reddit_words.txt

Hiraeth: a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was...
Chiles. Fresh on the left, after they've been dried on the right. The name changes for fresh versus dried.
kakistocracy : Government by the least qualified or worst persons.
Why is it called "home economics?" Because "home economics" didn't derive from financial economics, but the other way around: "Economics" originally meant "household management," from the Greek "oikos" for house and "nomos" for managing. Today, "economics" is the home economics of entire countries.
eunoia (n.) - the shortest English word containing all 5 main vowel graphemes; from the Greek word εὔνοια, meaning "well mind" or "beautiful thinking."
Toska : a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning.
Off my chest: Today I realized the word I've been trying to come up with for the last 6 years.
Contronym: A word that is its own antonym (opposite)
Ultracrepidarianism: the habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge.
Weltschmerz: mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state (german)
Lexiphanic: Using, or interlarded with pretentious words; bombastic; showing off by using sesquipedalian words when diminutive verbiage would have sufficed.
If you all love words, then dig this you dirty animals.
Gaslighting (verb): A form of mental abuse in which information is twisted or spun, selectively omitted to favor the abuser, or false information is presented with the intent of making victims doubt their own memory, perception, and sanity.
Poecilonym: a synonym; a word that means the same thing as another; it's the synonym for synonym.
Paraprosdokian - a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence, phrase, or larger discourse is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part
Fremdschämen: Feeling embarrassed on behalf of someone else who is oblivious of the embarrassment they are causing themselves
furlough: 1) a period of time when a soldier is allowed to leave the place where he or she is stationed; 2) a period of time when an employee is told not to come to work and is not paid; 3) a period of time when a prisoner is allowed to leave prison
Paraprosdokian: a figure of speech in which the end of the sentence is surprising, or causes the reader to reinterpret the first part.
Petrichor: The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
Dotard: a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties.
Holophrasm: A one-word sentence, for example, “Go.”
Read this poem aloud for a challenge! Try it in various accents and dialects for some fun.
Pluviophile: Lover of rain
Snollygoster | a shrewd, unprincipled person
Fernweh: (german)(n)- literally "farsickness." opposite of homesickness. aching to leave home and travel to new places.
L’appel du vide: 'Call of the Void', the urge some people get to jump from high places when they encounter them.
Just learned of a "paracosm", a detailed imaginary world with which its creator has a deep bond
Sapiosexual (n.): a person who is sexually attracted to intelligent people
Kenjataimu = Japanese word for a period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly.
Amaranth | a reddish-rose color that is a representation of the color of the flower of the amaranth plant
Googling a word now provides all kinds of info: definition, pronunciation, etymology, translations, and a chart of popularity over the centuries. (Info in comments)
The words prehensile and comprehend are related, both coming from the Latin for "to seize or grasp."
Ultimate: Last; Penultimate: Second to last; then Antepenultimate; Preantepenultimate; and finally, Propreantepenultimate: Fifth to Last
Apophasis: The raising of an issue by claiming not to mention it (as in “we won't discuss his past crimes”).
Ultracrepidarian: One who gives opinions beyond one’s area of expertise.
Whataboutism: The technique or practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counter-accusation or raising a different issue.
Shibboleth: a word, phrase, custom, etc., only known to a particular group of people, that you can use to prove to them that you are a real member of that group
TIL why "Sacrilegious" is spelled differently from "Religious."
Felicitation: Congratulations. 

Congratulations /r/Logophilia, you are subreddit of the day!
Mithridatism: tolerance to a poison acquired by taking gradually increased doses of it
The word supercilious comes from the Latin word for eyebrow, calling to mind the image of someone raising one eyebrow in an arrogant way.
Cunctator: A procrastinator. As in, Redditors are a bunch of massive cunctators
Stop submitting self posts for words without a dictionary link.
tidsoptimist: a person who's habitually late because they think they have more time than they do.
How colourblind people see
Balter: To dance gracelessly (at last there's a word for it!)
Mamihlapinatapai - A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves.
Apophenia: The tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas).
27 Delightful Obsolete Words It's High Time We Revived
Idiolect: A person's individual speech pattern.
Gigil (Filipino) : The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute
grok (v.) - to intimately and completely share the same reality or line of thinking with another physical or conceptual entity.
Limerence | The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one's feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship.
L'appel du vide: (lit. "the call of the void") a French phrase used to refer to intellectual suicidal thoughts, or the urge to engage in self-destructive (suicidal) behaviors during everyday life.
apricity (n.): the warmth of the sun in Winter.
Trumpery - worthless nonsense
Mononymous: A mononymous person is an individual addressed or known by a single name, e.g. Plato
Pilcrow: The paragraph symbol ( ¶ ).
Apophenia - "seeing meaningful patterns or connections in random or meaningless data"
Thagomizer: The spiky end of a stegosaur's tail. Nonce word in a Far Side cartoon, but adopted by the palaeontological community.
Kakistocracy: government by the worst or least qualified members of society
Callipygian (adj.)- Having well-shaped buttocks.
Omnicompetent: Able to handle any situation.
Short words ending in "id" are oddly appealing.
Apricity: (n.) (uncountable) (obsolete) The warmth of the Sun in winter.
Henotheism: The worship of one god without denying the existence of other gods.
Noceur: One who sleeps late or not at all; or, one who stays out late to revel or party.
Whited sepulchre: a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
nickelodeon (n.): an early movie theater to which admission usually cost five cents
Cafuné: The act of running your fingers through the hair of someone you love
Nyctophilia - A preference for the night or darkness.
Babbitt: A narrow-minded, self-satisfied person with an unthinking attachment to middle-class values and materialism
Apricity: The warmth of the sun on a cold winter's day
Spandrel: 1. The roughly triangular space between the tops of two adjacent arches and the ceiling. (Architecture) 2. A trait that is not particularly advantageous to have, though it is retained because it is not particularly harmful. (Biology)
Word Crimes - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Increase your wordiness these Christmas holidays with Homer Simpson [x-post from r/TheSimpsons]
temul is a Mongol root meaning to rush headlong, to be inspired or to have a sense of creative thought, and even to take a flight of fancy. It gave Genghis Khan's original name: Temujin
Ambisinistrous: ‘no good with either hand’, the opposite of ambidextrous
Pareidolia - The imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features
Vorfreude: (n.) the joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures
Zenzizenzizenzic: to the eighth power of a number
Kakistocracy - Government by the least qualified or worst persons...hmm...
Atramentous: black as ink; inky
Ultracrepidarianism: the habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge
My friend and I started an etymology podcast called Lexitecture. If you'd like to hear a pair of word nerds (a Canadian and a Scot) talk about the history of their favourite words each week, please give us a listen! Thanks!
Serry - to crowd closely together. | Used in a sentence...
Prevaricate: To avoid telling the truth by being ambiguous
Mudita: A Buddhist word roughly meaning "Joy at another's joy." Synonym: compersion.
Anagnorisis | the point in the plot especially of a tragedy at which the protagonist recognizes his or her or some other character's true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation
Akrasia: The state of mind in which someone acts against their better judgment through weakness of will.
Sinistrodextral: From left to right, like English writing. The opposite is dextrosinistral.
Nefelibata: "cloud walker"; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams; or one who does not obey the conventions of society, literature, or art.
quaintrelle (n., obscure)- a woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
Growlery:  a place to retreat to, alone, when ill-humoured
Pyrrhic: achieved at excessive cost
Agathism (n.): The doctrine that all things ultimately tend towards good, although the means by which this comes about may be evil, unpleasant, unfortunate, etc.
Petrichor: A pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.
Ayauhcozamalotl: (It is) a rainbow produced on fog; a fogbow.
Demagogue - a political leader who tries to get support by making false claims and promises and using arguments based on emotion rather than reason
Malus - a financial penalty, the opposite of 'bonus'
Anorak: A person who is extremely interested in something that other people find boring
Vellicate: to touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
Zbeszczeszczone, the Polish word for desecrated, is the smoothest thing I've seen in a while.
Pleonastic: when you use a whole bunch more words than are absolutely necessary to really get your point across; redundancy.
48 Names for Things You Didn't Know Had Names - mental floss
Callipygian: having well-shaped buttocks.
Lethologica: the inability to remember a word or put your finger on the right word
Oneirataxia - The inability to differentiate between dreams and reality.
So I broke both my arms.
An oddly satisfying symmetry of phonology, semantics, and etymology
Eierlegende Wollmilchsau (n., German): Literally "Egg-laying Woolly Milk-Pig". Figuratively and often disapprovingly, a person or device that can supposedly do everything and has only positive attributes.
sic - A Latin term meaning “thus.” It is used to indicate that something incorrectly written is intentionally being left as it was in the original.
Alexithymia: an inability to identify, distinguish, and describe one's emotions; (from Greek, literally meaning "no words for emotions".)
Apophasis: The raising of an issue by claiming not to mention it.
Aptronym: A name that suits its owner in an apt way
Vellichor (N.): the strange wistfulness of used bookstores
Acedia: Acedia is a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world. It can lead to a state of being unable to perform one's duties in life.
Pyrrhic: of a victory, won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victory
Limerence: The euphoric state of being infatuated with another person.
Aptronym: A person's name that is regarded as amusingly appropriate to their occupation.
ultracrepidarian | n. a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise
Concupiscence (n): sexual desire; sensuous longing; lust. [kon-kyoo-pi-suhns]
Pyrrhic - (of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor.
Ineffable: incapable of being expressed in words
APOPHENIA | the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas)
Ullage: The amount of liquid by which a container falls short of being full.
Accismus: Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
Halcyon: 1) calm; peaceful; tranquil. 2) happy; joyful; carefree. 3) a mythical bird, usually identified with the kingfisher, said to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea, and to have the power of charming winds and waves into calmness.
Saeculum: A length of time equal to the potential lifetime of a human or the complete renewal of a human population.
Figura Serpentinata - This is an Italian phrase literally translated as serpentine figure. It is used to describe a human figure which spirals around a central axis, so that the lower limbs face in one direction and the torso almost in the opposite direction
Velleity (n) - A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
Malaphor: An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
Eigengrau: The dark grey colour seen by the eyes in perfect darkness, as a result of signals from the optic nerves.
Hamartia: A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
Ambisinistrous: Clumsy with both hands.
Zugzwang: (Chess) a situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.
Overmorrow (n.) - The day after or following tomorrow.
Pyrrhic victory: a victory with such a devastating cost that it is tantamount to defeat
Kakistocracy: government by the worst persons possible.
Autogolpe: a military coup initiated or abetted by a country's elected leader, especially in order to establish absolute control of the state.
Logophilia rising
Uhtcearu: Old English, The Anxiety before dawn. The anxiety that kept you up all night long
Hermeneutics: the science of interpretation, especially of the Bible
What is a simple word that, as soon as you teach it to me, I'll want to use it everyday.
grok (v.) - to uderstand (something) intuitively or by empathy.
"117 most beautiful words in the English language" (x-post from /r/writing)
Words I had to look up over the course of the year
Sprachgefühl: a seemingly innate understanding of what is idiomatic or grammatical in a given language
Lexicomane - a dictionary lover or someone who loves looking up words in dictionaries [See: Lexicomane]
Holophrastic - conveying a complex of ideas in a single word or phrase.
Dank | unpleasantly moist or wet
alastor, n. — An avenging demon or god. More generally: any avenger of wrongs committed; an agent of retribution.
anomie: When society is so fractured, or an individual so isolated, that social norms no longer apply. A sense of apathy and detachment with no moral compass.
Petrichor: the smell produced when rain hits the ground.
Ochlocracy - mob rule; "democracy spoiled by demagoguery and the rule of passion over reason"
Apophenia: the human tendency to perceive meaningful patterns within random data.
Paramnesia: A distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
cleptocracy – a government where officials are politically corrupt and financially self-interested
Autodidact(n.) - a person who teaches himself or herself, rather than being taught by a teacher
Nullibiquitous: Not in existence anywhere.
Malapropism: Use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound
Tellurian: An inhabitant of Earth.
Aposiopesis: a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
Accismus: Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
Caryatid: draped female figure used instead of a column as a support.
What is the most impressive palindrome you've seen?
Zaggle: to confuse by contradictory assertions
Casuistry: The use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry.
Anagnorisis: the point in the plot especially of a tragedy at which the protagonist recognizes his or her or some other character's true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation
zaftig - of a woman: slightly fat in an attractive way; having a full, rounded figure
Pleonasm: The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
The word "spruce" appears to have come from Pruce, an Old French name for Prussia.
Malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase especially: the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but ludicrously wrong in the context; e.g. "Jesus healing those leopards"
TIL that "torpedo" comes from the Latin root for sluggishness (as in "torpid" and "torpor"). It was named after an electric fish, called the torpedo because of the numbness that its shocks would cause.
Henotheism | The worship of one god without denying the existence of other gods
Charientism - an insult that is artfully veiled; From Ancient Greek χαριεντισμός ‎(kharientismós)
The word "mistress" has two meanings. One is a woman who has authority and command over others. The other defines a woman who has an extramarital affair. Why does the word "master" describe authority over others, but not infidelity? (x-post /r/nostupidquestions)
Pogonotrophy: the cultivation of beards, beard-growing.
Kakorrhaphiophobia: abnormal fear of failure
Hierophant - an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice. any interpreter of sacred mysteries or esoteric principles; mystagogue
“Callipygian”, the word for a really nice ass
Extraordinary food words for Thanksgiving
Syzygy: the astronomical alignment of three bodies, such as the Earth, moon, and sun during an eclipse
Polysemous: Having multiple meanings.
My favorite word site: Power-search over 1000 dictionaries with Onelook.com. Want to know the bovine/feline/canine/piscine equivalent for a goose? Type *ine:goose. More instructions on homepage
Test your vocabulary, how many words do you know approximation?
memento mori: literally "remember you must die," an object, such as a skull, intended to remind people of the inevitability of death
aurulent | golden in color
Petrify means turned to stone, ossify means turned to bone. Is there a word for turned to wood?
Anosognosia | an inability or refusal to recognize a defect or disorder that is clinically evident
Cacotopia: a state in which everything is as bad as it can be
Hiraeth | (1) homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; (2) an intense form of longing; (3) the grief for the lost places of your past
frenchified: 1) having contracted a venereal disease, 2) having become more like the French.
Philodox: A person with an excessive interest in his own opinions.
Oubliette: a dungeon with an opening only at the top
Historian understood to have found first use of word f*** in 1310 English court case
Callipygian: (adj.) Having well-shaped buttocks.
Oh, shit. I drunkenly typed in the url with high hopes. My first submission is "cacoethes"
Sophistry: the clever use of arguments that seem true but are really false, in order to deceive people
Decathect: To withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss.
Zeugma: The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one (as in "opened the door and her heart to the homeless boy").
Monosemy: the fact of having only a single meaning; absence of ambiguity in a word.
Limerence: a state of mind resulting from romantic attraction, characterized by feelings of euphoria, the desire to have one's feelings reciprocated, etc.
April Fool's Day: (n) A day known for pranks and jokes, originally named after April Foolsworth, a wealthy aristocrat debutant elected to the position of Secretary of Defence in lieu of a bet to otherwise eat an old man's tooth.
Snollygoster: A shrewd, unprincipled person.
Apocryphal: A statement or story that is probably not true, but told to be and believed by some people to have happened
Aphantasia: A condition where one does not possess a functioning mind's eye and cannot visualize imagery
Callipygian: having shapely buttocks
Mumpsimus (n.) adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language, memorization, practice, belief, etc., out of habit or obstinacy
Apricity (ah PRISS sit ee) | n. The warmth of the sun (especially in the winter)
Mondegreen - a misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from a mishearing of the lyrics of a song
Meretricious - (adj) superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring
Zenzizenzizenzic - the eighth power of a number.
Bluestocking: A woman with considerable scholarly, literary, or intellectual ability or interest.
Cryptomnesia - when a forgotten memory returns without it being recognized as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original.
Antejentacular: Occurring before breakfast.
First known use of O.M.G.
Cingulomania - A strong desire to hold a person in one's arms whether he or she is known or not.
Circumlocution - the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive
Quisling: a collaboator with occupying enemy forces, a traitor
Velleity: a wish or desire so slight that no effort is made to attain it
Sangfroid - the ability to stay calm in difficult or dangerous situations
Shoo-in (NOT shoe-in, shoe in) - presumptive winner (candidate or contestant); widely agreed upon person
aibohphobia - the irrational fear of palindromes
Euhemerism: The idea that gods are based on historical heroes whose stories became exaggerated in retelling.
Maudlin: drunk enough to be emotionally silly
Pot-valiant: brave only as a result of being drunk.
Curglaff (n.) - “The shock felt in bathing, when one first plunges into the cold water”
Aposiopesis | a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
Calumny: an untrue statement that is made to damage someone's reputation; also : the act of making such statements
Vexillology (n): the study of flags
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scapulimancy: divination by observation of a shoulder blade usually as blotched or cracked from a fire
Verisimilitude: The appearance of being true or real.
Lox has mostly remained consistent in meaning and sound for 8,000 years, and this has helped us learn where the proto-indo-europeans lived (near salmon)
Honeyfuggle: To deceive or swindle, especially by flattery.
Cephalophore: a saint who is generally depicted carrying his or her own head
There aren't really any good synonyms for 'Thesaurus'
Odalisque: A woman slave in a harem.
Saprogenic: Causing or produced by putrefaction.
Agnotology: The study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.
Syzygy: An alignment or planets or pair of connected things.
Lyric of “Welcome to the Jungle” without the letter E
Ultracrepidarian: 1. (adj.) noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise. 2. (noun) an ultracrepidarian person.
A six year old logophile coins a term for words that become different words when read backwards. E.g. stop vs pots.
Syzygy - the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system
Apophenia - the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things
Albion - A literary term for Britain or England, often used when referring to ancient or historical times
houghmagandy: consensual sex between parties who aren't married to each other. It's Scottish, so the first syllable is pronounced "hoch."
Litotes (n): understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in “not a bad singer” or “not unhappy”)
Legerity (n): physical or mental quickness; nimbleness; agility
Test your vocabulary. Contains non-word false answers. Language proficiency.
Anthypophora: A figure of reasoning in which one asks and then immediately answers one's own questions (or raises and then settles imaginary objections)
Anasyrma: The gesture of lifting up the skirt or kilt to expose buttocks or genitalia (often for non-sexual purposes, such as warding against supernatural forces).
Mumpsimus (n.): Adherence to a traditional custom or notion although it is shown to be unreasonable
Quockerwodger : “a wooden toy figure which jerks its limbs about when pulled by a string”, and also a politician whose strings are pulled by someone else." (Thanks TIL)
Saudade: a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves
Recrudesce: to break out again after a period of latency or relative inactivity
Chicanery: the use of sly or evasive language or reasoning to trick or deceive
Inamorata - a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations
Nigget: A small insect; specifically one used as a familiar by a witch, sorcerer, etc.
List of animal adjectives ending in *-ine*
Zaftig: Of a woman, having a plump and sexually attractive figure.
Anhedonia- Not being able to find joy in things that usually bring one joy.
Bacchanalian: characterized by or involving drunken revelry
Pulchritudinous: Having great physical beauty
Hypegiaphobia: a fear of responsibility.
Eidolon: A phantom; an apparition. An image of an ideal.
Churlish (adj.): Surly, rude in a mean-spirited way.
Serein:A fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
Chiral: Not superimposable on its mirror image.
Isolato: A person who is spiritually isolated from or out of sympathy with his or her times or society.
Pulviscular - Dusty, resembling a fine powder (Defined visually through the link)
This subreddit is growing nicely! The top 3 all time links are (more or less) from the past week.
Elucubrate: To produce a piece of work by intensive effort at night
Akimbo: that position where you have your hands on your hips or when you have your legs spread apart "arms akimbo", "legs akimbo"
kloof (n): A deep glen
Zugzwang: a compulsion to act that forces a choice between only negative outcomes
Jentacular: of or relating to breakfast
nibling, noun - one's niece or nephew, especially in the plural or as a gender-neutral term
Ululate: (v) howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief.
Crepuscular: Of or relating to twilight
Philalethist:  A lover of the truth
Aizuchi:  term for frequent interjections during a conversation that indicate the listener is paying attention and/or understanding the speaker
Craquelure - a network of fine cracks on the surface of a painting
guytrash (n.): a specter or ghost, especially in the form of an animal [dialectal, England]
Noblesse oblige: the inferred responsibility of privileged people to act with generosity and nobility toward those less privileged.
Imperious: assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering/in other words, entitled (I heard it in a Velvet Underground song)
Ipsedixitism: Dogmatic assertiveness, or a dogmatic assertion. From the Latin "ipse dixit," meaning an assertion without proof, or literally "he said it himself," or "that's what (s)he said."
Sockdolager (n.): something that settles a matter; a decisive blow or answer
Janky | Of extremely poor or unreliable quality (North American, informal )
Recusant | A person who refuses to submit to an authority or to comply with a regulation
euhemerism, n. — the theory that gods arose out of the deification of historical heroes
Mooncalf: a foolish or absentminded person; simpleton
Amaranthine: Not fading or dying : immortal.
Pecksniffian: pretending to have high moral principles
Skyclad: Naked outdoors.
Penumbra: (n) the faded edge of a shadow
Deuteragonist: The second most important character in a drama, the second actor.
Monomania - obsessive enthusiasm for or preoccupation with one thing (defined visually through the link)
canescent | Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white
Hagiolatry: The worship of saints.
Please submit your best substitute for the word UNPRECEDENTED. The current level of usage in the media is unprecedented!
Saudade - an untranslatable Portuguese word that describes a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for something (or someone) that is absent
Widdershins: To go counter-clockwise, or to walk around an object while keeping it on the left.
Grawlix: A spiral-shaped graphic used to indicate swearing in comic strips.
malapropism: the wrong use of one word instead of another word because they sound similar to each other, with results that are unintentionally funny
Quiff - a piece of hair, especially on a man, brushed upward and backward from the forehead.
Sprachgefühl: An intuitive sense of what is linguistically appropriate.
Euchre: To cheat, trick, or outwit.
Beey: Reminiscent of or containing bees.
Barathrum (n.) - a bottomless pit or abyss; hell.
Snaste (n.) - The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle
Nihilarian: one who does useless work
Subnivean: Occurring beneath a layer of snow.
Darkle: To become clouded or gloomy.
Ghost word:  A word that has come into a dictionary, grammar, or other scholarly work as a result of a misreading or misinterpretation, as by mistaking a typographical error for an actual word
Ferrule: the metal part that holds an eraser to a pencil
Cerise | a deep to vivid reddish pink.
Spanghew: to throw violently into the air
The word Celadon is believed to come from the French novel L'Astrée in which a shepherd named Céladon wore pale jade green ribbons
Overmorrow: The day after tomorrow.
Quantophrenia: overreliance on statistics or mathematical analysis in decision-making
Kleptolagnia | sexual arousal and gratification produced by committing an act of theft
I made a tool to help you find words based on their definition (work in progress! :)
Menticide: the systematic effort to undermine and destroy a person's values and beliefs, as by the use of prolonged interrogation, drugs, torture, etc., and to induce radically different ideas
syzygy (siz-i-jee)-- noun. An alignment of 3 celestial bodies.
Grognard: 1. An old soldier. 2. Someone who enjoys older wargames or role-playing games, or older versions of such games, where new versions are available.
vermiform: resembling a worm in shape
Tmesis: The separation of parts of a compound word by intervention of one or more words (as abso-fucking-lutely)
Abaddon: a place of destruction; the depths of hell.
tête-à-tête - a two-person intimate conversation without the intrusion of a third party; an S-shaped sofa allowing two persons to face eachother
Weltschmerz - sentimental sadness or melancholy caused by awareness of the world; world-weariness
Spoonerism: Switching the first sounds of two or more words. Eg "A Dot in the Shark."
The Peruvian currency is called "Nuevo Sol". The derivation of Sol is from the Latin "solidus" (meaning "coin") - the word also happens to mean "sun" in Spanish. There is a continuity, therefore, with the old Peruvian currency "Inti", which was named after Inti, the Sun God of the Incas.
Quincunx: an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its center (like when you roll a "five" at dice)
Obsequious - marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
Apogee - the highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination;
Syzygy : An alignment of three celestial objects (coincidentally, the only English word with 3 Ys!)
Elucubrate | burn the midnight oil; to work out or express by studious effort; to produce (especially literary work) by long and intensive effort
Ersatz - not real or genuine; bogus; counterfeit
Crunt: A blow on the head with a club.
Sacrosanct - Treated as if holy; immune from criticism or violation.
Sprachgefühl (n.): Intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language. The essential character of a language.
Skeuomorphic • describing a decorative design element that was redesigned from something functional, eg the shutter sound of a digital camera
Uxorious - having or showing an excessive or submissive fondness for one's wife.
Sophomoric - conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature.
Uroboros (noun): A circular symbol depicting a snake, or less commonly a dragon, swallowing its tail, as an emblem of wholeness or infinity; (also ouroboros)
Ecumenopolis: a city made of the whole world
Acatalepsy: An ancient Skeptic doctrine that human knowledge amounts only to probability and never to certainty.
Hoyden: A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
Obtenebration: The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness.
Vernal | adjective for spring, 
Aestival | adjective for Summer
Brumal | adjective for Winter
In silico: In or on a computer.
Threnody: A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.
What’s a word that represents an attitude of being “too cool” for something? Much like an attitude of teenagers unwilling to genuinely engage in something.
Skiamachy (n.) A sham fight or argument; conflict or argument with an imaginary or insubstantial opponent. (Etymology: to fight with shadows.)
In flagrante delicto: in the very act of committing a misdeed; in the midst of sexual activity
Cachinnate: To laugh loudly or immoderately.
Obeliscolychny: A lighthouse; a lamp-bearer.
Asphodel: The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.
Petrichor: a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.
Psychopomps: creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife.
Apophenia - tendency to perceive meaningful patterns within random data.
Compotator: One who drinks (alcoholic beverages) with another; a fellow drinker.
Foofaraw (n): 1. a great fuss or disturbance about something very insignificant. 2. an excessive amount of decoration or ornamentation, as on a piece of clothing, a building, etc.
malaise: (n) a vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lethargy, or discomfort.
Abulia: Abnormal lack of ability to act or to make decisions.
I honestly thought this was a subreddit for admiration of branding/logos and was really confused as to why there weren't any pics of logos here. Then I read the sidebar. I feel like a doofus now.
Mellify (verb): to embalm in honey
Eucatastrophe (n) - sudden turn of events at the end of a story which ensures that the protagonist does not meet some terrible, impending, and very plausible doom
Sabrage: the technique of opening a champagne bottle with a sabre.
Parthian shot: a sharp, telling remark or gesture made in departing.
Paracosm: A detailed imaginary world, or fantasy world, commonly having its own geography, history, and language usually developed during childhood and continues over a long period of time.
Jingo: a person who professes his or her patriotism loudly and excessively, favoring vigilant preparedness for war and an aggressive foreign policy; bellicose chauvinist. (see also Jingoism)
Catachresis, n: Improper use of words; application of a term to a thing which it does not properly denote; abuse or perversion of a trope or metaphor.
A dominant theory on why newspapers use "lede" instead of "lead" (as in "burying the lede"), is that it was popularized by "Linotype romanticists" in the 1970s who were nostalgic for a dying printing technology.
Cryptophasia (n) - a language developed by twins (identical or fraternal) that only the two children can understand
Grok: Understand profoundly or intuitively
Tartuffe: A religious hypocrite, or a hypocritical pretender to excellence of any kind
Sophist - someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious; person who makes arguments that sound true, but are fallacious.
Argot: A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group
Jingoism - extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked by a belligerent foreign policy (has its origins on the minced oath "by Jingo", used to avoid saying "by Jesus").
pauciloquent, adj. — using few words in speech or conversation; laconic
usufruct (n): the right to use and derive profit from a piece of property belonging to another, provided the property itself remains undiminished and uninjured in any way
Thanatosis: The act of feigning death.
[Meta] Anyone else run into trouble from having a large vocabulary by using words you don't realize most people aren't familiar with?
Stultify: (1) To render useless or ineffectual; cripple. (2) To cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous
Phantasmagoria - A fantastic, continuously shifting sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams, fever or art
Jape: 1) to jest; joke; gibe. 2) to mock or make fun of. 3) a trick or practical joke.
Epicaricacy - the English word for 'schadenfreude'
Popinjay: a strutting supercilious person
Bumf: Useless or tedious printed material. "I hate filling out all this bumf." "My mailbox is nothing but bumf."
Imbroglio (n.) - an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
APOSIOPESIS [ap-uh-sahy-uh-pee-sis]
Parvenu: One that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it.
Pernoctate: To pass the night somewhere.
Endonym: A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
Absquatulate | to leave abruptly
Penetralia: The innermost, secret or hidden parts.
Cataplexy: a sudden loss of muscle power following a strong emotional stimulus
lambent: glowing or luminous, but lacking heat; exhibiting lightness or brilliance of wit; clever or witty without unkindness
Phobophobia: an abnormal fear of developing a phobia; anxiety about showing symptoms of a phobia.
sophism: an argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid; especially: such an argument used to deceive
Ochlocracy: mob rule, or intimidation of government or authorities by a mass of people.
Meliorism: The belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid its betterment
Spanogyny: a scarcity of women
Dystheism: The belief that there is a god, but that this god is not good, and possibly, although not necessarily evil
Proclivity: a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing – usually something suggestive
Rastrum-a five-pointed writing tool used for drawing musical staves (staffs) on paper
sobriquet - a moniker, a nickname.
Heterological [adj.]: being a word that does not possess the characteristic it describes
8 Nicer Ways to Say 'Stupid'
Sui generis: Being the only example of its kind; unique
Velleity | the lowest degree of volition, a slight wish or tendency
Hierophant: A person, especially a priest, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles.
Timon: One who hates or distrusts humankind.
Penetralia: the most private or secret parts, especially of a building.
Hapax legomenon: a word that occurs only once within a context
Bluebeard: A man who marries and kills one wife after another.
Concision: the quality or state of being concise; using only the words necessary to convey an idea
batrachophagous: feeding on frogs
Roborative | Giving strength; invigorating. Example: a roborative beverage
Sharing a favorite book is the best way to tell someone that you want them to “understand” you. Is there a better word than “understand”?
Phynnodderee: N. In the folklore of the Isle of Man: a supernatural being characterized as having a thick coat of hair and said to assist farmers whose lands he lives near, typically by performing tasks requiring superhuman strength or abilities.
Argle-bargle: Copious but meaningless talk or writing; nonsense
Gerontocracy - A society governed by the elderly.
logorrhea: pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
Anancasm (n) : Any form of repetitious stereotyped behavior that, if prevented, results in anxiety; An obsolete term for ritualistic act or sequence of acts performed by a person with obsessive-compulsive neurosis. [G. 'anankasma', compulsion]
Gongoozler (n.), a person who enjoys watching activity on the canals of the UK, or used more generally for people who are spectating without contributing
Vespertine (adj): of, pertaining to, or occurring in the evening. (from the Latin 'vesper' meaning "evening")
12 Enjoyable Names for Relatively Common Things
ensmallen: a perfectly cromulent word meaning to make smaller (constructed by logical analogy with "embiggen")
Lachrymose (adj.) - given to tears or weeping
Zoilus: A bitter and often envious critic.
Why do y'all downvote people looking for a word?
Ocellus: An eyelike colored spot on an animal (as on peacock feathers, butterfly wings, fish, etc.) or on a leaf of a plant.
Eiron: A person characterized by self-deprecation and awareness of irony.
limerence - an involuntary inspiring state of love and attachment to another person
Benighted: Existing in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness.
Panjandrum: A powerful personage or pretentious official.
Lour: To look sullen. To be or become dark, gloomy, and threatening.
Nyctophilia | an abnormal preference for the night over the day fr. greek nyx (night) and philia (love)
Mala fide, a useful term contrasting with bonafide.
Concupiscent: A strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
"Carceral": of or relating to a jail or prison.
Guttersnipe - a homeless vagabond; a person of the lowest moral or economic station
Alnaschar: A person given to unrealistic dreams, expectations, or plans, especially of wealth or success.
myrmidon - a person who executes without question or scruple a master's commands
Atrabilious: (adj) - gloomy; morose; melancholy; morbid
Doryphore: a pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic
Cenotaph- a grave where the body is not present
Autonoesis: awareness of one’s own existence as an entity in time
Cimmerian: Very dark or gloomy.
Brinkmanship (noun) : the practice of causing or allowing a situation to become extremely dangerous in order to get the results that you want.
Pessimal: the worst case or scenario (opposite of optimal)
Autodidacticism (noun); the process or practice of learning a subject without a teacher or formal education; self-education
Are there no suitable antonyms for the word "Traveler" as in "Wanderer" or "Nomad." I'm searching for single words (not phrases) that describe the contently healthy person who has no interest in travel, but is satisfied in living a routine, stay-at-home lifestyle.
Weltschmerz - "world weariness", melancholy brought on by reflection of the state of the world
Coquelicot | a shade of red-orange. The term was originally a French vernacular name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which is distinguished by its bright red color, and orange tint
Insouciance - casual lack of concern; indifference
Recalcitrant - having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline;
Phlebotomist: a specialist in phlebotomy: the act or practice of opening a vein for letting or drawing blood as a therapeutic or diagnostic measure; venesection; bleeding (I'll probably never use this word, but I like the way it sounds)
Sangfroid: composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances
terrior (n.)-- the combination of factors including soil, climate, and sunlight that gives wine grapes their distinctive character
Aciniform: Shaped like a cluster of grapes
xkcd: Boathouses and Houseboats
Solicitude: The state of being concerned and anxious.
Scrupulosity (n.): characterized by pathological guilt about moral or religious issues. It is personally distressing, objectively dysfunctional, and often accompanied by significant impairment in social functioning.
pangram - A sentence that makes use of all the letters of the alphabet.
Raisonneur: a character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy, or point of view of the work.
Hebdomadal. Weekly.
Cenotaph: A monument erected in honor of a dead person whose remains lie elsewhere.
Essorant: Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly
Hyperthymia: excessive emotionalism
Escutcheon: The part of a ship's stern on which the name is displayed
corbeau | a very dark green color
Pendent: Hanging or suspended; undecided, pending
A word (or phrase?) for "taking more effort to learn, than would be gained from having learned it"
Carcanet: An ornamental necklace, chain, collar, or headband
Titivate (v)- to to make something smart or spruce, usually clothing
Post words which people may not have known where portmanteaux
Alazon: A person characterized by arrogance, braggadocio, lack of self awareness, etc.
Infundibuliform (adj.): Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.
Parciloquy: Noun. A short speech; the quality of speaking little.
epistrophe: in which successive clauses end with the same affirmation; e. g., “Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I.”
Susurrus: a whispering or rustling sound
Drapetomania: An overwhelming urge to run away
Pleonastic: using an excessive number of words; especially using different words having the same meaning
Paralambdacism: Inability to pronounce the sound "L"
Discalceate: To remove one's shoes, go barefoot, esp. as a token of reverence or humility.
Laconic (adjective): expressing much using few words; concise. E.G. "a laconic reply".
Doxy: 1) A female lover; a mistress. 2) A sexually promiscuous woman
Acyrologia (n.): inexact, inappropriate or improper use of a word; malapropism
Tulpa: A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary; thought that has taken physical form.
Apophasis, Paralipsis or Occupatio: Highlighting something by saying you won't mention it ("I don't even want to talk about the allegations that my opponent is a drunk.")
Psithurism: The sound of rustling leaves.
Obstreperous: marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness; stubbornly resistant to control
Flammulated: having flame-shaped markings—used of the plumage of certain birds
Proprioception: the ability to sense your bodies position, motion or equilibrium
Mercurial: Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind
Cairn: a heap of stones piled up as a memorial or as a landmark
Chronophage |Something that wastes time, time-consuming; fr. > chrono (time) +‎ phage (to eat).
PARALEIPSIS, noun; a passing over with brief mention in order to emphasize rhetorically the suggestiveness of what is omitted (as in “I confine to this page the volume of his treacheries and debaucheries”)
Gisant | a sculpted representation of a dead person lying down, usually as part of a tomb
I run an after-school creative writing club here in Australia, and I'm starting a "Word Definition" show on our YouTube Channel. Welcome to "Define", the boringest show on YouTube.
Neophyte; Someone who has recently become involved in an activity and is still learning about it
George Carlin is a master of the English language. Here is 7 minutes of his wisdom.
Panopticon: A building designed so that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
Putsch | A coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government. From German Putsch ‎(“knock, thrust”)
Oneironaut : An explorer of the dream world.
Luthier: a maker of stringed instruments, such as violins.
Amnicolist (noun): someone who lives by a river
Tontine: a joint financial arrangement whereby the participants contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others.
Copacetic (adjective, informal): completely satisfactory; in excellent order. E.g. "nothing to worry about, everything is copacetic."
sitzkrieg - a period of war marked by little or no active hostilities
Sprezzatura: Doing (or giving the appearance of doing) something effortlessly; effortless grace; nonchalance. (spret-sah-TOOR-uh)
Opsomania - An intense longing for a particular kind of food, or for highly seasoned food.
Recto and verso: The right- and left-hand pages of a book, respectively
Nympholepsy: a state of violent emotion, esp when associated with a desire for something one cannot have.
Lacuna: A blank space or a missing part.
Wasm: an obsolete belief; an out-of-fashion `ism
Eponymous - (of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc., is named
Nepenthe: A potion used by the ancients to induce forgetfulness of pain or sorrow.
Searching the word "palimpsest" brought me here
Enjambment: The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
Alliciency: the quality or power to attract; attractiveness
Mutatis Mutandis: With the necessary changes having been made.
Defenestrate (v): To throw something (usually a person) out of a window.
Maybe this time we'll learn something.
Smatter: (1) To speak (a language) without fluency. (2) To study or approach superficially; dabble in
Lothario: a man whose chief interest is in seducing women
Gongoozling- the past time of watching the boats in UK canals.
"Joie de vivre" (n.): a delight in being alive; keen, carefree enjoyment of living. [French: literally 'joy of living']
costive: literally, it means "constipated," while figuratively, it means "slow to action"
Cataphracted: covered with an armor of horny or bony plates or scales.
Propreantepenultimate: Meaning fifth from last.
Pettyfogger (n) : One who quibbles over trifles.
Feuillemort: Having the color of a faded leaf
Ort - a morsel left at a meal
Sumptuary - designed to regulate extravagant expenditures or habits, as in sumptuary laws
Suzerain: a dominant state controlling the foreign relations of a vassal state but allowing it sovereign authority in its internal affairs
Monopsony | a market situation in which there is only one buyer
Obstreperous | (1) marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness; (2) stubbornly resistant to control
Tetchy - irritably or peevishly sensitive; irritable and bad-tempered
Adonize: To make more attractive; to spruce up.
Bafflegab: Obscure, pompous, or incomprehensible language, such as bureaucratic jargon.
Grimthorpe: To restore or remodel something without paying attention to its original character, history, etc.
Verklempt: Overcome with emotion; choked up.
Deliquesce: to melt away
Is it 'Whoa', or 'Woah'?
Meupareunia n. Sexual activity enjoyed by only one of the participants.
Nepenthe: something capable of causing oblivion of grief or suffering
Scripturient: Having a strong urge to write.
miasma: a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere.
Pellucid
iconotropy - misinterpretation of icons or myths of another (earlier) culture; especially to bring them into accord with notions of the recipient culture.
Sophrosyne: Soundness of mind, as expressed in moderation, self-control, and prudence.
Sophrosyne | moderation; discretion; temperance; self-control; prudence — contrasted with hubris
Dalliance: (n.) a casual romantic or sexual relationship; a period of brief or casual involvement with something.
sluice: to wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water; to pour, flow, or shower freely: "the waves sluiced over them."
Wegotism: The habit of using “we” when referring to oneself.
illeism - (often linguistics) The practice of (excessively) referring to oneself in the third person.
Idiolect: a distinctive speech pattern unique a particular individual
Temerity: the quality of being confident and unafraid of danger or punishment, especially in a way that seems rude or foolish
Exoteric: Intended for or likely to be understood by the general public.
Squittering: Producing watery faeces, or randomly broadcasting data.
Feckless: 1. ineffective; incompetent; futile. 2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
Panglossian: characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
Verisimilitude | n. | Of a work of art, having the appearance of being true or real.
Nadir (n): the lowest point in the fortunes of a person or organization; "they had reached the nadir of their sufferings" [from Arabic naẓīr (as-samt) ‘opposite to the zenith’ (in the astronomical sense)].
Thanatophile: a person fascinated with death and death-related subjects.
Temporize (v): to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting
Niveous: Resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.
Prebuttal: An argument in anticipation of a criticism; a preemptive rebuttal.
Cacography: 1) bad handwriting; poor penmanship. 2) incorrect spelling.
Boondoggle: work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy.
Potvaliancy: Brave only as a result of being drunk.
Citrine | certain coloured varieties of quartz which are a medium deep shade of golden yellow. Citrine has been summarized at various times as yellow, greenish-yellow, brownish yellow or orange. It is commonly used as the name for the tertiary color between green and orange
Abatures: The traces left by a stag in the underwood through which he has passed.
kakorrhaphiophobia
Intestate: If someone dies intestate, they have died without leaving instructions about who should receive their property.
Inquorate - not having a sufficient number of officers or members present to transact business : lacking a quorum; an inquorate assembly
Noctilucent: visible or glowing at night
Greeble: A small piece of detailing added to break up the surface of an object and add visual interest, particularly in movie special effects.
Oscitancy: (1) the state of being drowsy, lazy, or inattentive (2) the act of yawning
Absquatulate: (slang) To leave quickly or in a hurry
Obstreperous: Marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness.
Dysania | n. A state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
pernoctation, n. — the act of staying all night in a place, esp. as a vigil or in prayer
Neoteny: The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
Timocracy: 1. a form of government in which love of honor is the dominant motive of the rulers. 2. a form of government in which a certain amount of property is requisite as a qualification for office.
Fusillade (n): a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession
Cachinnate (verb): to laugh loudly or immoderately. [kak-uh-neyt]
Thanatopsis: A meditation upon death
Flâneur: A man who saunters around observing society. (pronounced: 'flah-nuhr')
Stellenbosch - to relegate someone incompetent to a position of minimal responsibility
pleonastic - using more words than necessary. 
carneous | Flesh-colored; pink with a tinge of yellow
discalced (adj.): unshod, barefoot
ananke (noun) – Necessity conceived as an inexorable compulsion or ultimate fate, from which no one is exempt, even gods. Capitalized it refers to the a primordial deity, the personification of inevitability, compulsion and necessity (Greek ἀνάγκη)
Insalubrious (adj) - not conducive to health
On the most opportune day of the year, this subreddit is now fully democratically controlled.
Metempsychosis: The passing of the soul at death into another body either human or animal.
Please stop submitting words without USAGE CITATION or a DICTIONARY LINK [preferred].
bagman (n): a person who on behalf of another collects or distributes illicitly gained money
Squail - 1) To throw weighted sticks at small animals. 2) To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
Limacine: of, relating to, or resembling a slug
Twitterpated: (adj. inf.) infatuated or obsessed; in a state of nervous excitement.
Kalpa | a duration of time in Hinduism covering a complete cosmic cycle from the origination to the destruction of a world system
A dazzle of zebras... That's interesting. And turns out dragonflies also come in dazzles
Oblectation: Pleasure, satisfaction, delight.
Recidivist - a person who continues to commit crimes even after being caught and punished
Hypaethral (High-pee-thrull)-- adj. Having a roofless central space. Open to the sky.
Kludge (n): A clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem.
Iconoclast: a person who criticizes or opposes beliefs and practices that are widely accepted.
Bailiwick - (n) one's sphere of operations, area of skill or authority
Hey people of logophilia, I was reading this comic immediately thought of this sub. Check this out
Lascivious: inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd.
Exergasia: The repetition of a single idea, phrased in a different way each time.
Witwanton: One who indulges in idle, foolish, and irreverent fancies or speculations; one who tries to be cleverly amusing but falls short.
Velleity: a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
The word victuals has always been pronounced "vittles." The spelling was altered in the 16th century to conform with a Latin root.
Paroxysm: A sudden violent emotion or action
Quincunx: The arrangement of five items in this pattern: ⁙
Sprezzatura: studied nonchalance; perfect conduct or performance of something (as an artistic endeavor) without apparent effort
Torpor (n): A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility
Poltroon
Anderhalvemetersamenleving, a compound noun describing social distancing, is Dutch word of the year
Prevaricate - to deviate from the truth; speak or act in an evasive way
Does English have a word that's in between Like and Love?
Unasinous - sharing the same amount of stupidity
Tricoteuse: a woman who sits and knits (personally found from a David Bowie song)
Breviloquence: Speaking briefly and concisely.
quean (n., archaic): an impudent or badly behaved girl or woman; a prostitute
Squirl: A flourish or curve, especially in handwriting.
"Sucrazit" [סוכרזית] - 'Saccharin' in Hebrew (Saccharin is a low-calorie artificral sweetener). A portmanteau of "Sucar" [סוכר] - 'Sugar', and "Razit" [רזית] 'You've become thinner'
Exeleutherostomize: To speak out freely.
Umwelt | environment; the world as it is experienced by a particular organism
Laconic: using or involving the use of a minimum of words
Invidious: 1. calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful. 2. offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious.
Querulous: Complaining in a petulant or whining manner.
Asterism: Three asterisks, printed to draw attention to a passage it precedes.
Hoyden: A boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
Cimmerian (adj.): 1. (Classical Mythology). of, relating to, or suggestive of a western people believed to dwell in perpetual darkness. 2. very dark; gloomy; e.g. "deep, Cimmerian caverns"
Sisyphean | adj. endless and unavailing, as labor or a task.
Aposiopesis: An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—).
Panoply: (literally) a full suit of armor; a complete collection of something; an impressive display
ersatz: (Of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else: 'ersatz coffee'
Dittohead: One who mindlessly agrees with an idea or opinion.
Katabasis - a descent or journey downward, such as traveling from the interior of a country to the coast or a trip to the underworld
Inanition: Lack of mental or spiritual vigor and enthusiasm
Gleed: a glowing coal.
Pareidolia- The phenomena of making vague stimulus into something significant. Examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds and hearing hidden messages on records when played in reverse.
Idioglossia: a private language, as invented by a child or between two children, esp twins
Psittacism: Automatic speech without thought of the meaning of the words spoken.
ephemeron (noun) ; something designed to be useful or important for only a short time, (E.g. a ticket, catalogue, postcard...etc.)
Exsanguination: The process of bleeding to death.
Aleatory - (adj) depending on a roll of the dice; related to chance
Ochlocracy: rule by the mob
Opsimath: a person who learns late in life.
Fustilugs: A fat and slovenly person.
Paralogize: To reason falsely; to draw conclusions not warranted by the premises
Tosspot - a drunkard, a habitual drinker
Qua: in the capacity of [A fantastic scrabble word with rather complex usages, please see text]
Psychopomp (n): a deity or creature who guides souls to their underworld, e.g. Charon or Anubis 
Verbing weirds language...
Chicanery - the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose; deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry; a piece of sharp practice (as at law)
Shmundie (n)- (Yiddish) Female genitalia (a bit NSFW?)
Coeval: Of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration.
Ferhoodle: (v.) to confuse or mix up. <Don't ferhoodle the things in that drawer.>
Canarding: The action of playing a wind instrument in such a way as to produce a harsh sound like that of a duck.
Roué | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure
Anomie: a condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals
Alpenglow (n.) - the rosy light of sunrise or sunset seen on high mountains
Autological words (those which describe themselves) are so cool!
Tumescent: (1) Swollen or becoming swollen, especially as a response to sexual arousal (2) (Especially of language or literary style) pompous or pretentious; tumid
Diacritic: A mark that is placed over, under, or through a letter in some languages to show that the letter should be pronounced in a particular way.
trilemma (n.)-- an argument analogous to a dilemma but presenting three instead of two alternatives in the premises
Felicity: the ability to find appropriate expression for one's thoughts.
Cognoscenti (noun): people who are especially well informed about a particular subject.
Melliferous: producing or yielding honey
Kalopsia: The delusion of things being more beautiful than they are.
Reify: To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
Kerfuffle - disturbance, fuss
polylemma: A choice involving multiple undesirable options.
susurrous - characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"
Addlepated: being mixed up, confused; eccentric
Raillery (n.): good-natured ridicule; banter
Glabella
Humicubation - The act or practice of lying on the ground.
Seigniorage: a government revenue from the manufacture of coins calculated as the difference between the face value and the metal value of the coins
Stultify: To cause to appear or be stupid, foolish, or absurdly illogical.
Floccinaucinihilipilification: The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.
Mondegreen - is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near-homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning.
Phatic: Denoting or relating to language used for general purposes of social interaction, rather than to convey information or ask questions. Utterances such as hello, how are you? and nice morning, isn't it? are phatic.
Masstige: Products that have the perception of luxury, but are relatively affordable and marketed to masses.
Banneret - A feudal knight ranking between a knight bachelor and a baron, who was entitled to lead men into battle under his own standard; a small banner; A knight honored for valor, entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command.
Lückenbüßer—a person occupying a position who is merely a stand-in for the person that was desired
Volitant: Engaged in or having the power of flight.
Contrecoup - an injury to the brain on the opposite side of the point of impact, caused by the brain rebounding against the skull
Mythomane: One having a tendency to exaggerate or lie.
Bruxism: a condition in which one grinds or clenches their teeth.
Blatherskite: A talkative silly person
Mubblefubbles (n) - depression for no apparent reason; melancholy
Lovers of "novel words" might enjoy the new sub-reddit /r/FalseFriends, where users post false friends, false cognates, and other examples of deceptively similar words/phrases from two or more languages!
Parvenu: One who has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it.
tenebrous - gloomy, shadowy, or dark
Ploce: The repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning.
Menhir: a single upright rough monolith usually of prehistoric origin.
English has words for hate of men and women ("misandry" and "misogyny" respectively); is there an English word for "hate of children"?
Doctrinaire:  A person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory without regard to its practicality
Spoonerism:  the transposition of the initial consonants or consonant clusters of a pair of words, often resulting in an amusing ambiguity of meaning, such as hush my brat for brush my hat
Apotheosis: the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax; the perfect form or example of something
Morosoph
Dated or archaic words you think should find their way back into everyday conversation?
Looking to compile a list of rarely used words or terms relating to the subject area of the arcane, supernatural, occult, metaphysical, advanced theological concepts, and other related areas (in short, the occult sciences).
Anthropoglot: An animal (such as a parrot) with tongue similar to humans allowing human-like speech.
verisimilitude | The appearance of being true or real.
Equivocate: use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
Diegetic: (of film music) That occurs as part of the action (rather than as background), and can be heard by the film's characters.
Just to let you know r/palindromes exists!
Chyron | an electronically generated caption superimposed on a television or cinema screen
Bibliolatry (n.): 1) An excessive adherence to the literal interpretation of the Bible; 2) An excessive love of books.
stentorian - 𝑎𝑑𝑗. (of a person's voice) loud and powerful.
Gruntle: to put in a good humor
Sicario - a hired gunman or assassin, esp. in Latin America
aliteracy | the quality or state of being able to read but uninterested in doing so
/r/Eloquent: a subreddit for interesting ways to learn and remember beautiful words and their meanings because life is too small to not be able to use the right word at the right moment.
Dorodango - A Japanese art form in which earth and water are moulded to create a delicate shiny sphere resembling a billiard ball.
Horripilation - The bristling of the body hair, as from fear or cold; a.k.a. goose bumps.
Ommatophore: A tentacle or movable stalk bearing an eye, as in certain snails.
Aesopian language: communications that convey an innocent meaning to outsiders but hold a concealed meaning to informed members of a conspiracy or underground movement
ecdysiast - A person who disrobes to provide entertainment for others.
obnubilate: Darken, dim, or cover with or as if with a cloud; obscure.
Is there a word that describes words that one only uses just to prove they know that word.
mondegreen: a word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said or sung <“very close veins” is a mondegreen for “varicose veins”>
Perspicacity: acute discernment or understanding; insight - the human faculty or power to understand clearly.
Horology (n): The study and measurement of time.
Monopsony: the market condition that exists when there is one buyer.
Yarborough: a hand in which no card is higher than a nine.
Milquetoast - a weak, bland timid or spineless person
Mumpsimus - The action of adhering to routine, idea, or belief that has been shown to be unreasonable or incorrect.
Niggardly - reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly
Muckibus: Drunkenly sentimental or maudlin.
Elflock: A tangled lock of hair.
Persnickety: Overparticular about trivial details
Another word for audacity that begins with the letter C
Anaphora - repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect; use of a grammatical substitute (such as a pronoun or a pro-verb) to refer to the denotation of a preceding word or group of words
I'm looking for a word I've forgotten: its meaning is similar to "understate(ment)"; it's an antonym for "hyperbole", perhaps. I think it begins with "hypo-" (but it's not "hypobole"). It was used to describe the British tendency to, well, understate things. Anyone?
When someone is very nice but you can tell that they don't respect you or that they think you're dumb
Concupiscence: strong desire, especially sexual desire
A word or phrase for when you switch from ironically liking something to actually liking it?
10 Archaic Medical Terms from the Oxford English Dictionary That are Perfect for the COVID-19 Crisis
Chapfallen: Having the lower jaw hanging loosely; depressed or low-spirited
Sapid: Having flavor; flavorful.
Cucumeriform: Shaped like a Cucumber
Agnosy (noun) - A lack of spiritual understanding or insight; a lack of enlightenment.
Locarnize: To bring about peace or settle a disagreement by negotiation.
Riparian - Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
Upbraid: To criticize severely.
Pleonasm | the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense
Bowdlerize - to change (a book, play, movie, etc.) by removing parts that could offend people
Persiflage, noun - Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic; Good-natured banter
Eremite: A hermit, especially a religious recluse.
Shibboleth: 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.
Nithered: Very cold; shrivelled with cold.
Frisson (free-SOHN) | noun. a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill
Heliolatry (n.): worship of the sun.
sybaritic (adj) - fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent.
Laodicean: lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics
Peroration (n): the concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience.
Ataraxia: calmness or peace of mind; emotional tranquillity
Obdormition: the act of a limb "falling asleep"
Geniocracy (n): a proposed system of government in which candidates must meet certain standards of intelligence and compassion to potentially be elected.
NPR-Our Use of Little Words Can, Uh, Reveal Hidden Interests (this story was made for the lovers of words)
zenzizenzizenzic: a number raised to the eighth power
Thalassocracy: a state with primarily maritime realms—an empire at sea, such as the Phoenician network of merchant cities
Erythrean - red in color; of or relating to the sea that in ancient geography comprised the Arabian sea, the Red sea, and the Persian gulf.
ktenology (n.) - the science of putting people to death
floccinaucinihilipilification: the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.
Mot Juste: The exactly right word or phrasing.
Octothorpe - An alternate english name for the # sign.
Verecund: bashful; modest
Aesthete (n): One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature
Hobbledehoy: An awkward adolescent boy.
Dixi:   literally translated as "I have spoken". When used, it usually means: "I have said all that I had to say and thus the argument is settled".
terriculament - A source or object of fear, especially of unnecessary fear; a bugbear
Scintillating: sparkling or shining brightly/brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful
Interesting how obscure words come out of the woodwork. About a week ago I read a newspaper article that used the word ‘elide’. It was the first time I’d ever heard the word, and since then I’ve read/heard it twice. Too much to be a coincidence right?
Oneiric - of or relating to dreams
verve - a. the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance ; vivacity; b. energy, vitality.
Hachure: To denote surfaces in relief (as on a map) by shading with short lines drawn in the direction of slope.
Pastiche - [noun] a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work
Magniloquence: Use of high-flown language.
Mettle - a person's ability to cope well with difficulties or to face a demanding situation in a spirited and resilient way
Hypophora | A figure of speech where the speaker raises a question and then answers it. Differs to rhetoric where a question is raised but left unanswered
Kerfuffle (the "funnest" word in English language [imo]... Go ahead, say it. Kerfuffle.)
Blepharal: Of or relating to the eyelids.
Pugil: As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.
Jactitation - A Tossing To And Fro Or Jerking And Twitching Of The Body
Prosody: the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language
Antithalian: Opposed to fun or festivity.
Carbuncle : a smooth, uncunt red stone, usually a garnet OR a large boil on one's skin OR (in heraldry) eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center
Jejune | not interesting, too simple
Sidereal: Of, or relating to, the stars.
Descanso: A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
Jusqu'auboutiste: A person who advocates carrying on a conflict until the bitter end, or until a conclusive victory one has been gained or all of one's aims achieved.
Grandiloquent (adj) pompous or extravagant in language
louche - decadent yet attractive
Bathykolpian (adjective) - big-breasted
Apotropaic: Intended to ward off evil.
Pulchritudinous (adj.): physically beautiful; comely.
Cerebrotonic (adj): resembling a personality type characterised by shyness, introspection and emotional restraint
Snowclone: a type of cliché which uses an old idiom formulaically in a new context; e.g. X is the new Y
Uxorious: having or showing a great or excessive fondness for one's wife.
Quercine: having characteristics of an oak.
Asterism - a pattern of stars in the night sky, including but not limited to constellations.
Mordant: biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style
Oojah: An oojah or ooja-ka-piv or oojiboo is "a thing whose name one forgets, does not know, or prefers not to mention."
Inamorata: A woman with whom one is in love or has an intimate relationship.
Zugzwang - a situation in which the obligation to make a move in one’s turn is a serious, often decisive, disadvantage
Agathocacological : Composed of good and evil; pertaining to both good and evil.
taedium vitae: the feeling that life is boring and dull
Uncommonly difficult vocab test.
Doggerel: crude. 
Banana republic: A political science term for a politically unstable country whose economy is largely dependent on the export of a single limited-resource product.
Holophrasis:  The use of a single word to convey a complex idea
Farrago: a confused mixture
Scrivener: A scribe or clerk; a notary.
Lorgnette: A pair of glasses with a handle attached.
Decoct: Boil down, concentrate.
Faldage: the right of the lord of a manor to the manure of his tenants' sheep
Parergon: a work that is supplementary to a larger or more important work
Roscid (adj.): Dewy, moist; falling like dew.
Gonfalon: A flag that hangs from a crosspiece or frame.
Frass: Debris or excrement produced by insects.
Mythomania: An abnormal tendency to exaggerate or lie.
Virgule | (1) a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur. (2) a dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry (for verse division). (3) a forward slash
Cathect (v.) - to invest with mental or emotional energy
Word for "The thrill of touching someone new for the first time"?
Cataplexy: a sudden loss of muscle power following a strong emotional stimulus
Obsequious: Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
Rusticate: to visit or live in the country
Peculate: To steal or misuse money or property entrusted to one’s care.
Brabble: To argue over petty matters.
FLAMMULATED - Having flame-shaped markings —used of the plumage of certain birds
Pleroma (n.) - the totality of divine powers.
Perspicacious (adj.): having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning
Complaisant (adj) - willing to please others; obliging; agreeable. Not to be confused with complacent.
paedomorphic: (resulting from) the retention of juvenile characteristics by an adult
Anodyne: 1. (n.) a painkilling drug or medicine. 2. (adj.) not likely to provoke dissent or offence; inoffensive, often deliberately so.
Troglofauna (n): Small cave-dwelling animals that have adapted to their dark surroundings.
[Etymology] syc·o·phant /ˈsikəˌfant,ˈsikəfənt/ (n.): Greek -> Latin; literally "one who shows the fig," from a vulgar gesture that resembles a fig and is symbolic of a vagina (sykon also meant vulva).
Susurrus (n): a soft murmuring or rustling sound; whisper. (Plural: "susurruses")
Mythomane: A person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating.
Contranym- A Word That Can Be Its Own Antonym
Deipnosophist: A person who is an adept conversationalist at table.
Comminate: 1) to threaten with divine punishment or vengeance. 2) to curse; anathematize
Tope: To drink (liquor) habitually and excessively or engage in such drinking.
Nychthemeron: A full period of a day and night: 24 hours.
Otiose: Lazy; indolent.
humuhumunukunukuapua'a: The state fish of Hawaii
Mottainai: the sensation of loss associated with needless waste or patterns of behaviour that lead to such waste. One may say "that feels Mottainai".
Chitosemidori | a dark green color like the green of pine needles. The pine that always bears green leaves in the changing seasons was a symbol of longevity and immutability in Japan.
Rivulose: marked with irregular, narrow, sinuous, or crooked lines
Augean (adj): extremely formidable or difficult and occasionally distasteful
Concomitant - accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
Verklempt: overcome with emotion
Word for predisposed attraction to someone because they remind you of someone else
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Appetency | a fixed and strong desire or longing
Ataraxy - A state of serene calmness; from Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (“impassiveness”)
Vitrify - To convert into glass or a glassy substance by heat and fusion
Miasma (n.), an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt. E.g. the miasma of poverty.
Futz - to spend one's time idly, aimlessly, or foolishly
Knell: A stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster).
casus belli: An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war
Molybdomancy: a technique of divination using molten metal
Panacea: A remedy for all ills or difficulties.
Hapax Legomenon - A word that appears only once in a given context
Tendentious: Having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose.
Diaphanous | insubstantial, vague, ethereal, see-through (by way of fineness of texture)
Churly - rude, churlish, violent. Churlish - surly; difficult to work with; of, like, or beffitting a churl.
Grocer's Apostrophe - an incorrectly used apostrophe to form the plural of a word
Lucubration (n.): laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night. [from Latin 'lucubratio' : "nocturnal study, night work,"]
Lackadaisical - without effort or determination, lazy
Oubliette: A secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling
Chiaroscuro (noun): The contrasting effect of light and dark shading in a work of art (or mood/character), Italian
Fussbudget: A fussy or needlessly fault-finding person.
Zoanthropy: A form of madness involving the delusion of being an animal, with correspondingly altered behaviour.
Apocolocyntosis — The Process Of Being Turned Into A Pumpkin
holograph:A document written wholly in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears
Apththong (n)—a letter or letters that go unpronounced in a word
Dolorific: Causing pain or grief
Nascency - the event of being born 
Pogonotrophy: The cultivation of beards; beard-growing
13 Everyday Things With Interesting Names [x-post from /r/mildlyinteresting]
Stendhal syndrome- rapid heart rate, dizziness, fainting, etc. experienced when in the presence of art, particularly when exposed to a large degree of beauty in a single place.
Ignivomous:  Vomiting fire
Pariah: One that is despised or rejected (n.)
Bucolic - relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life; relating to or typical of rural life
contumely (n) - harsh language or treatment arising from contempt
Mellifluous (adj) - having a smooth rich flow; filled with something (such as honey) that sweetens
connubial - Use the adjective connubial to describe something that relates to marriage or to the relationship between spouses, such as connubial bliss or a connubial argument about who will take out the trash.
xeric: characterized by, relating to, or requiring only a small amount of moisture
Ravin: To dine or feast upon plunder or goods seized by violence.
Excogitate - To think out; devise.
Sashay | Verb: to strut or move about in an ostentatious or conspicuous manner; to proceed or move in a diagonal or sideways manner; Noun: trip, excursion
Somnambulant: walking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking
Chatoyant: Having a changeable lustre like that of a cat’s eye at night.
Embonpoint - the plump or fleshy part of a person's body, in particular a woman's bosom.
Dendritic: Having a branching structure similar to a tree
Gargalesis - heavy tickling that results in laughter
Podunk- a small, unimportant, and isolated town
Dotard: A person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak-minded or foolish old person.
Wheal (n) - a red, swollen mark left on flesh by a blow or pressure. Also a small, burning or itching swelling on the skin, as from a mosquito bite or from hives; a welt
Antebellum: Existing before a war; especially existing before the American Civil War.
Orphic: Mystical; occult.
Omnilegent - characterised by encyclopedic reading. Having read everything.
Melliloquent: Speaking sweetly or harmoniously
Insouciant: Free from concern, worry, or anxiety.
Quisling: a traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country.
Gambol | to run or jump in a lively way
Stridulate: To make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing body parts together.
Suzerain: a dominant state controlling the foreign relations of a vassal state but allowing it sovereign authority in its internal affairs
Amaranth: an imaginary, undying flower.
chantpleure: to sing and weep at the same time
Theophany: a visible manifestation of a deity
Fifth column: A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal
Tarantism: a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula.
ignosticism: the idea and position that the question of whether God exists or not is itself ill-formed.
Claque: 1) A group hired to applaud at a performance 2) A group of sycophants
Frangible: able to be broken into pieces (adj)
Lacustrine (adj.) - of, or relating to, lakes
Aleatoricism: Dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome.
Nigrescence: The process of becoming black or dark.
Ebullient: Zestfully enthusiastic
Concupiscence: A strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust
Polysemant: a word having more than one meaning
Susurration - noun: A soft murmur or whisper
Katagelophobia : fear of being ridiculed
Erudition: Knowledge gained chiefly from books.
Decimate -  to select by lot and kill every tenth man of
Querencia - a place from which one’s strength of character is drawn; home but more.
Word that means something that was taken to be true, but is in reality not the case.
Paraprosdokian:Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected
Skinkle: Verb. To glitter, glisten; to sparkle, twinkle.
Hesychastic | Soothing, calming (of music); of or relating to monks or their solitary meditative mysticism
burgher - a citizen of a town or city, typically a member of the wealthy bourgeoisie; a prosperous solid citizen.
Maieutic: Relating to or resembling the Socratic method of eliciting new ideas from another.
Tranche: A division or portion of a pool or whole.
Perendinate (trans.) | To defer until the day after tomorrow; to postpone for a day
plangent | (of a sound) loud, reverberating, and often melancholy.
Bacchanal: A wild and drunken celebration.
Terriculament: A source or object of fear, especially of unnecessary fear; a bugbear.
Knurl: To impress with a series of fine ridges or serrations.
Grandiloquent - speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
Glad-handing: being very friendly to people you have not met before, as a way of trying to get an advantage
Feculent - filthy, scummy, muddy, or foul; of the nature of or containing waste matter.
"Memento mori": An object kept as a reminder of the inevitability of death: such as a skull. [Latin: literally "remember (that you have) to die"]
Tatterdemalion: a person dressed in ragged clothing; a ragamuffin
Pomaceous: of or relating to apples
Jumentous: smelling strongly like a beast of burden
Bellibone: A Woman Who Excels In Both Beauty And Goodness
Imprimatur: a highly-weighted acceptance or guarantee that something is of a good standard
Need to find words that are both verbs and nouns, with radically different meanings among both parts of speech (e.g. loom, clip, bow, die)
Droog: A violent young gang member or a hooligan.
incorrigible - not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed
Pusillanimous: lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution
Esoteric: Understood or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest
Good one for Reddit: ailurophile - a lover of cats
Anacronym - an acronym that few remember what the letters stand for
Ouroboros:  an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail
Mitty: An ordinary, timid person who indulges in daydreams involving great adventures and triumphs.
Doryphore:  One who gains inordinate pleasure from detecting minor errors; a pedantic nitpicker
damask | a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose
Edulcorate | make (something) more acceptable or palatable.
Paraprosdokian |Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.
Metagrobolize: To puzzle or to mystify.
Cryptomnesia | the appearance in consciousness of memory images which are not recognized as such but which appear as original creations
botryoidal (adj.): having a shape reminiscent of a bunch of grapes