Vocabulary Thread

epigone: An inferior imitator, especially of some distinguished writer, artist, musician or philosopher.

Note: This was not intended to be a shot at grampy bobby. It just happened to be my dictionary.com word of the day. Funny how that worked out, though. 😉

hebetude.

This also isn't a dig on Frank Burns. I swear.

IMBRICATED - overlapping, like tiles or leaves.

Atrabilious

Melancholic; gloomy.

From latin - Atra, meaning black -bilis, meaning blie. So full of black bile

Interestingly enough, melancholy also represent the same words, but for greek

Originally posted by rbmorris
[b]epigone: An inferior imitator, especially of some distinguished writer, artist, musician or philosopher.

Note: This was not intended to be a shot at grampy bobby. It just happened to be my dictionary.com word of the day. Funny how that worked out, though. 😉[/b]

gimcrack

A showy but useless or worthless object; a gewgaw. (I hadn't heard of a "gewgaw".)

gewgaw

Something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.

Originally posted by rbmorris
Post an unusual word, along its definition.

Extra points for using it in another thread.

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[b]Auriferous
adj. Containing gold; gold-bearing.[/b]

Originally posted by uzless
Look, i'll save you all the time.

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For Grampy Bobby...

Curry: East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Hubris.... conveys the meaning of both overweening pride and

arrogance (a strong and useful 'outrageous insolence' word).



🙂

Originally posted by rbmorris
[b]Post an unusual word, along its definition.

Originally posted by wagrro
haven't got any genuine words at present so will preceed the word with an asterisk to indicate word is 1 letter off an actual word
* ignoranus - stupid a...hole
* intaxication - feeling of euphoria at getting a tax refund
( lasts until you realise it was your money to start with )
* Caterpallor - colour you turn after finding half a worm in your apple
* Sarchasm - gulf existing between author and recipient of sarcastic wit

ehm..., I don't know any unusual English word. 🙄

Originally posted by Thomaster
ehm..., I don't know any unusual English word. 🙄

Originally posted by wagrro
ehm is quite unusual, what does it mean ?