tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87399232011-04-21T15:35:35.406-07:00i like words. these are some of my more beloved words or words i've never seen before.petit chounoreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1100546368974141662004-11-15T11:18:00.000-08:002004-11-15T11:19:28.973-08:00<b>soubriquet</b>, so·bri·quet, <i>n.</i>: <br /> <br />1. An affectionate or humorous nickname. <br />2. An assumed name. <br /> <br />[From Old French <i>soubriquet</i>, literally meaning "chuck under the chin."]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-110054636897414166?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1100299671526642972004-11-12T14:47:00.000-08:002004-11-15T11:17:30.456-08:00<b>pathetic fallacy</b>, <i>n.</i>: <br /> <br />The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or nature; for example, "a cruel wind."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-110029967152664297?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1098934193465722892004-10-27T20:29:00.000-07:002004-11-15T11:16:09.203-08:00<b>callipygian</b>, cal·li·pyg·i·an, <i>adj.</i>: <br /> <br />Having beautifully proportioned buttocks. <br /> <br />[From Greek <i>kallipugos</i>: <i>kalli-</i> meaning beautiful (from <i>kallos</i>, beauty) + <i>pug</i>, meaning buttocks.]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-109893419346572289?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1098934159406018942004-10-27T20:28:00.000-07:002004-11-15T11:14:26.176-08:00<b>elide</b>, e·lide, <i>tr. v.</i>: <br /> <br />1a. To omit or slur over (a syllable, for example) in pronunciation. <br />1b. To strike out something written. <br /> <br />2a. To eliminate or leave out of consideration. <br />2b. To cut short; abridge. <br /> <br />[From the Latin <i>elidere,</i> meaning to strike out or off.]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-109893415940601894?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1098752169861733322004-10-25T17:55:00.000-07:002004-11-15T11:11:44.026-08:00<b>hirsute</b>, hir·sute, <i>adj.</i>: <br /> <br />1. Covered with hair; hairy. <br />2. <i>(Botany)</i> Covered with stiff or coarse hairs. <br /> <br />[From the Latin <i>hirsutus</i>, meaning hairy or bristly.]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-109875216986173332?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1098687594301581702004-10-24T23:59:00.000-07:002004-11-15T11:20:31.283-08:00<b>ubiquitous</b>, u·biq·ui·tous, <i>adj.</i>: <br /> <br />Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent: “plodded through the shadows fruitlessly like an ubiquitous spook” (Joseph Heller). <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-109868759430158170?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1098678265581793532004-10-24T21:21:00.000-07:002004-10-24T21:24:25.583-07:00<b>vulpine</b> (VUHL-pine), <i>adjective</i>: <br /> <br />1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of a fox. <br />2. Cunning; clever. <br /> <br />[Latin <i>vulpinus,</i> from <i>vulpes</i> (fox).]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-109867826558179353?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1098471547999326472004-10-22T11:56:00.000-07:002004-10-22T11:59:08.000-07:00<b>jape</b> <br /> <br />1. <i>v.</i> to joke or quip; to make sport of. <br />2. <i>n.</i> a joke or quip. <br /> <br />[Middle English <i>japen</i>, probably from Old French <i>japer</i>, to yap, chatter, nag.]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-109847154799932647?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1098470941267507592004-10-22T11:47:00.000-07:002004-10-22T11:49:01.266-07:00<b>dentigerous</b>, adjective (den-TIJ-uhr-uhs): <br /> <br />Having or furnished with teeth. <br /> <br />[From the Latin gerere, meaning "to bear."]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-109847094126750759?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1098065820125102832004-10-17T19:16:00.000-07:002004-10-17T19:17:00.126-07:00<b>gamine</b> \gam-EEN; GAM-een\, noun: <br />1. A girl who wanders about the streets; an urchin. <br />2. A playfully mischievous girl or young woman. <br /> <br />[From the French.]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-109806582012510283?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739923.post-1097886863691389552004-10-15T17:28:00.000-07:002004-10-15T17:47:00.436-07:00<b>clepe</b> (kleept): to call or name; verb tr., past participle <i>cleped/clept</i> or <i>ycleped/yclept</i> (i-KLEPT) <br /> <br />[From Middle English clepen, from Old English cleopican, from clipian (to <br />speak or call).]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8739923-109788686369138955?l=jumblemumble.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>petit chounoreply@blogger.com0