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Words of the day that I never want to forget beginning from Oct. 2010!

  • satori - (n.) sudden, indescribable, intuitive enlightenment
  • mussitate - (v.) to silently move the lips in simulation of audible speech
  • nympholepsy - (n.) a frenzy of emotion, as for something unattainable
  • mana - (n.) a generalized, supernatural force, which may be concentrated in objects or persons
  • nepenthe - (n.) a drug or drink having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble
  • apocopate - (v.) to omit the final sound or sounds of (a word)
  • hopscotch - (v.) to journey quickly and directly form one usually far place to another
  • laconic - (adj.) using or marked by the use of a minimum of words
  • coruscate - (v.) to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam
  • slugabed - (n.) one who stays in bed until a late hour
  • kvetch - (n.) a habitual complainer
  • saccade - (n.) the series of small, jerky movements of the eyes when changing focus from one point to another
  • ullage - (n.) the space between the top of the container and the liquid within, as a cask or bottle
  • philter - (n.) a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love
oct 11 2010 ∞
mar 8 2011 +