![]() ![]() bugaboo something that causes baseless fear or worry also,Ī false belief used to intimidate. buccal of or pertaining to the cheek or the mouth. brummagem cheap and showy but inferior and worthless. bosky having an abundance of trees or shrubbery. borborygmic pertaining to the rumbling of one's stomach boondoggle an unnecessary activity or wastefulĮxpenditure. bolus a large medicinal pill also, a mass of chewedįood. boeotian stupid, dull, obtuse also, such a person. bodewash dried buffalo dung, used as fuel for fire. bibcock a faucet that is bent downward bibliobibuli those who read too much. bastinado torture by beating on the soles of the feet. Quarrels also, in maritime law, fraud or gross criminal negligenceīy a captain or crew at the expense of a ship's owner or of the owner ![]() barratry the offense of frequently stirring up lawsuits or avuncular of or pertaining to an uncle also, ![]() arcadian idyllically pastoral, simple, or untroubled. apolaustic wholly devoted to the seeking of enjoyment. anserine goose-like also, silly, foolish, or stupid. anile like a doddering, foolish old woman. Wreckage." anadromous of fish, migrating up rivers from the sea to akimbo of the arms, with the hands on the hips and elbowsīent outward. agrestic characteristic of the country, rustic also, aglet the plastic tip on the end of a shoelace. Nothosonomia (the act of calling someone a bastard). Like omphalopsychite (one who contemplates his navel) and (flee, make off abscond) and quidnunc (a busybody or a gossip) Īnd, my favorite, words for things you never knew there were words for, Of enjoyment) words that are simply fun to say, like absquatulate Of fun words: words that are unusually specific and therefore perfect forĬertain situations, like specious (seeming good or sound at firstīut lacking real merit) and apolaustic (wholly devoted to the seeking ![]()
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