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You must have read my mind. Last night I was thinking that is disgruntled meant unhappy, there ought to be a definition for gruntled, but I had never heard it used.
 
epergne

a type of table centerpiece, usually made of silver, but may be made of any metal or glass or porcelain. (Wiki)

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sanguinary:
1. Attended with bloodshed.
2. Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
3. Consisting of, covered with or similar in appearance to blood.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sanguinary>

Every so often you put up a word that I know. I just have never come across an event that would give me reason to use it. I need to start hanging out with the Crips or Bloods. :angel:
 
badinage:
Playful raillery; banter.
Badinage is from the French badinage which is from the French verb batiner. It seems to me that the Latin *bat- is the root of abash...which is to destroy the self-confidence of s/one. A derogatory term from the same root. (Not closely related to badinage, but shares some of the same etymology--sort of like a family tree with first cousin x times removed).
 
gaggle:
1. A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
2. Any group or gathering of related things; bunch.
 
gaggle:
1. A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
2. Any group or gathering of related things; bunch.

I have always loved that word. It has a great sound to it when you say it out loud.

I love having a gaggle of people in my kitchen when I am cooking. :angel:
 
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I hate having a gaggle of people in a waiting room when I am ill. Makes me want to cough all over them and give them whatever I have.

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I love some those collective nouns.

A giggle of girls
A bother of boys
A parliament of rooks
A congress of baboons
A murmuration of starlings
 
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