Word of the Day: unusual words you may not have heard of

[Wayne Mack]

Petard - I heard if, as in "hoisted by one's own petard," but I never knew what it meant. A petard is a case that holds explosives. Definition of PETARD

 

[Guttersnipe]

Marotte: a prop stick or sceptre with a carved head on it, especially one a jester carries.

 

[Rufus Coppertop]

Harlequinade - Harlequinade - Wikipedia

 

[THX1138]

Bellicosity - demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

Saw it used in a News article today.

 

[ColGray]

Harlequinade - Harlequinade - Wikipedia

It's pretty good with a splash of vodka and a sprig of thyme.

 

[Rufus Coppertop]

hystricine - pertaining to porcupines

 

[THX1138]

ailurophile - a person who likes cats.

 

[Rufus Coppertop]

dysailurophilic - the propensity to dislike cats

 

[THX1138]

Phobophobia: Fear of fear.

 

[Pyan]

Phobophobophobia: the fear of fearing fear?

 

[J Riff]

Phobo0 - fear of nothing.

 

[Ambrose]

Phobophoebe - fear of a particular aunt ?

 

[THX1138]

Jiggered: Damaged, Broken; Exhausted.

 

[Pyan]

Fimblefamble - a word describing a really lame excuse. Classically, "I can't go out with you tonight: I have to stay in and wash my hair."

 

[Ursa major]

An even more lame excuse might be: "I can't go out with you tonight. I have to stay in and watch my hare, as it's having trouble hopping."

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[Parson]

That's just a hareable pun.

 

[Wlazlakt]

The word that no one has heard of, and is not really a word but still is located in a lot of places and has been copied a few time over the years

Magnagravity - The meaning is a replacement for the Term for - The Perpetual motion machine -

Only because the term Perpetual motion is not a real thing but it is possible to produce an effect that can produce perpetual motion - of sort,
it became needful to produce a term that could work as a term but not use the term Perpetual motion in the same effect.

Not too many people get to make up their own word, and have it become a usable item, somewhere on the world, -- Magnagravity -

Fun Stuff.

 

[Alex The G and T]

Ensiform: Having sharp edges and tapering to a point; that is, Sword-Shaped.

 

[THX1138]

Dilettante: An amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention.

 

[Ambrose]

Dilatetente - someone who can;t stop yawning.