >exaptation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-66\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#krummholz\" >krummholz<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-67\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#allision\" >allision<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-68\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#solecize\" >solecize<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-69\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#estival_or_aestival\" >estival or aestival<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-70\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#arcadian\" >arcadian<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-71\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#au_fait\" >au fait&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-72\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#bon_ton\" >bon ton<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-73\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#cadastral\" >cadastral<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-74\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#charivari\" >charivari<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-75\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#claque\" >claque<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-76\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#clou\" >clou<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-77\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#mortmain\" >mortmain<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-78\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#pas_de_deux\" >pas de deux<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-79\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#passe-partout\" >passe-partout<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-80\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#pretermit\" >pretermit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-81\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#schwerpunkt\" >schwerpunkt<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-82\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#subserve\" >subserve<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-83\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#vitiate\" >vitiate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-84\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/words\/just-words\/#tranche\" >tranche<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"incalescent\"><\/span>incalescent<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (in-kuh-LES-uhnt)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/incalescent.mp3\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <em>adjective<\/em>: Becoming warmer or more ardent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin incalescere (to become warm), from in- (intensive prefix) + calescere (to become warm), from calere (to be warm). Earliest documented use: 1680.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES: A person can be incalescent with desire, anger, fever, or a thermostat set by someone else.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cThe incalescent mercury paper, like the gold process, reveals Boyle\u2019s continuing attempts to confect the philosophers\u2019 stone.\u201d<br>Michael Hunter, ed.;\u00a0<em>Robert Boyle Reconsidered<\/em>; Cambridge University Press; 1994.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAt length he pulled back to let her see all the hungry need, all the incalescent desire she evoked in him.\u201d<br>Prudence Martin;&nbsp;<em>Love Song<\/em>; Dell; 1983.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"swale\"><\/span>swale<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (swayl)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/swale.mp3\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <em>noun<\/em>: A low tract of land, especially one that is moist or marshy; also, a shallow channel or depression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: Origin uncertain. Earliest documented use: 1584.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE:<br>\u201cWhy do we bother with the rest of the day,<br>the swale of the afternoon,<br>the sudden dip into evening,<br>then night with his notorious perfumes,<br>his many-pointed stars?\u201d<br>Billy Collins;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/39602\/morning-56d21d30775c0\">Morning<\/a>;&nbsp;<em>Poetry<\/em>&nbsp;(Chicago, Illinois); Jun 1996.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"lucent_relucent\"><\/span>lucent || relucent<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION:  (ri-LOO-suhnt)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/relucent.mp3\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING:  <em>adjective<\/em><br>1. Shining or reflecting light.<br>2. Radiant; luminous.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY:  From Latin re- (back) + lucere (to shine). Earliest documented use: 1487.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES:  Relucent is a synonym of lucent. So why add the prefix re- and make the word longer when it means the same? Sometimes prefixes are added for emphasis, but over time the word loses its extra shine and settles back into the unprefixed meaning. Other examples are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/fulgent.html\">fulgent<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/refulgent.html\">refulgent<\/a>, iterate and reiterate, splendent and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/resplendent.html\">resplendent<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE:  \u201cThe myriad-headed monster fights and bleeds for this one thing, this red-burning, relucent gold.\u201d  Stefan Zweig;&nbsp;<em>\u00c9mile Verhaeren<\/em>; Constable &amp; Co.; 1914. <br>AND <br>\u201cAnd for the relucent queen of the Tonys, [Audra] McDonald, she\u2019s most focused on the present state of theater and how the Tony Awards reflect that.\u201d  Alan H. Scott; Broadway\u2019s Returns Are up and the Tonys Are Proof; It\u2019s as Diverse as Ever;&nbsp;<em>Newsweek<\/em>&nbsp;(New York); Jun 13, 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"fulgent\"><\/span>fulgent<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION:  (FUHL-juhnt)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/fulgent.mp3\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING:  <em>adjective<\/em>: Shining brilliantly; radiant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY:  From Latin fulgere (to shine). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhel- (to shine or burn), which is also the source of blaze, blank, blond, bleach, blanket, and flame. Earliest documented use: 1475.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE:  \u201cThe storm has ended, clearing the sky for a fat, fulgent moon.\u201d<br>Rob Costello; Whatever Happened to the Boy Who Fell into the Lake?;&nbsp;<em>Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction<\/em>&nbsp;(Hoboken, New Jersey); Jul\/Aug 2021.  AND \u201cMy voice is just a whisper, which, with the new day, will die. Her voice was rich and fulgent.\u201d<br>Tara Bahrampour; A Memoir in Three Acts;&nbsp;<em>National Post<\/em>&nbsp;(Don Mills, Canada); Oct 30, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"incubous\"><\/span>incubous<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (IN-kyuh-buhs)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/incubous.mp3\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <em>adjective<\/em>: Arranged so that each part overlaps the one above it (the reverse of how roof shingles are laid).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin incubare (to lie upon), from in- (upon) + cubare (to lie). Earliest documented use: 1857.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES:<br>\u2022  If incubus has his counterpart succubus, sure enough incubous has succubous. The words are often used to describe the arrangement of leaves on a stem, in particular in liverwort plants.<br>\u2022  If you laid your roof shingles in an incubous fashion, your house wouldn\u2019t be haunted by demons, but it would definitely be haunted by a very large water damage repair bill.<br>\u2022  In botany, no demons. Just polite leaves deciding who tucks under whom. Same Latin root, vastly better manners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cHer eyes rounded. \u2018The much-travelled, oft-published naturalist fails to recognize&nbsp;<em>Bazzania trilobata<\/em>&nbsp;from its incubous leaf arrangement? Oh, my goodness. To whom can a poor country girl turn for reliable botanical guidance?\u201d<br>Avi Sirlin;&nbsp;<em>The Evolutionist: The Strange Tale of Alfred Russel Wallace<\/em>; Aurora Metro Books; 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"serried\"><\/span>serried<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (SER-eed)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/serried.mp3\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING:  <em>adjective<\/em>: Arranged close together, often in a line.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: Past participle of obsolete serry (to press close together), from French serr\u00e9 (pressed together), past participle of serrer (to press close), from Latin serrare (to lock), from sera (bolt, bar). Earliest documented use: 1667.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES: In French, past participles typically go in this pattern:<br>entr\u00e9e from entrer (to enter)<br>fianc\u00e9 from fiancer (to betroth)<br>attach\u00e9 from attacher (to attach)<br>The French word serr\u00e9 (pressed together) was already a past participle of the verb serrer. English speakers, mistaking it for a base verb, reshaped it into serry, and then dutifully formed a new past participle: serried.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE:  \u201cFor less prepared Jubilee-ers, serried ranks of portable toilets lined the Mall\u2019s sidewalk.\u201d \u2014Rebecca Mead; Platinum Pudding;&nbsp;<em>The New Yorker<\/em>; Jun 13, 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"welter\"><\/span>welter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (\u02c8welt\u0259r)<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/ruderal.mp3\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <br><em>verb&nbsp;<em>[no object]&nbsp;literary<\/em><\/em>: move in&nbsp;a&nbsp;turbulent&nbsp;fashion:&nbsp;<em>the streams foam and welter<\/em><br><em>noun: <\/em>a large number of items in&nbsp;no&nbsp;order; a confused mass:<br><em>noun: <\/em>a state of general disorder:&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: |<br>\u201c<em>The streams foam and welter<\/em>.\u201d<br>&#8220;<em>There&#8217;s such a welter of conflicting rules<\/em>.&nbsp;&#8220;<br>&#8220;<em>The&nbsp;attack&nbsp;petered out in a welter of bloody, confused fighting<\/em>.&nbsp;&#8220;<br>&#8220;<em>THE EIGHTEENTH century was an age such as our imagination can barely comprehend; weltering as we do in a slough of habitual ugliness, ranging from the dreary horrors of Victorian sham gothic to the more lively hideousness of modern jerry-building, with advertisements defacing any space that might be left unoffendingly blank, and the tourist scattering his trail of chocolate paper, cigarette ends and film cartons, we catch sight every now and again of a house front, plain and graceful, with a fanlight like the half of a spider\u2019s web and a slip of iron balcony; among the florid or stark disfigurements of a graveyard we discover a tombstone with elegant letters composing, in a single sentence, a well-turned epitaph. <\/em><br>\u2014Elizabeth Jenkins, <em>Jane Austen and Her World<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: Middle English&nbsp;(in the sense&nbsp;\u2018writhe, wallow\u2019): from&nbsp;Middle Dutch,&nbsp;Middle Low German&nbsp;<em>welteren<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"kerf\"><\/span>kerf<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (kuhrf)<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/ruderal.mp3\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <em>noun<\/em>:<br>1. A cut, notch, slit, etc. made by a cutting tool.<br>2. The width of such a cut.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Old English cyrf (a cutting). Earliest documented use: before 1150<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cThe snow stood in razor kerfs atop the fencewires.\u201d<br>Cormac McCarthy;&nbsp;<em>The Road<\/em>; Knopf; 2006.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ruderal\"><\/span>ruderal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (ROO-duhr-uhl)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/ruderal.mp3\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <br><em>adjective<\/em>: Growing in waste places, disturbed land, or poor soil.<br><em>noun<\/em>: A plant that thrives in such conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin rudus (rubble). Earliest documented use: 1835.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cKarl Linneaus revolutionized the way in which [taxonomy] was done. In fact, he courted controversy at the time, using quite explicit s\u03b5xual descriptions, such as \u2018nine men in the same bride\u2019s chamber, with one woman\u2019! [<em>Octandria Monogynia<\/em>] The German botanist, Johann Siegesbeck, referred to Linnaeus\u2019 work as \u2018lothesome harlotry\u2019, though Linnaeus, believing in revenge as a dish best served well and truly chilled, retorted with taxonomic vengeance, naming a small and insignificant little ruderal plant (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sigesbeckia\">Siegesbeckia<\/a><\/em>) after his accuser.\u201d<br>Keith Skene; Form, Function, Forests, and Fossils;&nbsp;<em>Contemporary Review<\/em>&nbsp;(Oxford, UK); Dec 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"gleed\"><\/span>gleed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATIO: (gleed)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: A glowing coal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Old English gled. Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghel- (to shine), which also gave us yellow, gold, glimmer,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/gloaming.html\">gloaming<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/gloze.html\">gloze<\/a>, glimpse, and glass. Earliest documented use: before 1150.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cAlexander loves and desires her who is sighing for his love. &#8230; Their love grows and increases continually; but the one feels shame before the other; and each conceals and hides this love so that neither flame nor smoke is seen from the gleed beneath the ashes. But the heat is none the less for that; rather the heat lasts longer below the gleed than above it.\u201d \u2014Chr\u00e9tien de Troyes (Translation: L.J. Gardiner);&nbsp;<em>Cliges<\/em>; Cooper Square Publishers; 1966.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"bosky\"><\/span>bosky<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATIO: (BAH-skee)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <br>1. Densely wooded; covered in trees and shrubs.<br>2. Pertaining to forests or wooded areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From bosk (bush), from Latin bosca. Earliest documented use: 1616.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cThe coastal trainline passed a seashore in places &#8230; as lush and bosky as the Great Bear Rainforest.\u201d \u2014J.R. Patterson; Easy Beauty and the Bosom of Friendship Is What You Get from Wexford;&nbsp;<em>The Globe and Mail<\/em>&nbsp;(Toronto, Canada); Oct 12, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"eclat_or_eclat\"><\/span>eclat or \u00e9clat<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATIO: (ay-KLAH)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <br>1. Enthusiastic approval or praise.<br>2. A strikingly brilliant display or effect.<br>3. Notable success.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French \u00e9clat (splinter, brilliance), from \u00e9clater (to burst out), which also gave us slat and eclair. Earliest documented use: 1676.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cAngry Penguins published the work with great eclat.\u201d \u2014Michael McGirr; New Twist on 80-Year-Old Literary Hoax;&nbsp;<em>Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>&nbsp;(Australia); Jul 3, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Involucre\"><\/span>Involucre<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in\u2022vo\u2022lu.cre |&#8217;inva,looker| (also involucrum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a whorl or rosette of bracts surrounding an inflorescence (especially a capitulum) or at the base an umbral.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ORIGIN: late 16th century: from French, or from Latin involucrum, from involvere &#8216;roll in, envelop&#8217; (see involve).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Imbricate\"><\/span>Imbricate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">imbricate&nbsp;\/\u012dm\u2032br\u012d-k\u0101t\u2033\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Having regularly arranged, overlapping edges, as roof tiles or fish scales.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lying over each other in regular order, so as to \u201cbreak joints,\u201d like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in \u00e6stivation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Grisalle\"><\/span>Grisalle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decorated or depicted in shades of gray. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"noun\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/noun\">noun<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gri\u00b7\u200bsaille&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/grisaille?pronunciation&amp;lang=en_us&amp;dir=g&amp;file=grisai02\">gri-\u02c8z\u012b&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/grisaille?pronunciation&amp;lang=en_us&amp;dir=g&amp;file=grisai01\">-\u02c8z\u0101l&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>decoration in tones of a single color and especially gray designed to produce a three-dimensional effect<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Allembic\"><\/span>Allembic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATIO: uh-LEM-bik<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING:  1. An apparatus formerly used in distilling substances.  2. Something that refines, purifies, or transforms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: [From Middle English alambic, from Old French, from Medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic al-anbiq, from al (the) + anbiq (still), from Greek ambix (cup).]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: &#8220;Melville transforms the shaggy minutiae of life and its myriad characters (whether Hawthorne, Malcolm, a besieged wife or a shipmate) into an alembic of wishes, conflicts and disappointments that, taken together, reflect him, a mysterious, roiling, poignant writer alive, painfully alive, in every phrase he wrote.&#8221; Brenda Wineapple; Melville at Sea;&nbsp;<em>The Nation<\/em>&nbsp;(New York); May 20, 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"cacoethes\"><\/span>cacoethes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: kak-oh\/uh-WEE-theez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <strong>An irresistible urge to do something, especially something inadvisable.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kakoethes (ill-disposed), from kakos (bad) + ethe (disposition). Kakos is ultimately from the Indo-European root kakka-\/kaka- (to defecate),&nbsp;which also gave us poppycock,&nbsp;cucking stool,&nbsp;cacology, and&nbsp;cacography. Earliest documented use: 1603.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES: The Roman satirist Juvenal once wrote about insanabile scribendi cacoethes (incurable passion for writing), which inspired the sense of the word today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cHe evokes the youthful state of being \u2018teenager know-it-all strong\u2019, driven by cacoethes.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cHe had a cacoethes for coining neologisms.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"velleity\"><\/span>velleity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: v\u0115-l\u0113\u2032\u012d-t\u0113<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING:<strong>Volition in the weakest form<\/strong>; an indolent or inactive wish or inclination toward a thing, which leads to no energetic effort to obtain it: chiefly a scholastic&nbsp;term. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-medium-pink-color\">Contrast with conation<\/mark>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: The ease of her words, the control of them, was meant to convey to Compton that her wish to know of her real parents was hardly more than a velleity, a&nbsp;thought that would come to one while watering a plant or peeling an orange.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"conation\"><\/span>conation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: k\u014d-n\u0101\u2032sh\u0259n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <strong>The aspect of mental processes or behavior directed toward action or change<\/strong> and including impulse, desire, volition, and striving. In psychology, voluntary agency, embracing desire and volition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hypostasize_hypostasize\"><\/span>Hypostasize. hypostasize<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEANING: To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"daedal\"><\/span><a>daedal<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: DEE-duhl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <strong>Ingenious; skillful; intricate; artistic.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin daedalus (skillful), from Greek daidalos. Earliest documented use: 1590. A related word is&nbsp;logodaedaly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES: In Greek mythology, Daedalus was an architect and craftsman who built the labyrinth for King Minos of Crete. When the king imprisoned him so&nbsp;the knowledge of the labyrinth wouldn\u2019t spread, Daedalus made wings for himself and his son&nbsp;Icarus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cThe best of the projects in the magazine were truly daedal: ingenious, cleverly intricate, and diversified.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"lentic\"><\/span><a>lentic<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: LEN-tik<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: <strong>Relating to or living in still water<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lentus (slow, calm), which also gave us relent, lentamente (slowly, used in music direction), and lentitude (slowness). Earliest documented use:&nbsp;1935. The form lenitic is also used. The word for \u201crelating to or living in moving water\u201d is lotic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cAt her side, Clo snarled, \u2018That lentic spawn of a caiman\u2019s balls.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"seraphic\"><\/span>seraphic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: suh-RAF-ik<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING:  Like an angel: serene, beautiful, pure, blissful, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin seraphim, from Greek seraphim, from Hebrew seraphim, from saraph (to burn). Earliest documented use: 1632.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cWhen the spell of immobility resumes, seraphic harmonies give way to a colossal, demonic setting.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"involute\"><\/span>involute<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: IN-vuh-loot; verb: in-vuh-LOOT\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MEANING:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>adjective:&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Intricate; complex<\/strong>.  <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-medium-pink-color\">or<\/mark>  <strong>Curled inward<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>noun:&nbsp; <strong>A curve traced by a point on a string while winding or unwinding it <\/strong>around another curve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>verb intr.:&nbsp;To curl up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin involutus, past participle of involvere (to roll up), from in- (into) + volvere (to roll). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wel- (to turn or roll),&nbsp;which also gave us waltz, revolve, valley, walk, vault, volume, wallet, helix,&nbsp;devolve,&nbsp;voluble,&nbsp;welter, and&nbsp;willowy. Earliest documented use: 1661.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cA shoddy piece of research obfuscated by crepuscular logic and involute style.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"bombinate\"><\/span>bombinate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (BOM-buh-nayt)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: verb intr.: <strong>To buzz or hum.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin bombinare, from bombilare (to hum, buzz), from Latin bombus (humming), from Greek bombos (booming, humming). Earliest documented use: 1880. A perfect synonym is bombilate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cHe hummed a ditty to himself and realized he could bombinate twice as loud in a void thrice as great as his head.\u201dNidhi Singh; In Perpetual Dread of Happiness; Bards and Sages Quarterly (Bellmawr, New Jersey); Apr 2017.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"balter\"><\/span>balter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (BAHL-tuhr)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: verb intr.:<strong> To dance clumsily or walk unsteadily<\/strong>.verb tr., intr.: To clot, clog, or tangle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: For 1. Probably from Old Norse. Earliest documented use: 1400.For 2: Probably a frequentative of the verb ball. Earliest documented use: 1601.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cKnock back a few and you\u2019ll be baltering all around the lounge room.\u201dRory Gibson; How to Live on a Beer Budget; Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia); Apr 6, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThink of journaling as baltering with a pen in hand. Free to doodle or draw or paint.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"caducous\"><\/span>caducous<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-DOO\/DYOO-kuhs)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Tending to fall easily or before the usual time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin caducus (falling), from cadere (to fall). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kad- (to fall), which is also the source of cadence, cascade, casualty, cadaver, chance, chute, accident, occident, decay, deciduous, recidivism, perchance, escheat, and casuistry. Earliest documented use: 1684.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cIt was a morning after storm &#8230; the dishevelled lawn littered with a caducous fall of leaves.\u201dJohn Banville; The Sea; Knopf; 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCaducous ideas could set back any efforts to achieve unity.\u201dCarmen Madera; Enkindled: The Wild Scent of Desire; Xlibris; 2014.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"sympatric\"><\/span>sympatric<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (sim-PAT-rik)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Occurring in the same geographical area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From sym-, a form of syn- (together) + patra (homeland), from pater (father). Earliest documented use: 1904. The opposite is allopatric.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cThe Mojave yucca is often sympatric with the Joshua tree but has fibrous leaf edges.\u201dJames Cornett; Desert Scape: Joshua Tree Not World\u2019s Largest Yucca; The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, California); Sep 30, 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"cwm\"><\/span>cwm<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (koom)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: A steep bowl-shaped mountain basin, carved by glaciers. Also known as a cirque.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Welsh cwm (valley). Earliest documented use: 1853<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cOften, the water gathered in the cwms before overflowing to the valley below.\u201dPeter Bond; Exodus: Earth Fights Back; Eloquent Books; 2010.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"clamant\"><\/span>clamant<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (KLAY-mant, KLAM-uhnt)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: 1. Loud.2. Demanding attention; urgent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin clamare (to cry out). Earliest documented use: 1639.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cHanging out of the other window, he beheld the clamant Baron urging the guard with frenzied entreaty.\u201dJ. Storer Clouston; Count Bunker; Blackwood; 1906.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"eidolon\"><\/span>eidolon<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (eye-DOH-luhn)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: 1. An idealized form.2. A phantom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eidos (form, idea), ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see), which also gave us wise, view, supervise, wit,eidos, and eidetic. Earliest recorded use: 1828.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cShe is an eidolon, an archetype for the evolution of humankind, from the waters to the sky.\u201dDana Redfield; Jonah: A Novel; Hampton Roads Publishing; 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYou are magical. An eidolon. I sometimes doubt that you exist.\u201dBert O. States; Girl of My Dreams; The Hudson Review (New York); Autumn 1998.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_didymous\"><\/span>&nbsp;didymous<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(DID-uh-muhs) adjective Occurring in pairs; twin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Greek didymos (twin). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dwo- (two) that also gave us dual, double, dubious, doubt, diploma, twin, and between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Shakespeare portrays the didymous functionaries as if they were a unit comprised of two parts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"mackle\"><\/span>mackle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(MAK-uhl) noun: A blur, as from a double impression in printing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>verb tr., intr.: To blur.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[From Latin macula (spot or stain).]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;For some twenty days all recollections vanished from my mind. That period forms but a mackled page in my existence.&#8221;Peter Browning; &lt;=&#8221;&#8221; i=&#8221;&#8221;&gt;; Great West Books; 1995.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ullage\"><\/span>ullage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (UL-ij)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: The amount of liquid by which a container falls short of being full.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Old French ouillage\/eullage, from ouiller\/eullier (to fill a cask), from ouil (eye, hole), from Latin oculus (eye). Earliest documented use: 1444.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cToo much ullage can be a sign of evaporation, and that\u2019s not good.\u201dMark Shanahan; A Finely Honed Palate; Boston Globe; Oct 17, 2015.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"tittup\"><\/span> tittup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (TIT-uhp)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: <strong>A lively movement; caper<\/strong>.verb intr.: T<strong>o move in an exaggerated prancing manner<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: Apparently imitative of the sound of a horse\u2019s hooves. Earliest documented use: 1691.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201c[Josh Homme\u2019s] wiggling movements while playing guitar and singing were just a small prance away from the full tittup.\u201dLudovic Hunter-Tilney; Queens of the Stone Age; Financial Times (London, UK); Nov 21, 2017. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"skail\"><\/span>skail<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (skayl)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: verb intr.: To scatter out, spill, or disperse.verb tr.: To dismiss or to disband an assembly, group, etc.noun: A scattering or dispersal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: Of Scottish or Scandinavian origin. Earliest documented use: 1300.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cEverybody stood up. The whole congregation rose upon the seats, and in every face was pale consternation. At last the minister said, &#8230; the congregation should skail: whereupon skail they did.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"wale\"><\/span>wale<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (wayl)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun:&nbsp;1. A streak mark raised on the skin, as by a whip.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. One of the series of ribs in a fabric such as corduroy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. A plank along the side of a wooden ship.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. A horizontal band or strip, for example, around a woven basket.verb tr.:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. To mark with wales.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. To fasten or secure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Old English walu (mark of a lash). Earliest documented use: 1024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cThe mere friction of the wales of my corduroy-covered chair were the only things holding me.\u201dRobert Olen Butler; The Hot Country; The Mysterious Press; 2012. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"obverse\"><\/span>obverse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (noun: OB-vuhrs, adjective: ob-VUHRS)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun:&nbsp;1. The side of a coin, medal, etc. that has the main design.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>2. The front or the principal side of anything.&nbsp;<br>3. A counterpart to something.<br>adjective:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Facing the observer.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Serving as a counterpart to something.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin obvertere (to turn toward), from ob- (toward) + vertere (to turn). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), which is also the source of words such as wring, weird, writhe, worth, revert, and universe. Earliest documented use: 1656.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES: The front of a coin is called obverse, the other side is reverse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cBut the conviction that the truth must be mathematically elegant can easily lead to a false obverse: that what is mathematically elegant must be true.&#8211; \u201dNo GUTs, No Glory; The Economist (London, UK); Jan 13, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ekistics\"><\/span>ekistics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ekisticsPRONUNCIATION: (i-KIS-tiks)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: The study of human settlements, drawing on such disciplines as city planning, architecture, sociology, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Constantinos A. Doxiadis (1913-1975), Greek architect and urban planner, from Greek oikistikos (of settlement), from oikizein (to settle), from oikos (house). Earliest documented use: 1968.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cYet as any student of ekistics could have predicted, it was Jupiter which remained the economic heart of Edenism. For it was Jupiter which supplied the single largest consumer of He3: Earth and its O\u2019Neill Halo.\u201dPeter F. Hamilton; The Neutronium Alchemist; Macmillan; 1997<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"sillage\"><\/span>sillage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (see-AHZH) MEANING: noun: The trail of scent that lingers behind from a perfume; also, the degree to which it lingers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French sillage (wake, trail). Earliest documented use: early 1800s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cPhlur\u2019s Siano fragrance intends to be a celebration of nightlife and \u2018for those who want to own the room,\u2019 &#8230; Its sillage is \u2018far\u2019.\u201dEllen Byron; When Words and Pictures Sell a Fragrance; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Jun 22, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"metathesis\"><\/span>metathesis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (muh-TATH-uh-sis)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: 1. The transposition of letters, sounds, or syllables in a word. Example: aks for ask.2. In chemistry, double decomposition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ANAGRAM: metathesis = It\u2019s the same.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: Via Latin from Greek metatithenai (to transpose), from meta- (among, after) + tithenai (to place). Earliest documented use: 1538.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cAs Caractacus, Cedric was the heroic British chieftain who rebelled against Roman rule. As Cerdic son of Cymbeline, Cedric by metathesis was the founder of the kingdom of Wessex.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"mondain\"><\/span>mondain<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (mon-DAYN)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: A sophisticated man; a man belonging to fashionable society.adjective: Worldly; fashionable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French mondain (socialite), from Latin mundus (world). Earliest documented use: 1833.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cIt\u2019s reassuring, however, to see even this seasoned mondain go weak at the knees when he meets Catherine Deneuve, while being arm in arm with Julia Roberts almost causes him a nosebleed.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"tantivy\"><\/span>tantivy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (tan-TIV-ee)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adverb: At full gallop; at full speed.noun: A fast gallop; rush.adjective: Swift.interjection: A hunting cry by a hunter riding a horse at full speed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: Of obscure origin, perhaps from the sound of a galloping horse\u2019s hooves. Earliest documented use: 1648.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cHe supposes himself as a wolf actually to have been galloping tantivy over hill and dale.\u201dMontague Summers; The Werewolf in Lore and Legend; Dover; 1933.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"olid\"><\/span>olid<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (O-lid)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Foul-smelling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin olere (to smell), which also gave us the opposite of today\u2019s word: redolent. Earliest documented use: 1680.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cIt was dark and musty, the carpet giving off an olid smell of mildew.\u201dChris R. Jamison; The Chesler Legacy; Writer\u2019s Showcase; 2000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"defeasible\"><\/span>defeasible<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (di-FEE-zuh-buhl)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Capable of being revised, defeated, or annulled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Old French desfaire (to undo or destroy), from Latin dis- (apart, away) + facere (to do). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dhe- (to set or put), which is also the source of do, deed, factory, fashion, face, rectify, defeat, sacrifice, satisfy, Sanskrit sandhi (joining), Urdu purdah (veil or curtain), and Russian duma (council). Earliest documented use: 1586.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cSurely many moral duties are defeasible, and in that sense relative. We all recognize that although lying is typically wrong, under certain circumstances &#8212; to protect someone\u2019s life, for example &#8212; it is justifiable.\u201dAustin Dacey; Believing in Doubt; The New York Times; Feb 3, 2006. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"fuliginous\"><\/span> fuliginous<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (fyoo-LIZ-uh-nuhs)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Sooty; dusky; obscure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fuligo (soot). Earliest documented use: 1574.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cEach morning of her life, the City had been filmed in this airborne soot, a fuliginous mist.\u201dMary Novik; Conceit; Doubleday; 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"fabian\"><\/span>fabian<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (FAY-bee-uhn)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Avoiding direct confrontation; cautious; delaying.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: After the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (c. 280-203 BCE), from his guerrilla tactics in not engaging the enemy directly. Instead, he chose the war of attrition, avoiding direct confrontation, disrupting the enemy\u2019s supply lines, etc. For this, he also earned the nickname Cunctator Earliest documented use: 1598.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cBut how could I confront Charlie with a letter which I had ferreted out from among his not-too-clean underwear? So instead I adopted a Fabian policy of watchful waiting.\u201dErica Jong; Fear of Flying; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston; 1973.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDavid Hicks has yet to face prosecution largely because of the fabian strategy of delay adopted by his own legal team. The numerous requests for a postponement of proceedings filed by his lawyers make complaints about their client\u2019s detention without trial ring rather hollow.\u201dBrett Mason; Critics of the US tribunals turn a blind eye to the UN; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Dec 8, 2006.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"cunctator\"><\/span>cunctator<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (kungk-TAY-tuhr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: One who hesitates; a procrastinator or delayer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cunctari (to hesitate, delay). Earliest documented use: 1654.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: &#8220;No cunctator, James quickly provided his wife with the surefire ammunition to divorce him &#8212; adultery.&#8221;Richard Kepler Brunner; With Marriage Penalty, It Can Pay to Get Divorced; The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Oct 3, 1999.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"bavardage\"><\/span>bavardage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (bah-vuhr-DAHZ)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: Chattering; gossip.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French bavarder (to chatter), from bavard (talkative), from bave (saliva, drivel). Earliest documented use: 1835.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cA long time ago, I joined a former friend from high school and her husband for dinner at a restaurant. Though the three of us shared a table, the couple engaged in side conversations in French, which they spoke fluently knowing that my French was barely conversational. As their bavardage grew more frequent and lengthy, I dined alone in their company.\u201dAlgernon D\u2019Ammassa; As Time, Money Pass, to Whom Is CAP Entity Accountable?; Las Cruces Sun-News (New Mexico); Oct 13, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"hypercathexis\"><\/span>hypercathexis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (hy-puhr-kuh-THEK-sis)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: Excessive concentration of mental energy on something.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hyper- (over, above) + cathexis, from Greek kathexis (holding), from katekhein (to hold fast), from kata- (intensive prefix) + ekhein (to hold). Ultimately from the Indo-European root segh- (to hold), which is also the source of words such as hectic, scheme, scholar, cathect, and asseverate. Earliest documented use: 1923.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cShe is especially drawn to a passage on the hypercathexis of lost objects.\u201dMarta Bladek; \u201cA Place None of Us Know until We Reach It\u201d: Mapping Grief and Memory in Joan Didion\u2019s The Year of Magical Thinking; Biography (Honolulu, Hawaii); Fall 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"contretemps\"><\/span>contretemps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (KON-truh-tan, kawn-truh-TAN), plural contretemps (-tanz)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the last syllable is nasal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: 1. An unforeseen and unfortunate occurrence.2. A disagreement or dispute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: Originally contretemps was a fencing term meaning a pass or thrust made at a wrong moment. From French contre- (against) + (time). Earliest documented use: 1684.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"chatoyant\"><\/span>chatoyant<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (shuh-TOI-uhnt)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Having a changeable luster like that of a cat\u2019s eye at night.noun: A chatoyant gemstone, such as a cat\u2019s eye.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French, present participle of chatoyer (to shine like a cat\u2019s eye), from chat (cat). Earliest documented use: 1816.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cA chatoyant gleam twinkled from his steel blue eyes.\u201dAl Patterson; Fire in the Bosom; Page Publishing; 2014. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"acerate\"><\/span>acerate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRONUNCIATION: (AS-uh-rayt)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEANING: adjective: Needlelike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ETYMOLOGY: From Latin acerosus (full of chaff), erroneously interpreted as derived from acus (needle) or acer (sharp), ultimately from the Indo-European root ak- (sharp), which is also the source of acrid, vinegar, acid, acute, edge, hammer, heaven, eager, oxygen, mediocre, acerbate, acidic, acidulous, acuity, and paragon. Earliest documented use: 1833.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USAGE: \u201cAt once the air was hideous with the acerate harmony of a singing commercial.\u201dSam Merwin Jr.; Judas Ram; Galaxy Science Fiction; Dec 1950. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"vedette_or_vidette\"><\/span>vedette or vidette<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (vuh-DET, vi-)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: 1. A leading stage or film star.2. A mounted sentry or a scouting boat posted in an advanced position to observe the movements of an enemy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French vedette (star, as in a film star; speedboat), from Italian vedetta (influenced by vedere: to see), from veletta. Ultimately from the Indo-European root weg- (to be strong or lively), which also gave us vigor, velocity, vegetable, vegete, and velitation. Earliest documented use: sense 1: 1963, sense 2: 1690.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cHazel finally got us headed out toward Beverly Hills, while I talked to her \u2018in depth\u2019 a lot about her career. From what I gathered: not so grande a vedette. She\u2019d been in so many movies, too many, from such an early age on, bit parts, nothing roles, couldn\u2019t remember them all.\u201dBrock Brower; The Late Great Creature; Popular Library; 1971.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"velitation\"><\/span>velitation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (vel-i-TAY-shuhn) noun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: A minor dispute or skirmish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: [From Latin velitation-, from velitatus, past participle of velitari (to skirmish), from veles (light-armed foot soldier). Ultimately from Indo-European root weg- (to be strong or lively), that&#8217;s the source for vegetable (Kids, etymology gives you another reason to eat your veggies!), vigor, velocity, watch, vigilante, and vigil.]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE &#8220;And in a tense atmosphere of mistrust, with normal diplomatic channels severed, any small clash or velitation can spur escalation back to full-scale war.&#8221; Virginia Page Fortna; Peace Time; Princeton University Press; 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"mise_en_abyme\"><\/span>mise en abyme<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (mee-zan-nah-BEEM)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: Self-reflection in a literary work, a work of art, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French mise en abyme\/ab\u00eeme (placed into abyss). Originally, the term applied to heraldic shields in which a smaller shield was put into the center of the shield. Earliest documented use: 1968.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES: Some examples are play within a play (Hamlet), story within a story, film within a film, dream within a dream, the placement of a small copy of a work within itself, infinite reflection between two facing mirrors, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cThe critics haven\u2019t paid attention enough to its self-conscious narrator. It takes you from mise en abyme to mise en abyme.\u201dArturo Fontaine Talavera (translator Megan McDowell); La Vida Doble; Yale University Press; 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThere\u2019s a shot that pops up again and again in attempts to document the Church of Scientology: two people holding cameras, filming each other, caught in a reconnaissance stalemate. It\u2019s a cinematographic mise en abyme. The surveillance and counter-surveillance recurs in an infinite loop, feeding a sinister sense of paranoia.\u201dJohn Semley; In L. Ron We Trust; Maclean\u2019s (Toronto, Canada); May 2, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"parergon\"><\/span>parergon<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (pa-RUHR-gahn)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: 1. An accessory, embellishment, or byproduct of a main work.2. Subsidiary work undertaken in addition to one\u2019s main employment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Greek parergon, from para- (beside) + ergon (work). Ultimately from the Indo-European root werg- (to do), which also gave us ergonomic, work, energy, metallurgy, surgery, wright, erg, georgic, andhypergolic. Earliest documented use: 1601.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201c\u2018My Century\u2019 is something of a parergon, casually tossed off by this larger-than-life imagination.\u201dJames Gardner; History Bites; National Review (New York); Dec 6, 1999.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"suberous\"><\/span>suberous<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (SOO-buhr-uhs)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Like cork in appearance or texture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin suber (cork oak). Earliest documented use: 1670.Remove the initial letter and you get uberous.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cMost of the year [floss silk trees] are noticed primarily for their unique trunks that are covered with suberous, pea green bark and large, squat, keep-your-distance thorns.\u201dJoshua Siskin; Learning About Spectacular-Looking Floss Silk Trees; Daily News (Los Angeles, California); Sep 11, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"orotund\"><\/span>orotund<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRONUNCIATION: (OR-uh-tund)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEANING: adjective: 1. Strong, clear, rich (as in voice or speech). 2. Pompous, bombastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ETYMOLOGY: Contraction of Latin ore rotundo (with a round mouth), from ore, from os (mouth) + rotundo, from rotundus (round), from the Indo-European root ret- (to run or roll). Other words derived from the same root are rodeo, roll, rotary, rotate, rotund, roulette, and round. Earliest documented use: 1799.Remove the initial letter and you get rotund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USAGE: \u201cChristopher Lee plants himself centre-stage and unfurls a rich and orotund thespian\u2019s voice.\u201dLudovic Hunter-Tilney; Singles and Albums for Christmas; Financial Times (London, UK); Dec 22, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first pages listed fifteen high government officials with orotund titles.\u201dHerman Wouk; War and Remembrance; Little Brown &amp; Co; 1978. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"susurrate\"><\/span>susurrate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (SOO-suh-rayt)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: verb intr.: To make a whispering or rustling sound.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin susurrare (to whisper or hum), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1623.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cIf it\u2019s possible to susurrate visually then that\u2019s what \u2018Summer Nights at the Dollar Tree\u2019 does. Lazy and slow and gentle, it feels just right.\u201dMark Feeney; Robert Adams\u2019s Striking Photos; Boston Globe (Massachusetts); Mar 2, 2016.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"farraginous\"><\/span>farraginous<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (fun-RAJ-uh-nuhs)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Heterogeneous; having a mix of random things.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin farrago (mixed fodder), from far\/farr (corn or spelt). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhares- (barley), which also gave us barn, barley, farina, and farrago. Earliest documented use: 1616.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cIf at first glance the visitor mistakes this farraginous exhibition for a Royal Antiques Roadshow, he is not far from the truth.\u201dBrian Sewell; All the Charm of an Antiques Roadshow; Evening Standard (London, UK); Mar 14, 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"tachyphylaxis\"><\/span>tachyphylaxis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (tak-uh-fi-LAK-sis)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: Mithridatism: Successively decreased response to a drug or a toxin over time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Greek tachy- (swift) + phylaxis (protection). Earliest documented use: 1911.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cHowever, tachyphylaxis and skin atrophy associated with long-term use make steroids unsuitable for lengthy treatment.\u201dThe Psoriasis Curse; New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Mar 2, 1999.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"condign\"><\/span>condign<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (kuhn-DYN)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Well-deserved, appropriate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English condigne, from Anglo French, from Latin condignus, from com- (completely) + dignus (worthy). Ultimately from Indo-European root dek- (to take, accept), which is the ancestor of other words such as dignity, discipline, doctor, decorate, docile, and deign. Earliest documented use: 1413.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cWere [Trump] to be nominated, conservatives would have two tasks. One would be to help him lose 50 states &#8212; condign punishment for his comprehensive disdain for conservative essentials, including the manners and grace that should lubricate the nation\u2019s civic life.\u201dGeorge F. Will; If Trump is Nominated, the GOP Must Keep Him Out of the White House; The Washington Post; Apr 29, 2016. (WebCite)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"exaptation\"><\/span>exaptation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (ek-sap-TAY-shuhn)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: The adaptation of a trait for a purpose other than for which it was evolved.For example, feathers were evolved for warmth and later co-opted for display and\/or flight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Stephen Jay Gould in 1981. A blend of ex- (out) + adaptation, from ad- (towards) + aptare (to fit), from aptus (apt).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cThe gradual development of propulsion devices like wings and flagella, by contrast, can be explained by exaptation, the process by which \u2018a feature that originally evolved for one purpose is co-opted for a different purpose\u2019. Both feathers and flightless wings might have developed originally for the purpose of thermoregulation rather than flight.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"krummholz\"><\/span>krummholz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (KROOM-holts)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: Stunted trees near the timber line on a mountain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From German, from krumm (crooked) + Holz (wood). Earliest documented use: 1908.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cContorted spiky krummholz and tangled alder grew close to the water\u2019s edge.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"allision\"><\/span>allision<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (uh-LIZH-uhn)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: A moving object striking against a stationary object.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Latin allidere (to strike against), from ad- (toward) + laedere (to harm). Earliest documented use: 1615 (collision is also from 1615).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES: In maritime usage, the term allision is used for a vessel striking a fixed object, while collision is between two moving ships. Frequently, the word collision is used in both cases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \u201cShe watched the beam of the flashlight play dully over the surface, and then she heard something, a faint splash, the sweet allision of breaking water.\u201dT.C. Boyle; East Is East; Penguin; 1991.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"solecize\"><\/span>solecize<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (SOL-uh-syz)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: verb intr.: To make an error in language, etiquette, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: After Soloi, an ancient Athenian colony in Cilicia, whose dialect the Athenians considered as substandard. Earliest documented use: 1627. 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Malella] calls &#8216;the Arcadian view&#8217;, are blended with industrial images &#8212; mostly nuclear cooling towers &#8212; to create new landscapes that plop the environmentally hazardous engine of contemporary society into our nostalgically folksy lap.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"au_fait\"><\/span>au fait&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: o FAY<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Being well-informed or skillful in something.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French, literally &#8220;to the fact&#8221;, from Latin facere (to make or do).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: &#8220;Some technology degree holders took two years in a job before they were au fait with the practical skills.&#8221;Caitlin McKay; Award for Dedication; Manawatu Standard (New Zealand); Aug 27, 2007.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"bon_ton\"><\/span>bon ton <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: bon ton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: 1. 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Netanyahu&#8217;s prime-ministerial stint (1996-1999) was doomed.&#8221;Sarah Honig; Jabotinsky Who?; The Jerusalem Post (Israel); Jan 16, 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Evelyn and I were impostors &#8212; not members of the bon ton but a visiting, unembarrassed American couple.&#8221;Roger Angell; La Vie En Rose; The New Yorker; Feb 16, 2004.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"cadastral\"><\/span>cadastral <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: kuh-DAS-truhl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to a map or survey showing property lines, boundaries, etc.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French cadastre (an official register of the details of real estate in an area, used in determining taxes), from Italian catastro, from Greek katastikhon (list, register), from kata stikhon (line by line).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: &#8220;Pete McDonald was only able to follow some sections of the Long Beach to Heyward Point route by using cadastral printouts and a GPS receiver.&#8221;Excellent Guide Improved Upon; Otago Daily Times (Dunedin, New Zealand); Nov 8, 2008.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"charivari\"><\/span>charivari<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (shiv-uh-REE, SHIV-uh-ree, shuh-riv-uh-REE)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: 1. 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Earliest documented use: 1735.Also spelled as chivaree, chivari, and shivaree.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: &#8220;To the people, the charivari of Westminster politics didn&#8217;t much matter.&#8221;Polly Toynbee and David Walker; Dear New Leader; The Guardian (London, UK); Sep 27, 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"claque\"><\/span>claque<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (klak)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: A group of people hired to applaud at a performance.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French claque, from claquer (to clap), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1864.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES: Although a claque is usually hired to applaud, sometimes it is also used to heckle at a rival&#8217;s performance. Then there are moirologists (hired mourners at a funeral).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: &#8220;The publicist even trained both the singer [Frank Sinatra] and his claques in the art of call-and-response.&#8221;James Kaplan; Frank; Doubleday; 2010.Read this fascinating extract about claques from the above book.laquea group of people hired to applaud a performer at a show.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"clou\"><\/span>clou <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: kloo&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: A major point of interest, or a central idea.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From French clou (nail), from Latin (clavus).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: &#8220;Day four. Open introduction. Read these lines by Joyce describing his novel &#8212; &#8216;Penelope is the clou of the book&#8217;.&#8221;Kevin Myers; Bluffer&#8217;s Guide to Ulysses; Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland); Jun 16, 1997.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"mortmain\"><\/span>mortmain<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (MOHRT-mayn)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: 1. <strong>The perpetual ownership of property by institutions <\/strong>such as churches.2. The often stifling influence of the past on the present and the living.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-Norman mortmayn, feminine of <strong>morte (dead) + main (hand)<\/strong>, from Latin mortua manus (dead hand). Ultimately from the Indo-European root man- (hand) that&#8217;s also the source of manage, maintain, maneuver, manufacture, manuscript, and command.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTES: Imagine a B-movie scene of a dead hand stretching out of a grave and you have the picture of the word mortmain. The idea behind mortmain is of a dead hand reaching beyond to hold a property in perpetuity. By extension, the word describes the past dictating the present in an oppressive manner.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USAGE: \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;On what grounds do we allow the dead to bind the living? Courts used to adhere to a &#8216;rule against perpetuities&#8217; and were suspicious of mortmain, of the &#8216;dead hand&#8217; of documents drawn up long ago.&#8221;Christopher Caldwell; Philanthropy Goes to the Dogs; Financial Times (London, UK); Jul 5, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Martins felt that somehow this knowledge would pay the mortmain that memory levies on human beings.&#8221;Graham Greene; The Third Man; 1949.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"pas_de_deux\"><\/span>pas de deux<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PRONUNCIATION: (pah duh DU)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MEANING: noun: 1. A dance for two people.2. 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