fusty \FUHS-tee\, adjective:
1. Having a stale smell; moldy; musty.
2. Old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like.
3. Stubbornly conservative or old-fashioned; fogyish.
And we'll have no fustyness from you; do I want to go shooting?
interpolation \in-tur-puh-LEY-shuhn\, noun:
1. The act or process of introducing something additional or extraneous between other parts.
2. Something interpolated, as a passage introduced into a text.
3. Mathematics. A. The process of determining the value of a function between two points at which it has prescribed values. B. A similar process using more than two points at which the function has prescribed values. C. The process of approximating a given function by using its values at a discrete set of points.
Interesting; I think bees are busy with this population.
adventive \ad-VEN-tiv\, adjective:
1. Not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.
noun:
1. A not native and usually not yet well established plant or animal.
1. A song, poem, or hymn especially of praise.
2. One of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
swaddle \SWOD-l\, verb:
1. To bind an infant with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement.
2. To wrap (anything) round with bandages.
noun:
1. A long, narrow strip of cloth used for swaddling or bandaging.
I am far from swaddling; yet I am what I am and the truth is hard to see for those who are somewhat lacking in Faith like Potatoes....AMEN
calvous \KAL-vuhs\, adjective:
Lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.
This has got to get better; although showing the signs, I am not yet calvous.
brogue \brohg\, noun:
1. Any strong regional accent.
2. An Irish accent in the pronunciation of English.
3. A durable, comfortable, low-heeled shoe, often having decorative perforations and a wing tip.
4. A coarse, usually untanned leather shoe once worn in Ireland and Scotland.
5. Brogan.
6. A fraud; trick; prank.
Weell that was Yesterday's word...and I would love to tell you about my Brogues...
gangrel \GANG-gruhl\, noun:
1. A lanky, loose-jointed person.
2. A wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.
Well Sundays word is good enough for Monday.
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bibliophage \BIB-lee-uh-feyj\, noun:
An ardent reader; a bookworm.
I live and dream of reaching this status!
fascicle \FAS-i-kuhl\, noun:
1. A section of a book or set of books published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
2. A small bundle, tight cluster, or the like.
3. Botany. A close cluster, as of flowers or leaves.
4. Anatomy. A small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.
lyard \LAHY-erd\, adjective:
Streaked or spotted with gray or white.
I remember streaking across the yard; not a spot of grey or white !
rankle \RANG-kuhl\, verb:
1. To cause keen irritation or bitter resentment in.
2. To continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
zeal \zeel\, noun:
Fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
pansophy \PAN-suh-fee\, noun:
Universal wisdom or knowledge.
And my Universe has expanded, exponentially; it seems like pansophy!
1. A state of drowsy contentment
2. Also, keef. a substance, especially a smoking preparation of hemp leaves, used to produce this state.
plebiscite \PLEB-uh-sahyt\, noun:
1. A direct vote of the qualified voters of a state in regard to some important public question.
2. The vote by which the people of a political unit determine autonomy or affiliation with another country.
Thanks for the Grace of the Day - The Skye is the limit!
canny \KAN-ee\, adjective:
1. Careful; cautious; prudent.
2. Astute; shrewd; knowing; sagacious.
3. Skilled; expert.
4. Frugal; thrifty.
5. Scot. A. Safe to deal with, invest in, or work at (usually used with a negative). B. Gentle; careful; steady. C. Snug; cozy; comfortable. D. Pleasing; attractive. E. Archaic. Having supernatural or occult powers.
adverb:
1. In a canny manner.
2. Scot. Carefully; cautiously.
White blood cells (WBCs), or leukocytes, are a part of the immune system and help our bodies fight infection. They circulate in the blood so that they can be transported to an area where an infection has developed. In a normal adult body there are 4,000 to 10,000 (average 7,000) WBCs per microliter of blood. When the number of WBCs in your blood increases, this is a sign of an infection somewhere in your body.
Here are the six main types of WBCs and the average percentage of each type in the blood:
junket \JUHNG-kit\, noun:
1. A trip, usually by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information.
2. A sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.
3. A pleasure excursion, as a picnic or outing.
verb:
1. To go on a junket.
2. To entertain; feast; regale.
quean \kween\, noun:
1. An overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.
2. A prostitute.
3. British Dialect. A girl or young woman, especially a robust one.
prehensible \pri-HEN-suh-buhl\, adjective:
Able to be seized or grasped.
Yes, and my behaviour is not reprehensible!
And I donated a whole lot of my time to WPBTS, and forgot to read about Fracking in the Journal...what a fracking waste of my energy...
aioli \ahy-OH-lee\, noun:
A sauce made of oil and eggs, usually flavored with garlic, from the Provence region of France.
Not my usual cup of tea; a lovely bit of sauce for the straight lad!
Ole, ole!!!
im·por·tu·ni·ty (
...and the time is now 01:15 Wednesday 02 Movember...
Late to Bed, long day tomorrow, big things to be done...Year end for Brainwaves and religious cell group meeting at the Colliers! To say that I am coasting through life is an understatement of note, however, it is all through choices that I have made...I am very believing and understanding of my religious walk with God! However, I am told that Karate is a 'devilish' eastern practise and there fore should not be entertained! I am most perturbed! Oh me oh my, where am I being led and by whom; I shall have to ask at the Connect group!
I go to bed with the start of my Movember Moustache - Tom Selleck, eat your heart out!
nyctophobia \nik-tuh-FOH-bee-uh\, noun:
An abnormal fear of night or darkness.
"They only come out at night..."
"Darkness falls across the land....."
1. A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
2. The future state of the wicked.
3. Hell.
4. Utter destruction or ruin.
5. Obsolete. Loss.
1. To spellbind; fascinate.
2. To hypnotize.
3. To compel by fascination.
ferly \FER-lee\, noun:
1. Something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
2. Astonishment; wonder.
That is what I wonder about...God is awesome!
A sense of loneliness and anxiety; a state or condition characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
This is not me; not my way at all!
tawdry \TAW-dree\, adjective:
1. Gaudy, showy and cheap.
2. Low or mean; base: tawdry motives.
noun:
1. Cheap, gaudy apparel.
En wat se jy now?
harrowing \HAR-oh-ing\, adjective:
Extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous.
1. Open to discussion or debate; doubtful.
2. Of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic.
3. Chiefly Law Not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.
verb:
1. To present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) for discussion.
2. To reduce or remove the practical significance of; make purely theoretical or academic.
3. Archaic To argue (a case), especially in a mock court.
noun:
1. An assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
2. An argument or discussion, especially of a hypothetical legal case.
3. Obsolete A debate, argument, or discussion.
dorsal \DAWR-suhl\, adjective:
1. Situated on the back
2. In Anatomy situated on or toward the upper side of the body, equivalent to the back, or posterior, in humans.
3. In Botany pertaining to the surface away from the axis, as of a leaf; abaxial.
4. In Phonetics articulated with the dorsum of the tongue.
noun:
1. In Phonetics a dorsal speech sound.
2. In Anatomy a dorsal structure.
lummox \LUHM-uhks\, noun:
A clumsy, stupid person.
I caste all my lummoxness into the sea and long may it rot!
A disturbance of body equilibrium in standing or walking, resulting in an uncertain gait and trembling.
druthers \DRUHTH-erz\, noun:
One's own way, choice, or preference.
Literally “I pray you of it”.
weltschmerz \VELT-shmerts\, noun:
Sentimental pessimism; sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life.
woolgathering \WOOL-gath-(uh)-ring\, noun:
Indulgence in idle daydreaming.
And that is how the wool gatherer shuts dowm...
Someone who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.
Where have you been gadding about then?
Hello, you fool, come join the joy ride...
sapid \SAP-id\, adjective:
1. Having taste or flavor, especially having a strong pleasant flavor.
2. Agreeable to the mind; to one's liking.
tchotchke \CHOCH-kuh\, noun:
A trinket; a knickknack.
copacetic \koh-puh-SET-ik\, adjective:
Very satisfactory; fine.
And copacetic is just the word!
Hasta la vista, Baby!
postprandial \post-PRAN-dee-uhl\, adjective:
Happening or done after a mealpunctilious \puhnk-TIL-ee-uhs\, adjective:
Strictly attentive to the details of form in action or conduct; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
This is why I am a hobbit, and follow what they do...!
bacchanalia \bak-uh-NAIL-yuh\, noun:
1. (plural, capitalized) The ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus, celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry.
2. A riotous, boisterous, or drunken festivity; a revel.
panache \puh-NASH; -NAHSH\, noun:
1. Dash or flamboyance in manner or style.
2. A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.
Do I want to be a Friend of the Liesbeek?
Well this is very interesting...
collogue \kuh-LOHG\, verb:
To confer secretly.
There will be none of that here! I am anti-colloguers...
hobson jobson \HOB-suhn-JOB-suhn\, noun:
The alteration of a word borrowed from a foreign language to accord more closely with the linguistic patterns of the borrowing language.
A great night at 17 Oban road with J&B&C
"This is a tasty Burger."
odoriferous \oh-duh-RIF-er-uhs\, adjective:
Yielding or diffusing an odor.
Well something that is not at all odiferous is the glory of having sold 15 copies of my Darlings Book!
holus-bolus \HOH-luhs-BOH-luhs\, verb:
To cleanse.
I think this is from two or three days ago, 13 August 2011; what can you do?
amaranthine \am-uh-RAN-thin\, adjective:
1. Unfading; everlasting.
2. Of or like the amaranth flower.
3. Of purplish-red color.
My faith is amaranthine; like planting potatoes in the winelands.
chaptalize \SHAP-tuh-lahyz\, verb:
To increase the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar.
I like my wine chaptalized!
moxie \MOK-see\, noun:
1. Vigor; verve; pep.
2. Courage and aggressiveness.
3. Skill; know-how.
I have never been a moxie boxer, like Sugar Ray Leonard - the man with the silver streak...
overslaugh \OH-ver-slaw\, verb:
To pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
I would never overslaugh another
1. Conveying meaning by hint, euphemism, innuendo, or the like.
2. Pertaining to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables.
hacienda \hah-see-EN-duh\, noun:
A large estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
You know the other day, I had a really big tequila...in my dreams!
And I never supposed that Chris de Burgh had any evil intent regarding his song about the Lord and the Devil.
melismatic \mi-liz-MA-tik\, adjective:
Characterized by the singing of several notes to one syllable of text, for emotional impact, as in blues and other musical styles.
1. The smallest amount or distance.
2. The lowest throw at dice, the double ace (two ones.)
3. Bad luck; misfortune.
gazump \guh-ZUHMP\, verb:
To cheat (a house buyer) by raising the price, at the time a contract is to be signed, over the amount originally agreed upon.
Who would have thought that I could ever be gazumped?
Carrots enable me to see better in the dark and gazumping is prevalent in the UK property market. I ask you?
aureate \AWR-ee-it\, adjective:
1. Characterized by an ornate style of writing or speaking.
2. Golden or gilded.
3. Brilliant; splendid.
By gum, what an aureate and splendifferous occasion; words just fail me!
deadpan \DED-pan\, adjective:
1. Marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment.
2. Displaying no emotional or personal involvement.
hoary \HAWR-ee\, adjective:
1. Tedious from familiarity; stale.
2. Gray or white with age.
3. Ancient or venerable.
mantic \MAN-tik\, adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to divination.
2. Having the power of divination.
There is nothing divine in mere romance, however, my life is full of the romance of my Darling, B!
Depression is not good!
somatic \soh-MAT-ik\, adjective:
1. Of the body; bodily; physical.
2. In anatomy, zoology, pertaining to the body wall of an animal.
3. In cell biology. pertaining to or affecting the somatic cells, as distinguished from the germ cells.
feign \FEYN\, verb:
1. To represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of.
2. To invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
3. To make believe; pretend.
And I am not feigning my ignorance. Knowledge gleaned at great cost is a privilege that I would not forsake!
detente \dey-TAHNT\, noun:
A relaxing of tension, especially between nations.
Yes, I need to take on some of that!
It is all good
Dictionary entry overview: What does prestidigitator mean?
• PRESTIDIGITATOR (noun)
The noun PRESTIDIGITATOR has 1 sense:
A situation in which a player is limited to moves that have a damaging effect.
1. Authorized; recognized; accepted.
2. Included in the canon of the Bible.
3. In mathematics, (of an equation, coordinate, etc.) in simplest or standard form.
The canon of the Bible refers to the definitive list of the books which are considered to be divine revelation and included therein.
torque \TAWRK\, noun:
1. The moment of a force that tends to cause rotation.
2. The measured ability of a rotating element, as of a gear or shaft, to overcome turning resistance.
3. A collar, necklace, or similar ornament consisting of a twisted narrow band, usually of precious metal, worn especially by the ancient Gauls and Britons.
Michael Richards better known as Kramer from TV's Seinfeld, does make a good point. This was his defence speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points.
Proud To Be White
abject \ab-JEKT\, adjective:
1. Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched.
2. Contemptible; despicable.
Life's Great, however, this damn dry throat is not good and a poor sign of my need to consume some liquids. I have taken my APP, and am very parched and therefore maybe this depression is the result thereof!
assay \a-SEY\, verb:
1. To examine or analyze.
2. In metallurgy, to analyze (an ore, alloy, etc.) in order to determine the quantity of gold, silver, or other metal in it.
3. To attempt; try.
skylark \SKAHY-lahrk\, verb:
1. To frolic; sport.
noun:
1. A brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
A special fasting motion was gleaned by me to help with the cholesterol test: test, test, test...
futilitarian \fyoo-til-i-TAIR-ee-uhn\, adjective:
Believing that human hopes are vain and unjustifiedubiquitous (not comparable)
1. A regional version of a language differing from its standard, literary form.
2. Arural or provincial form of speech.
3. Any jargon or private form of speech.
1. To block, stall, or resist intentionally.
2. In cricket, to play a defensive game, as by persistently blocking the ball instead of batting it for distance and runs.
3. To filibuster.
Happy 235th Birthday United States of America from your proud Honorary Oklahoman and African American son!
The Challenger, Discovery and Atlantis are all worth a cock-a-doodle-doo for the great nation that has conquered the moon...
And when all is said and done, "Yes, for all of us, there comes the call of the Great Umpire: “Time!” And this life is not a practice or the test pattern - it's the real thing and the only one we will ever have!". --Ed Lunnon
suffrage \SUHF-rij\, noun:
1. The right to vote, especially in a political election.
2. A vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like.
3. In Christian practice, a prayer, especially a short intercessory prayer or petition.
Is this the word of the day? Methinks I am mad, but then that is not the last word on the matter.
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s[1] and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.
Its key commitments are:
attenuate \uh-TEN-yoo-eyt\, verb:
1. To weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value
2. To make thin; make slender or fine.
3. In medicine, to render less virulent, as a strain of pathogenic virus or bacterium.
4. In electronics, to decrease the amplitude of an electronic signal.
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It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
English poet: William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)
Am I?
sirocco \suh-ROK-oh\, noun:
1. Any hot, oppressive wind, especially one in the warm sector of a cyclone.
2. A hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
3. A warm, sultry south or southeast wind accompanied by rain.
1. To subject to fire or intense heat.
2. In pharmacology, to dry or parch drugs with heat.
3. To roast, as metallic ores.
1. The ability to accomplish a task with no apparent effort or resistance.
2. Method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by using the strength and weight of an adversary to disable him.
1. To be completely different from either parent, or from the source of an object's creation.
2. In biology, originating outside the organism or from a foreign substance introduced into the organism.
yarely \YAIR-lee\, adverb:
With quickness or agility.
Och ais, the G-Man thinks that I can do all my geocaching stuff on my own...
WH was good this AM - i even remembered, oddly enough, a name or two...
An interpretation that expresses the interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.
Sometimes I am even too cryptic for myself - creepy, hey Mr Jones?1. A cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
2. In mining, a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.
3. The act of cutting or carving.
verb:
1. To cut or carve.
Gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots.
crotchet \KROCH-it\, noun:
1. An odd fancy or whimsical notion.
2. A small hook.
3. In British musical nomenclature, a quarter note.
4. A curved surgical instrument with a sharp hook.
Well my crochet went fantastically - and it was not sewn inside me by mistake!
Well, actually I did not crotchet anything myself - just a figure of speech - my surgeon did a marvelous job and there is currently only a bit of post op discomfort!
arroyo \uh-ROI-oh\, noun:
A small steep-sided gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains.
arroyo \uh-ROI-oh\, noun:
A small steep-sided gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains.
lucubrate \LOO-kyoo-breyt\, verb:
1. To work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
2. To write learnedly.
wiredrawn \WAH-yuhr-drawn\, adjective:
1. Finely spun; extremely intricate; minute.
2. Drawn out long and thin like a wire.
animalcule \an-uh-MAL-kyool\, noun:
A minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye.
1. To move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
2. To pet; pamper.
Close to candle, which reminds me of Lady Di!
She was a candle in the wind.
And by association, was not the Recent Royal Wedding spectacular!
incommodious \in-kuh-MOH-dee-uhs\, adjective:
Inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable
osmose \oz-MOHS\, verb:
1. To gradually or unconsciously assimilate some principle or object.
2. To undergo osmosis.
Yesterday was apparently, Republic Day, back in the day!
Now we are all free, hence the name, "Freedom Day"
jamboree \JAM-buh-ree\, noun:
1. A carousal; any noisy merrymaking.
2. A large gathering, as of a political party or the teams of a sporting league, often including a program of speeches and entertainment.
3. A large gathering of members of the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, usually nationwide or international in scope
jamboree \JAM-buh-ree\, noun:
1. A carousal; any noisy merrymaking.
2. A large gathering, as of a political party or the teams of a sporting league, often including a program of speeches and entertainment.
3. A large gathering of members of the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, usually nationwide or international in scope
jamboree \JAM-buh-ree\, noun:
1. A carousal; any noisy merrymaking.
2. A large gathering, as of a political party or the teams of a sporting league, often including a program of speeches and entertainment.
3. A large gathering of members of the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, usually nationwide or international in scope
peregrinate \PER-i-gruh-neyt\, verb:
1. To travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.
2. To travel or walk over; traverse.
simpatico \sim-PAH-ti-koh\, adjective:
Congenial or like-minded.
This is a great word, and very closely associated with Family!aver \uh-
VUR\, transitive verb:
1. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
2. (Law) To assert, claim, or declare as a fact.
We have a saying in South Africa that, if things are going really well with somebody, we would say that, that person is "in the pound seats". Any idea were it comes from?
My guess is that it comes from the times when SA used SA pounds as the currency. A cinema or theatre seat that cost a pound in those days was likely to be among the best in the house; ie the person who could afford such a seat was likely to be doing very well financially.
fanfaronade \fan-fair-uh-NAYD; -NOD\, noun:
1. Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior; ostentatious display.
2. Fanfare.
gastronome \GAS-truh-nohm\, noun:
A connoisseur of good food and drink.
Oh how I try...
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masticate \MAS-tih-kayt\, transitive verb:
1. To grind or crush with or as if with the teeth in preparation for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, "to masticate food."
2. To crush or knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp.
intransitive verb:
1. To chew food.
nimbus \NIM-buhs\, noun:
1. (Fine Arts) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo.
2. A cloud or atmosphere (as of romance or glamour) that surrounds a person or thing.
3. (Meteorology) A rain cloud.
Oh, What The Hell!!!!
cosset \KOSS-it\, verb:
1. To treat as a pet; to treat with excessive indulgence; to pamper.
noun:
1. A pet, especially a pet lamb.
And what a day it was...Noel and flight info - it is all lost in the green...
bailiwick \BAY-luh-wik\, noun:
1. A person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work.
2. The office or district of a bailiff.
libation \ly-BAY-shun\, noun:
1. The act of pouring a liquid (usually wine) either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice to some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.
2. A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage.
3. An act or instance of drinking.
lollop \LOL-uhp\, verb:
1. To move forward with a bounding, drooping motion.
2. To hang loosely; droop; dangle.
spirituel \spir-i-choo-EL\, adjective:
1. Showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.byzantine \BIZ-uhn-teen\, adjective:
1. Complex or intricate.
2. Characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue, esp. for the gaining of political power or favor.
3. Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
4. Of or pertaining to the Byzantine Empire.
5. Noting or pertaining to the architecture of the Byzantine Empire and to architecture influenced by or imitating it.
