I don't know that word. It kinda sounds like you'd use it like this: "The maravilloso toad squatted in the mud." Is that right?
thrawn - so many connotations ...http://caledonianmercury.com/2010/05/13/useful-scots-word-thrawn/007529
I have loads of favourite words, and they change day by day. Today's one is 'behemoth'. Some other recent favourites are serendipity, actually, syncopation, vainglorious.
I have many words that I like - insinuate, cacophony, digger - but I do have an overall favourite. Although it makes me seem like a psychopath. I love the word apocalypse. A lot. I don't know why; maybe it's because I read a lot of stories about the apocalypse. I think it just seems to bounce around the mouth in a lovely way, especially the "poc" bit which I could imagine as a "pop" sound. I dunno, it's just beautiful. I always said that the one advantage to an apocalypse would be that I would be able to say the word over and over again. Silver linings and all that.
A moonraker is a small sail on certain square-rigged sailing vessels, the topmost sail when it is present. Also, a slang term for an idiot.
At the moment, its Subversive and i was able to sneak it into a sociology essay, and i don't think it got picked up on. Subversive meaning