Word or Words of the Day and Discussion

[GotGarlic]

accismus:
(rhetoric) Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accismus>

I didn't know there was a word for that! Cool

 

[CWS4322]

ke·loid (also cheloid)
/ˈkē loid'/



A red, raised formation of fibrous scar tissue caused by excessive tissue repair in response to trauma or surgical incision.
[French kéloïde : Greek kh

l

, claw + French -oïde, resembling (from Greek -oeid

s; see -oid).]
ke·loid

al (-loid

l) adj.

 

[CWS4322]

I learned a new word today from CWS4322 in the pork chop thread!

abattoir
ab·at·toir
A slaughterhouse.

A few more words like that and I might pay $12.00 for a pork chop!
What a great word, abattoir, abattoir, abattoir!!!

Sounds so much nicer than a slaughterhouse...

 

[GotGarlic]

Salumi - the Italian word for a variety of cured meats, like the French word charcuterie.

 

[GotGarlic]

Sounds so much nicer than a slaughterhouse...

Kinda like boudoir...

 

[CWS4322]

Kinda like boudoir...

The animals might prefer a boudoir over an abattoir...

 

[PrincessFiona60]

sheeple:
(derogatory slang) People who unquestioningly accept as true whatever
their political leaders say or who adopt popular opinion as their own
without scrutiny.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sheeple>

 

[PrincessFiona60]

malleate:
To beat into shape with a hammer.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malleate>

 

[CWS4322]

aeolist

1. (obs) (rare) A pompous person who pretends to have inspiration or spiritual insight.

(Jonathan Swift is credited with first using this term in English literature in 1704 in Tale of a Tub: "The learned Aeolists maintain the original cause of all things to be wind.").

The irony is that an aeolist pretends to have inspiration. If one researches the etymology of inspiration > Old French inspiracion "inhaling, breathing in; inspiration,"> Late Latin inspirationem noun of action from past participle stem of Latin inspirare "inspire, inflame, blow into." Therefore, an aeolist really is full of wind.

I did a search on the 'Net for Aeolist, and there are actually companies that have chosen that for their names...Not sure that is such a great brand name...And, s/one used it on FB as his/her screen name (now, that might tell you that person tends to go on and on and might not be s/one to "friend"). I love researching obsolete words or words that have undergone a shift in definition from the time they entered the English language (handsome and handy).

 

[PrincessFiona60]

provident:
With care and consideration for the future; foresightly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/provident>

 

[CWS4322]

ob·fus·cate

/ˈäbfəˌskāt/
Verb

• Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
• Bewilder (someone).

Synonyms
darken - obscure - confuse - cloud - dim - becloud

 

[Addie]

I love this thread. Having taken Latin in HS, I can see the origin of some of the words. Who needs Readers Digest?

 

[PrincessFiona60]

draculin:
(organic chemistry) A glycoprotein with anticoagulant properties, found
in the saliva of vampire bats.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/draculin>

 

[Addie]

draculin:
(organic chemistry) A glycoprotein with anticoagulant properties, found
in the saliva of vampire bats.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/draculin>

Now that's a word I needed to know.

 

[taxlady]

draculin:
(organic chemistry) A glycoprotein with anticoagulant properties, found
in the saliva of vampire bats.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/draculin>

Someone had fun naming that.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Now that's a word I needed to know.

I thought it was interesting! There is actually an enzyme with the name Dracula...cool for Vampire hunters

 

[Dawgluver]

I thought it was interesting! There is actually an enzyme with the name Dracula...cool for Vampire hunters

I love it!

 

[Addie]

I thought it was interesting! There is actually an enzyme with the name Dracula...cool for Vampire hunters

When you first look at the word, you just know it has to do with Dracula. Dacrulin

I love this thread. Learning a lot. Now if I can just find a time to use some of these words. Although Plethora is a favorite of mine to use. I just have to get to a cocktail party so I can throw some of them around.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

paradigm shift:
A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new
one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in
the current paradigm.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paradigm_shift>

If you have a paradigm, you have 20 cents...

 

[Zhizara]

inveterate - definition of inveterate by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

I am an inveterate list maker.