Word or Words of the Day and Discussion

[PrincessFiona60]

bullshot:
1. A cocktail made from vodka and beef bouillon.
2. (neologism, video games) A phony screenshot created for promotional
purposes.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bullshot>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

wassail:
To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wassail>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

rebarbative:
Irritating, repellent.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rebarbative>

 

[tinlizzie]

wassail:
To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wassail>

and all this time I thought it was a noun, an old-timey drink.

 

[GotGarlic]

and all this time I thought it was a noun, an old-timey drink.

It's both:

Noun

wassail (plural wassails)

A toast to health, usually at a festival.
The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.
Revelry.  [quotations ▼]
A festive or drinking song or glee.  [quotations ▼]

Translations
[show ▼]beverage served during a wassail

Verb

wassail (third-person singular simple present wassails, present participle wassailing, simple past and past participle wassailed)

(transitive) To toast, to drink to the health of another.

The next morning he much regretted the gusto with which he had wassailed the night before.

(intransitive) To drink wassail.
To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

GG's are the ones I knew...

 

[PrincessFiona60]

hooey:
(slang) Silly talk or writing; nonsense.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hooey>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

brawn:
Physical strength; muscularity.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brawn>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

nobble:
1. (UK, Australia, slang) To injure or obstruct intently; batter.
2. (UK, slang) To gain influence by corrupt means or intimidation.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nobble>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

peckled:
(now UK dialectal) Speckled, spotted.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peckled>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

reverie:
A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought;
musing or meditation; daydream.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reverie>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

inception:
The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inception>

 

[CWS4322]

Here's a link to the names of 48 things for which you may not have known the name:

48 Things You Didn't Know Had Names | Mental Floss

 

[PrincessFiona60]

cacophonous:
Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant
sounds.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cacophonous>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

swage:
A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for cold shaping of
a metal item.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swage>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Twelfth cake:
A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival
of Twelfth Night (which is either the evening of January 5th or of
January 6th, depending on interpretation).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Twelfth_cake>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

at first blush:
(idiomatic) Upon first impression or consideration; seemingly,
apparently, ostensibly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/at_first_blush>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

burgess:
1. An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
2. (historical) A town magistrate.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/burgess>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

factitious:
1. Created by humans; artificial.
2. Counterfeit, fabricated.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/factitious>

 

[vitauta]

pf, someone has left a word for your 'word of the day' thread. it has come, in error or by design, lacking the customary introduction.
the word is 'vouchsafe' -- from the looks of it, what do you suppose it means?