Monday, June 13, 2011

ubiquitous


UBIQUITOUS

Existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent


Saturday, June 11, 2011

ingravescent


INGRAVESCENT

A medical term used of illnesses growing worse or more severe. Suggested for use instead as a descriptive for your less savoury acquaintances. "So how is James these days?" "Oh, ingravescent, I'm afraid.. distinctly ingravescent." 

Thursday, June 9, 2011

sardonic


SARDONIC

Scornful, mocking; disdainfully or ironically humorous. "You know James you are quite the intellect, that is, when you're not liking windows."

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

calefacient


CALEFACIENT

A medicinal agent producing a feeling of warmth. "Calefacient, anyone?" you ask while reaching for the single malt.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

dyslogy


DYSLOGY

Dispraise; uncomplimentary remarks. "Right guys, let's hear it for James! I want to hear the dyslogy he so richly deserves!" 

Monday, June 6, 2011

exoteric


EXOTERIC

Intelligible to outsiders, i.e. not estoreic. "I can read you like a book, Peter; you are totally exoteric." 

Sunday, June 5, 2011

refocillation


REFOCILLATION

Total refreshment; revival or revitalization. You stagger into the bar, collapse onto the stool immediately facing the bathycolpian barmaid, and gasp: "Refocillate me!" Whether she understands or misunderstands you, there is at least some chance that you will achieve refocillation. 

Saturday, June 4, 2011

bellibone


BELLIBONE

A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness. One of a few words that the author has taken the liberty of disintering from the past because of the obvious potentialities in polite discourse. 


Friday, June 3, 2011

afflatus


AFFLATUS

A sudden rush of divine or poetic inspiration. From the Latin afflare- to breathe or blow on. While dining out with your beloved, you might suddenly put down your knife and fork, gasp, strike your forehead with your hand, lean forward tensely, and say, in unconcealed agitation: "I think I've just had an afflatus!" 

Thursday, June 2, 2011

peculate


PECULATE

To pilfer or embezzle. Etymologically quite distinct from "speculate," but many do both while under the impression that they are doing only the one or the other.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

vignette


VIGNETTE

A decorative design placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter of a book or along the border of a page.
An un-bordered picture, often a portrait that shades off into the surrounding color at the edges.
A short, usually descriptive literary sketch; a short scene, as from a movie.


Tuesday, May 31, 2011

obstreperous


OBSTREPEROUS
 
Noisily and stubbornly defiant.
 
Aggressively boisterous.


Monday, May 30, 2011

corollary


COROLLARY

A proposition that follows with little or no proof required from one already proven.

A deduction or an inference.

A natural consequence or effect; a result.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

syncope

SYNCOPE

The contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.

Brief loss of consciousness associated with transient cerebral anemia, as in heart block, sudden lowering of the blood pressure, etc.; fainting.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

assiduous


ASSIDUOUS

Constant in application or attention; diligent: an assiduous worker who strove for perfection.

Friday, May 27, 2011

pathos


PATHOS

A quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

dichotomy


DICHOTOMY

1.Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions: “the dichotomy of the one and the many”

2.n : being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture" 

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

onomatopoeic

ONOMATOPOEIC

The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

esoteric


ESOTERIC

Intended for or understood by only a particular group: an esoteric cult.
Not publicly disclosed; confidential.

Monday, May 23, 2011

nepenthe

NEPENTHE

Something which brings about forgetfulness of sorrow and suffering.
The superior person will request this when asked what he or she would like to drink.