The next listing by POSP stringer Tim.
aestivate
es-te-vayt
verb intransitive
1. Spend the summer, to summer somewhere.
2. To spend the summer in a dormant state (antonym of hibernate). Bears hibernate through the winter to avoid the seasonal severity; desert amphibians aestivate in the summer for the same reason.
animalcule
an-uh-MAL-kyool
noun
A minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye.
autodidact
aw-toh-DY-dakt
noun
One who is self-taught. A graduate of Autodidact University.
axiomatic
ak-see-uh-MAT-ik
adjective
1. Taken for granted : self-evident.
2. Based on or involving an axiom or system of axioms.
Cassandra
kuh-sun-druh
noun
1. A daughter of Priam endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed.
2. One that predicts misfortune or disaster
clinquant
KLING-kunt
adjective
Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled.
noun
Tinsel; imitation gold leaf.
dudgeon
DUH-juhn
noun
A state or fit of intense indignation; resentment; ill humor -- often used in the phrase "in high dudgeon."
effloresce
EF-luh-res
verb
1. To burst into bloom; blossom.
2. In chemistry, to change either throughout or on the surface to a mealy or powdery substance upon exposure to air, as a to change either throughout or on the surface to a mealy or powdery substance upon exposure to air, as a crystalline substance through loss of water of crystallization.
eisegesis
ahy-si-JEE-sis
noun
An interpretation that expresses the interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.
epigamic
ep-i-GAM-ik
adjective
Attracting the opposite sex, as the colors of certain birds.
farrago
fe-rah-go
noun
A disorganized assortment, hotchpotch, salmagundi, miscellany, clumsy mixture, gallimaufry, or jumble of odds and ends.
forthy
for-thee
adjective
1. Open, affable, and forthcoming in nature.
2. Forward, frank, outspoken, or presumptuous in behavior.
fungible
FUHN-juh-buhl
adjective
1. (Law) Freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation.
2. Interchangeable.
noun
Something that is exchangeable or substitutable. Usually used in the plural.
imbriferous
im-bri-fe-res
adjective
Rainy, showery, rain-bearing, auguring rain.
incommodious
in-kuh-MOH-dee-uhs
adjective
Inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable.
irenic
eye-REN-ik; -REE-nik
adjective
Tending to promote peace; conciliatory.
ken
KEN
noun
1a. The range of vision
1b. Sight, view.
2. The range of perception, understanding, or knowledge.
longueur
long-GUR
noun
A dull and tedious passage in a book, play, musical composition, or the like.
lucubrate
LOO-kyoo-breyt
verb
1. To work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
2. To write learnedly.
marginalia
mahr-juh-NEY-lee-uh
noun
Notes in the margin of a book, manuscript, or letter.
misnomer
mis-NO-muhr
noun
1. The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment.
2. Any misnaming of a person or thing; also, a wrong or inapplicable name or designation.
nictitate
NIK-tuh-tayt
verb
Wink.
ochlocracy
aw-klah-kra-see
noun
Mob rule, government by the rabble.
onychophagia
ah-neke-fay-ji-e
noun
The nervous habit of biting the nails, usually those on the fingers, since our nerves seldom drive us to nibble those on our toes.
pecksniffian
pek-SNIF-ee-uhn
adjective
Hypocritically and smugly affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
physiognomy
fiz-ee-OG-nuh-mee; -ON-uh-mee
noun
1. The art of discovering temperament and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face.
2. The face or facial features, especially when regarded as indicating character.
3. The general appearance or aspect of a thing.
plangent
PLAN-juhnt
adjective
1. Beating with a loud or deep sound, as, "the plangent wave."
2. Expressing sadness; plaintive.
polymorphous
pol-ee-MAWR-fuhs
adjective
Having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
pomaceous
poh-MAY-shus
adjective
1. Of or relating to apples.
2. Resembling a pome.
pullulate
PUHL-yuh-leyt
verb
1. To exist abundantly; swarm; teem.
2. To send forth sprouts, buds, etc.
3. To increase rapidly; multiply.
purlieu
PUR-loo
noun
1. A place where one may range at large; confines or bounds.
2. A person's haunt or resort.
3. An outlying district or region, as of a town or city.
4. A piece of land on the edge of a forest, originally land that, after having been included in a royal forest, was restored to private ownership, though still subject, in some respects, to the operation of the forest laws.
refulgent
ree-ful-jent
adjective
Shining brightly, resplendent, illustrious.
resile
ri-zail
verb intransitive
To draw back, to retreat, to recoil from something. 2. To return or spring back to an original state, condition, or position.
sough
saew
noun
1. A rushing, susurrous sound like the rustling wind over leaves or water over stones.
2. A soft murmuring soothing sound; a sigh.
splenetic
spli-NET-ik
adjective
1. Irritable; peevish; spiteful.
2. Of the spleen.
3. Archaic: Affected with, characterized by, or tending to produce melancholy.
tmesis
te-mee-sis
noun
Splitting a word in two and sandwiching an emphatic modifier between the two parts, as in abso-bloody-lutely or abso-doggone-lutely. Like the plural of all English words borrowed from Latin that end on -is, the plural of this word is tmeses.
torrefy
TAWR-uh-fahy
verb
1. To subject to fire or intense heat.
2. In pharmacology, to dry or parch drugs with heat.
3. To roast, as metallic ores.
venal
VEE-nul
adjective
1. Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; especially : open to corrupt influence and especially bribery.
2. Originating in, characterized by, or associated with corrupt bribery.
vertiginous
vur-TIJ-uh-nuhs
adjective
1. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
2. Causing or tending to cause dizziness.
3. Turning round; whirling; revolving.
4. Inclined to change quickly or frequently; inconstant.
vilipend
vi-le-pend
verb transitve
To abase, to hold worthless or in low esteem, to vastly underestimate. 2. To vilify, to verbally abuse or chastise.
vitrine
vuh-TREEN
noun
A glass showcase or cabinet especially for displaying fine wares or specimens.
xenogenic
zen-uh-JEN-ik
adjective
1. To be completely different from either parent, or from the source of an object's creation.
2. In biology, originating outside the organism or from a foreign substance introduced into the organism.
yarely
YAIR-lee
adverb
With quickness or agility.
Zeitgeist
TSYT-guyst;ZYT-guyst
noun
[Often capitalized] The spirit of the time; the general intellectual and moral state or temper characteristic of any period of time.
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