Word to the Wise
New to me and/or pleasing to me
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| hoary | grayish white / old and trite |
| hoydenish | unwomanly girl, sassy, boisterous |
| vertiginously | in a way that causes dizziness |
| oleaginous | oily |
| polemicist | agitator |
| solipsistic | self absorbed — my worldview is the only worldview |
| malapropism | funny phrase mix-up, like "water off a camel's back" |
| carapace | a defensive shell or covering |
| dialectic | the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions |
| elision | omission of a passage from a book, speech or film |
| prurient | having or encouraging excessive interest in sexual matters |
| logy | dull in motion or heavy in thought, sluggish |
| dysthymic | mild but long-lasting depression |
| jingoism | extreme patriotism, especially as warlike foreign policy |
| bathetic | producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax |