let’s expand our vocab
I’ll start:
Quotidian
adjective
of or occurring every day; daily.
"the car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic"
Makes no sense why this word exist. We need to condense the dictionary.
Coruscate
Verb
To give or reflect light in beams or flashes; to be brilliant or showy in technique or style
refulgent
[ri-fuhl-juhnt]
adj.
shining brightly; radiant; gleaming
Not a new one for me but trying to remember to use this one more often:
lithe
/līT͟H/
adjective
(especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful.
Mythopoeia (Ancient Greek: μυθοποιία, romanized: muthopoiía, lit. 'myth-making'), or mythopoesis, is a narrative genre in modern literature and film where an artificial or fictionalized mythology is created by the writer of prose, poetry, or other literary forms. The concept was introduced by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1930s. The authors in this genre integrate traditional mythological themes and archetypes into fiction. Mythopoeia is also the act of creating a mythology.
dacker
[dak-er]
verb
to totter or stagger
As the hiker reached the summit, exhaustion took over, and they began to dacker down the steep slope.
Might f*** around and immanentize the eschaton
bring order and peace to our hypostasis one time
loz·enge
/ˈläzənj/
noun
a rhombus or diamond shape.
"lozenge patterns"
Never knew the word extended beyond the medicinal
dacker
[dak-er]
verb
to totter or stagger
As the hiker reached the summit, exhaustion took over, and they began to dacker down the steep slope.
Extremely fire word
Might f*** around and immanentize the eschaton
bring order and peace to our hypostasis one time
"In political theory and theology, to immanentize the eschaton is a generally pejorative phrase referring to attempts to bring about utopian conditions in the world, and to effectively create heaven on earth.
Theologically, the belief is akin to postmillennialism as reflected in the Social Gospel of the 1880–1930 era, as well as Protestant reform movements during the Second Great Awakening in the 1830s and 1840s such as abolitionism."
So much to this world, damn
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Not a new one for me but trying to remember to use this one more often:
lithe
/līT͟H/
adjective
(especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful.
this my new go to for the skinny b****es
exculpatory • \ek-SKUL-puh-tor-ee\ • adjective.
Exculpatory evidence is evidence favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial that exonerates or tends to exonerate the defendant of guilt. It is the opposite of inculpatory evidence, which tends to present guilt.
druth·er
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
noun
plural noun: druthers
a person's preference in a matter.
"if I had my druthers, I would prefer to be a writer"
One of those words I've always known about but don't have enough of a connection/feel for to use regularly
pau·per·ize
/ˈpôpəˌrīz/
verb
past tense: pauperized; past participle: pauperized
make very poor; impoverish.
"the party pauperized the country while claiming to be empowering its people"
Word sound like a poverty machine gun
Good reminder that you gotta expand your vocabulary dynamically
I am familiar with pauper but would have never thought to transform it into a verb like this
indigent
in·di·gent
/ˈindəjənt/
adjective
poor; needy.
"a charity for the relief of indigent artists"
noun
a needy person
insolvent
in·sol·vent
/inˈsälv(ə)nt/
adjective
unable to pay debts owed.
"the company became insolvent"
noun
an insolvent person
mendicant
men·di·cant
/ˈmendək(ə)nt/
adjective
given to begging.
noun
a beggar.
im·pe·cu·ni·ous
/ˌimpəˈkyo͞onēəs/
adjective
having little or no money.
"a titled but impecunious family"
pau·per·ize
/ˈpôpəˌrīz/
verb
past tense: pauperized; past participle: pauperized
make very poor; impoverish.
"the party pauperized the country while claiming to be empowering its people"
par·si·mo·ni·ous (think more of a mean miser with this one)
/ˌpärsəˈmōnēəs/
adjective
unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal.
"even the parsimonious Joe paid for drinks all round"
pe·nu·ri·ous
/pəˈno͝orēəs/
adjective FORMAL
1. extremely poor; poverty-stricken.
"a penurious old tramp"
2. parsimonious; mean.
"a tight-fisted, penurious boss whose wage scale is well below other bandleaders"
ne·ces·si·tous
/nəˈsesədəs/
adjective
(of a person) lacking the necessities of life; needy.
"dried milk was supplied to necessitous mothers"
pen·u·ry
/ˈpenyərē/
noun
extreme poverty; destitution.
"he died in a state of virtual penury"
sou. / (suː) / noun. a former French coin of low denomination. a very small amount of money: I haven't a sou to my name.
cog·nate
/ˈkäɡˌnāt/
1. LINGUISTICS
(of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another; from the same original word or root (e.g., English is, German ist, Latin est, from Indo-European esti ).
"the term is obviously cognate with the Malay segan"
2. FORMAL
related; connected.
"cognate subjects such as physics and chemistry"
LAW
a blood relative.
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Adjective
extraordinarily good; wonderful.
"the only word to characterize Kepler's discoveries was ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’"
tryst
/trist/
LITERARY
noun
plural noun: trysts
a private romantic rendezvous between lovers.
"a moonlight tryst"
verb
3rd person present: trysts
keep a private, romantic rendezvous.
shib·bo·leth
/ˈSHibələTH/
noun
a custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, especially a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important.
"the majority, under the influence of vague nineteenth-century shibboleths, understood him to be associating himself with the doctrine that every nation has a right to be a sovereign state"
leav·en
/ˈlevən/
noun
1. a substance, typically yeast, that is used in dough to make it rise.
2. a pervasive influence that modifies something or transforms it for the better.
"they acted as an intellectual leaven to the warriors who dominated the city"
verb
1. cause (dough or bread) to rise by adding yeast or another leavening agent.
"it only take a little bit of yeast to leaven the bread"
2. permeate and modify or transform (something) for the better.
"the proceedings should be leavened by humor"
in·ter·ne·cine
/ˌin(t)ərˈneˌsēn,ˌin(t)ərˈnēˌsīn/
adjective
destructive to both sides in a conflict.
"the region's history of savage internecine warfare"
relating to conflict within a group or organization.
"the party shrank from the trauma of more internecine strife"
Xenoglossy (/ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi, ˌzɛ-, -noʊ-/),1 also written xenoglossia (/ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsiə, ˌzɛ-, -noʊ-/)2 and sometimes also known as xenolalia, is the supposedly paranormal phenomenon in which a person is allegedly able to speak, write or understand a foreign language that they could not have acquired by natural means. The term derives from the Ancient Greek xenos (ξένος), "foreigner" and glōssa (γλῶσσα), "tongue" or "language".4 The term xenoglossy was first used by French parapsychologist Charles Richet in 1905
Xenoglossy (/ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi, ˌzɛ-, -noʊ-/),1 also written xenoglossia (/ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsiə, ˌzɛ-, -noʊ-/)2 and sometimes also known as xenolalia, is the supposedly paranormal phenomenon in which a person is allegedly able to speak, write or understand a foreign language that they could not have acquired by natural means. The term derives from the Ancient Greek xenos (ξένος), "foreigner" and glōssa (γλῶσσα), "tongue" or "language".4 The term xenoglossy was first used by French parapsychologist Charles Richet in 1905
You pick this up reading about PKD?