Word Power 1

WORD POWER 1

Crambazzled (adjective)

- prematurely aged by drinking

Origin : Yorkshire slang. 19^th century English.

Example:  Keith Richards looked crambazzled after a lifetime of rock ‘n’ roll.

Ostrobogulous (adjective)

-bizarre

Origin : Unknown

Example : Her whimsical book contained many ostrobogulous drawings.

Fornale (verb)

- spend money before you’ve earned it

Origin: 15^th century English

Example: When the ship docked, the sailors fornaled two days before payday.

Cagg (noun)

- vow not to get drunk

Origin: Military slang. 19^th century English

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Macrology (noun)

- tedious and empty talk

Origin: Greek macros (long) and logos (word)

Example: The party was rich in macrology.

Accidie (noun)

-apathy

Origin: Latin accidia (listlessness)

Example: His accidie deepened as he waited on Platform 8.

 Quidnunc (noun)

- someone desperate to know what’s going on

Origin: Latin quid nunc (what now?)

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Dudgeon (noun)

- resentful anger

Origin: Old English (the wood used to make dagger hilts)

Example: He stormed off the American Idol set in high dudgeon.

Deipnosophist (noun)

- brilliant dining companion

Origin: Greek deipnon (dinner) and sophos (wise)

Example: The deipnosophist made up for the salmon mousse.

Cachinnate (verb)

- laugh loudly

Origin: Latin chachinnare (laugh loudly)

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Dundrearies (noun)

- long side-whiskers

Origin: Victorian English(Lord Dundreary in the 1858 play our American Cousin)

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Godwottery (noun)

- pretentious use of old language

Origin: 19^th century English exclamation, ‘God wot!’

Example: Stephen Fry likes to mock godwottery on television.

Philtrum (noun)

- groove below the nose

Origin: Latin philtrum

Example: There was a thin moustache nestling on his philtrum.

Smidsy (noun)

- a motorbike accident

Origin: 20^th century acronym (Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You)\

Example: The greasy road surface led to a boom in smidsies.

Brendice (noun)

- cup used to drink to another’s health

Origin: 17^th century English

Example: We raised a brendice to absent friends.

 Taken from : Reader's Digest April 2011