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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Words, Words, Words

More interesting-sounding words that I may or may not ever get to use.

(This may be the last instalment, as I've gone through all of the dictionary.com Words of the Day I had saved.)

gonzo                            perstreperous                          pervicacious
verboten                        timorous                                 hirsute
glabrous                         cadge                                     collimate
oneiric                            lodestar                                  cock-a-hoop
truckle                            aphesis                                   pettifogging
riposte                            ugsome                                   galligaskins
slake                               dulcify                                    blatherskite
schatzi                            chirk                                       moiety
toothsome                       razz                                        columbine
sciamachy                       cockalorum                           geomancy
inkhorn                           bonnyclabber                        anagnorisis

3 comments:

  1. I already commented on this, and of course it's gone now... Cock-a-hoop is very familiar, though I can't remember what it means, and I remember anagnorisis from Greek Mythology class - doesn't it mean recognition or revelation or something?

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    1. Cock-a-hoop: in a state of unrestrained joy or exultation; boastfully elated

      Anagnorisis: (in ancient Greek tragedy) the critical moment of recognition or discovery, especially preceding peripeteia

      (So, yes.)

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    2. Yeah, I remember cock-a-hoop now. And we learned about peripetia (reversal) too, in relation to Oedipus Tyrannos.

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