ZlodeyVolk
The Lurker at the Keyboard
Wiktionary is a handy reference, too. Lots of dialect words, as well as the regular variety.
I came across a couple of words I'm not familiar with recently, and thought it might be fun to have a thread showcasing perhaps less common words.
defenestration
/ˌdiːfɛnɪˈstreɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
noun: defenestration; plural noun: defenestrations
formal•humorous
the action of throwing someone out of a window.
"death by defenestration has a venerable history"
informal
the action or process of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority.
"that victory resulted in Churchill's own defenestration by the war-weary British electorate"
Quafftide: the time when one feels entitled to a drink.
One word I was appalled to discover a couple of years ago was noyade -- a mass execution by drowning, as practised in Nantes during the French Revolution.
You'd need a lot of butterflies...Edit: Or one big ******* butterfly.