Lexicon

It's been a while since I've blogged, but I thought it's time to start again. Here's a list of interesting words I've come across in my reading, with condensed, simple definitions:

Callow - inexperienced, immature, green

Sallow - of a sickly, yellowish color

Incandescent - white with heat; extraordinarily lucid

Prodigal - adj. wastefully extravagant, n. spendthrift

Hincty - conceited or snobbish

Lucid - clear

Paretic - having partial paralysis

Quisling - one who betrays his country to an invader

Ontological - concerning the study of the nature of existence

Acrid - sharply stinging or bitter

Gibus - opera hat

Spiled - stopped with a plug of wood

Pelerine - a woman's fur or cloth cape

Tisane - an aromatic or herb-flavored tea

Mistral - a cold, dry northerly wind in southern France

Gormless - stupid, dull

Swot - swat

Voluminous - of great size or extent

Fantods - a state of extreme nervousness

Armature - armor, or a skeletal framework for a sculpture

Uxorious - affectionately submissive toward one's wife

Metadata - a set of data that gives information about other data

Piquant -  spicy; engagingly provocative

Caftan - a man's long-belted tunic

Argosy - a large merchant ship

Pyloric - relating to the region where the stomach opens into the duodenum

Omniveillant - watching over everything

Loupe - a small magnifying glass

Cenotaph - a tomb-like monument to someone buried elsewhere

Weft - a woven fabric or garment

Arras - a wall hanging; a tapestry

Trayf - not conforming to Jewish law

Comments

[corrie]

Nice list, Lion. Inspiring. Happy reading!