glossolalia
(GLOSS-uh-LAY-lee-uh)
n. meaningless speech uttered in a state of religious ecstasy or trance.
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Word of the Day - 07/29/2011
eme
(EEM)
n. a maternal uncle. Also: a friend or close companion.
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Word of the Day - 07/28/2011
visile
(VIH-zīl)
adj. visually-oriented.
n. a person who tends to learn visually.
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Word of the Day - 07/27/2011
prosopagnosia
(PRAWS-uh-pag-NŌ-zhyuh)
n. an inability to recognize familiar faces, resulting from a brain disorder that is congenital or stems from injury or disease.
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/26/2011
facies
(FAY-shee-eez)
n. general aspect or outward appearance, as of the face
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Monday, July 25, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/25/2011
dumbledor
(DUM-bul-dawr)
n. a bumblebee. Also: a scarab beetle
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/23/2011
murine
(noun) a rodent of the genus Mus.
(adj.) pertaining to mice, rats, and other rodents of the genus Mus.
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Friday, July 22, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/22/2011
hircine
(HUR-sīn)
(adj.) resembling a goat or smelling like a goat. Also: lustful
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/21/2011
ursine
(UR-sīn)
(adj.) pertaining to bears; bear-like.
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/20/2011
regulus
reguli
(noun, noun pl.) a petty king. Also: the metallic mass that sinks to the bottom of a furnace during smelting (from the Latin, “little king”; regulus was the ancient name for antimony because of its ability to combine readily with gold, the king of metals).
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/19/2011
tesselate
(adj.) arranged in a mosaic. (TESS-ih-lut)
(v.t.) to fit pieces together with edges touching; to combine into a mosaic. (TESS-ih-lāt)
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Monday, July 18, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/18/2011
excurus
(iks-KUR-suss)
(noun) a digression, usually in a narrative or appended to a written work.
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/17/2011
ambagious
(am-BAY-juss)
(adj.) circuitous; roundabout; unnecessarily wordy.
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/16/2011
cyrenaic
(adj.) pertaining to hedonism; belonging to an ancient school of philosophers that believed physical pleasure to be more worthy of pursuit or knowledge (after Aristippus of Cyrene, who founded the school in the 4th century B.C.)
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Friday, July 15, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/15/2011
verecund
(adj.) modest; bashful.
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/14/2011
pudency
(noun) modesty
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/13/2011
inchmeal
(adv.) inch by inch; by small increments; gradually.
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/12/2011
athanasia
(noun) immortality
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
Monday, July 11, 2011
Word of the Day – 07/11/2011
redivius
(adj.) revived; brought back to life (always placed after the noun it modifies; from the Latin “renewed”).
from Rare Words II by Jan and Hallie Leighton; copyright 2008: Levenger Press
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