What new word did you learn today?

leucism: a wide variety of conditions which result in the partial loss of pigmentation in an animal.

 

Wattle- the skin flap beneath the beak of a rooster/turkey/thing
(until today i had been calling it "chicken skin flap")

 

I knew that word in elementary school. Thanks for reminding me lol.

 

'welcome!

 

Fans of Ally McBeal knew it well

 

Caligynephobia: fear of attractive women

My life makes so much sense now.

(I would like to point out that this does not appear to be an officially recognized phobia.)

 

I discovered the word clanging yesterday. Interested to know if there's a similar terminology regarding the symptom when exhibited coherently.

 

labiomancy: lip reading.

 

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - fear of long words.

 

Cruciverbalist
a person skillful in creating or solving crossword puzzles.

 

Since I started reading in english again, after a loooong pause, I realised I needed to undust my vocabulary. Some of the words I found in a text that piqued my interest (you natives might know most of them):

avaricious: greedy for wealth and material gain

to eke out a living: to make ends meet

dereliction: the state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated/ shameful neglect of one's duties

to castigate: to reprimand severely

to flank: to be on each or on one side of

peal of thunder: roll of thunder

to gripe: to whine, to complain

And the winner issss: to flank

Funny word. Very convenient for keeping a complicated scene less prolix.

 

(new word i learned today, courtesy of @Malisky )

Prolix:
using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

 

Oh, my pleasure dear.

I've learned this from a forumite too I think, I just can't remember from whom.

 

blunderbuss: 1) a short large-bored gun firing balls or slugs, such as this:


2) an action or way of doing something regarded as lacking in subtlety and precision.

 

fainéant: as an adjective, indolent; as a noun, something or something that meets that description. It's French obviously.

 

Elan - meaning energy, style or enthusiasm.

 

Prevaricate - to speak falsely or misleadingly; lie.

 

Claque
It's like a clique but people are paid to be there or they are sycophants.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/claque?s=t

 

Muzak ~ like lift (elevator) or supermarket music.

 

staircase wit: A perfect witty remark, retort, or rejoinder that occurs to one after the fact or too late to be used.

 

Finally, a term for that annoying circumstance!

 

Oeuvre - meaning the entire body of work of an artist, musician or writer.

 

nuzzle: rub or push against gently with the nose and the mouth
nuzzle up: snuggle up to

 

inanition: exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment.

macropicide: the killing of kangaroos.

 

There's a great Tolkien short story called Farmer Giles of Ham that involves a blunderbuss being loaded with pretty much anything that came to hand.