copious – Large in number or quantity (especially of discourse). “she took copious notes”. Affording an abundant supply. “copious provisions”.
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Our emotional world has a remarkable power to determine not only our mental health, but also how our physical well-being.
“Positive characteristics, such as optimism, vitality, meaning, and subjective life satisfaction are immensely important in their own right,””The related fields of positive psychology and health psychology focus on rigorous scientific investigations of how people adapt to life’s inevitable challenges, and how that is related (or even leads to) a better quality of life.”
And a growing body of research in psychology, medicine and public health is demonstrating the health benefit of positive emotions and their effect on physical health. When past studies have looked at the effect of emotions on physical health, it has tended to focus on the deleterious effect of negative emotions like anger and mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.
Here are five positive emotions that have been shown to improve physical health and prevent disease.
Optimism may protect the heart.
While we usually define optimism as a sunny outlook towards the future, it also encompasses much more than that. The hopeful emotion acts as a coping mechanism that can help individuals to prevail through life’s challenges by maintaining a conviction that things will work out in life.
A growing body of research has suggested that cultivating this quality can have a protective effect on the heart. According to a 2012 review of literature , a number of studies have shown that people with optimistic personalities are at a reduced risk of cardiovascular events. More recently, a fascinating study found that language used on Twitter could predict mortality from heart disease — specifically, language related to optimism and resiliency
(“overcome,” “stronger,” “faith”) was associated with a lower risk of mortality within a particular community.
Optimism’s benefits for physical health also extend beyond heart health. Here are a few other ways that a sunny disposition may improve health outcomes, including improved immune system function and increased longevity.
Experiencing awe reduces inflammatory markers associated with autoimmune disease.
Hiking through a beautiful natural landscape, listening to moving classical music, or participating in a religious or spiritual ritual are some of the experiences in life that make us feel most joyful and alive. Research has shown that experiences of art, religion and philosophy are the most common
experiences that evoke a sense of awe — that sense of wonder and connection to something larger than ourselves.
According to research, awe is not only pleasurable but also enormously beneficial for one’s physical and mental health. The Berkeley study found that those who had recently experienced awe had lower levels of cytokines, inflammatory markers that, in chronically high levels, have been implicated in the development of autoimmune diseases, as well as other health problems including including heart disease, Alzheimer’s and depression. This suggests that awe promotes healthier levels of cytokines and may prevent disease.
“Rather than seeing a walk through the park or a trip to the museum as an indulgence, we hope people will view these kind of experiences as important ways to promote a healthy body in addition to a healthy mind,”. “Folding these kinds of positive experiences into your daily routine may be more important for health than we previously realized.
Compassion and care for others can improve vagus nerve function.
Compassion — a loving concern for the well-being of others — can make us feel positively towards both ourselves and other people, and may improve our physical health in at least one important way.
Positive psychologists have conducted research on the effects of lovingkindness meditation (LKM), a traditional Buddhist practice that involves meditating on love and extending compassion to oneself and a progressively large group of others. Frederickson found just six weeks of LKM training to have a positive impact on the vagus nerve, which extends from the brain stem to the heart, helping to regulate emotions as well as bodily systems including the cardiovascular and digestive systems.
In boosting feelings of compassion, the meditation led to improvements in resting vagal tone (which can be used to assess the degree of activity in the automatic nervous system). In an interview with Emory University, Frederickson explained that the vagus nerve plays an important role in both a person’s physical health and their feeling of love and connection to others.
“In a way, our bodies are designed for love, because the more we love, the more healthy we become,”.
Gratitude may also benefit heart health and immune system function.
Like optimism, an “attitude of gratitude” — an appreciation and feeling of thankfulness for the blessings one has in life — carries significant mental and physical health benefits. Gratefulness, like optimism, has been linked with improved immune health, and has also been shown to improve sleep quality.
Gratitude may also improve health and well-being in a variety of ways insofar as it lowers stress levels — stress being one of the main contributing factors to many chronic diseases. Research has shown that among older adults, feeling a sense of gratitude towards God acts as a buffer against the negative health effects of stress.
Self-compassion improves health-related behaviors.
People who cultivate kindness towards themselves are also kinder to their bodies, potentially helping them to prevent or manage a range of negative physical and mental health outcomes.
Researchers examined the relationship between self-compassion, reactions to illness, and a range of health-related behaviors, finding that self-compassionate people sought medical attention sooner for symptoms that they were experiencing than people who were lacking in self-compassion. Self-compassionate people also tended to be less depressed about health problems they were experiencing, and also to take a more proactive approach towards their own health.
“It is fine to experience the pain of a negative event,” scientists have found “But, after acknowledging the pain, it is also important to get up and try again — to remember that failures and illnesses and bad relationships are not a verdict on your worth as a person, but just another hurdle to be overcome.”
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Grumpy Old Men Don’t Live Long: Study
New research suggests that getting older doesn’t necessarily lead to more cynical perspectives. In fact, aging tends to lead people to become more trusting
— and that, in turn, often leads to a greater sense of well-being.
It is found that while trust can increase the odds of becoming a victim of fraud and scams, there is no evidence that those negative consequences erode the
benefits of trust for older adults’ well-being.
“studies found a positive association between trust and well-being, which was consistent across the life span, suggesting that trust is not a liability in
old age,”. “The kindly old man or old woman next door is really not especially likely to yell at the kids to ‘Get off the lawn.’ “
“The results suggest a positive association between the two. It has been present for at least the past 30 years and the magnitude of the association
between age and trust has been about the same,”. “This suggests that it’s not simply about people being born at certain times.”
“The study shows that for Millennials, Generation X, and the Baby Boomers alike, levels of trust increase as people get older,”. “People really seem to be
‘growing to trust’ as they travel through their adult years.”
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Scientists say practice doesn’t necessarily make perfect. Sorry.
There’s a long-standing myth that, in order to master a skill, all it takes is roughly 10,000 hours of practice. The idea was first popularised in Malcolm
Gladwell’s 2008 book Outliers, based on a study of musicians by psychologist K. Anders Ericsson back in 1993. And despite skepticism from researchers, the
rule was happily accepted by many as a glimmer of hope that perhaps, one day, if they tried really hard, they might become an expert
pianist/baseballer/Italian speaker/Rubik’s Cube-solver. Macklemore even wrote a song about the rule.
But, sorry to bust your dreams here, scientists have debunked the myth once and for all, and shown that, while some people can become an expert with 10,000
hours of practice – or less – many can’t, and there’s a whole lot more involved than just hard work. In fact, an international team of psychologists found
that deliberate practice can only explain around one-third of the difference in skill levels in chess players and musicians.
This leaves “the majority of the reliable variance unexplained and potentially explainable by other factors”. Those factors, we’re assuming, are natural
talent and genetic ability.
The researchers came to this conclusion after analysing data taken across six previous studies of chess competitions (1,082 subjects in total) and eight
studies of musicians (628 subjects), and looking for any kind of correlation between practice and success. What they found was that, well, there kinda
wasn’t one, and there were huge variations in how much of a role practice seemed to have played in success.
“One chess player, for example, had taken 26 years to reach a level that another reached in a mere two years. Clearly, there’s more at work than just the
sheer volume of hours practiced.
“The evidence is quite clear,”, “that some people do reach an elite level of performance without copious practice, while other people fail to do so despite
copious practice.”
Nothing do get disheartened. Instead, be comforted by the fact that, if you still haven’t mastered tricky Math problems despite decades of Math Practise,
it’s definitely not for lack of trying. You may simply just not be talented enough. But since when has a lack of talent ever been a good reason to stop
doing something you enjoy?
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Robot Funerals Reflect Our Humanity
A Japanese funeral service held for broken AIBO robot dogs may seem strange in the eyes of many Westerners. Owners of AIBOs often treat their robots as beloved pets and family members rather than just machines—an openness that arises in part from Japan’s cultural attitudes toward robots. But the robot funeral also reflects more universal tendencies of human psychology that go beyond Japanese culture.
The memorial service for the AIBO robots took place at the 450-year-old Kofukuji temple in Isumi, Japan in January 2015.
Such robots are among the last of a product line made by Sony Corp. from 1999 to 2006. Sony eventually discontinued maintenance service in March 2014, which forced AIBO owners with ailing robots to seek help from repair shops that employ former Sony engineers and technicians.
A group of broken-down robot dogs whose human owners had died eventually ended up on the altar of the Buddhist temple, where a priest prayed for their souls to pass on peacefully and reunite with their owners.
“Although Japan is a highly secular culture, it is not one that denies or negates the spiritual,”.
Western societies don’t generally seem to embrace robots, let alone robot funerals, as warmly as Japan does. But extreme circumstances, such as those found on battlefields, have forged powerful human-robot relationships within the U.S. military that have also led to robot funerals. As we’ll see later on, the bond between U.S. soldiers and their battlefield robots can appear strikingly similar to the relationship between Japanese AIBO owners and their cute robot dogs.
Western philosophy and Judeo-Christian views tend to consider both mind and soul as being distinct from the body. That stance makes it difficult to think of machines built by humans as having their own minds or souls.
By comparison, the influence of Buddhism and Shinto on Japanese culture makes it easier to find similarities between humans and robots rather than differences.
For instance, Buddhism sees everything as “devoid of selfhood or intrinsic nature” because it all arises from causes and conditions; the goal is to achieve enlightenment by seeing through our conditioned existence. Masahiro Mori, the Japanese roboticist who developed the idea of the “uncanny valley,” once proposed that robots could pull their workings into alignment to realize their Buddha-nature.
At the same time, Shinto’s animist beliefs suggest that spirits can inhabit objects such as stones or trees. Such beliefs have influenced the modern Japanese view of robots. In 1928, Makoto Nishimura, a Japanese robotics pioneer, suggested the following: “If one considers humans as the children of nature, artificial humans created by the hand of man are thus nature’s grandchildren.” MacDorman points out that both Buddhism and Shinto helped shaped the cultural attitudes of modern-day secular Japan, even if most Japanese probably don’t believe in the “literal truth” of either religion.
MacDorman summarized some of the reasoning behind Japan’s robot dog funeral:
“I see two cultural forces at play in the wish of some Japanese to have funerals for Aibos. First, Shinto—the original religion of Japan—views stones and other inanimate objects as possessing a soul or consciousness. Second, Japanese are open to the view that consciousness arises by means of physical processes, such as information processing. Thus, a robot does not seem so different from a human being given that both are physical objects that process information. This contrasts with the religious traditions of the West that create a sharper distinction between humankind, created in God’s image, and the rest of creation. For example, under the Catholic doctrine that a soul enters the body at conception, it is hard to find room for machines to have souls.”
Many AIBO owners clearly see some sort of life or soul essence in their robot dogs.
By surveying the postings of AIBO owners in online forums, Kahn and his colleagues found that 75 percent of owners considered AIBO as being more than a machine. As many as 60 percent of owners also thought AIBO could somehow express its mental state. About 48 percent of owners said that AIBO had a life-like essence, and 38 percent said that AIBO had feelings.
But the Japanese aren’t alone in viewing their robots as having human-like qualities worthy of respect. Professor writes about U.S. soldiers forging powerful bonds with their battlefield robots in the 2009 book “Wired for War.” He describes how U.S. soldiers in explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) squads often name their bomb disposal robots, give them military promotions and even award them with “purple heart” medals for being “wounded” in combat.
The battlefield robots used by EOD squads don’t look nearly as cuddly as AIBO robot dogs. They typically resemble rugged machines with extendable arms and cameras sitting on top of wheels or tank-like treads. But soldiers still grew close to their robot “buddies” as they worked alongside them to disable roadside bombs under life-threatening circumstances.
In one case, a U.S. soldier risked his life to save a robot that had been knocked out of action in Iraq; he ran more than half the length of an American football field under fire from an enemy machine gun to retrieve the damaged machine. Such an action would have probably horrified military planners and the robot’s designers, who generally see battlefield robots as disposable units that can be sacrificed to save human lives. But the action also reflects the powerful bond that had formed between the human soldiers and their robots.
Military personnel who ran the robot repair shops in Iraq often described the experience as being more like a doctor in an emergency room than a mechanic in a garage. They recall seeing fear in the eyes of soldiers who brought in their damaged robots, and later receiving hugs and handshakes after they successfully “save” the mechanical lives of the broken-down machines. It’s eerily similar to the experience of Hiroshi Funabashi, a supervisor at the Japanese company A FUN, which employs former Sony engineers to repair AIBO robot dogs.
Some squads even held funerals for their fallen robot comrades. When interviewed a number of EOD squad members from every branch of the U.S. military about the relationships they forged with their robots.
One person mentioned a robot funeral that came complete with a 21-gun salute; an honor normally reserved for fallen human leaders and heroes. Such gestures of respect by U.S. military personnel almost make Japan’s robot dog funeral pale by comparison.
“To view the robot that fought with them, and even saved their lives, as just a ‘thing’ is almost an insult to their own experience,”.
In the end, both the broken U.S. military robots and the AIBO robot dogs did go on existing in different forms. Blown-up U.S. military robots were often cannibalized to build or repair functional robots. And the AIBO robot dogs won’t rest in the Buddhist temple forever; they too were disassembled for spare parts to help their surviving robot brethren.
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This is part of the series on Descriptive Adjectives and words for Creative Writing. A word a day will take too long a time.
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An acerbic criticism of some imaginary
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Strange is this world …. Even the most harridan woman expects her husband to be uxorious.
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acerbic – Sour or bitter in taste. Harsh or corrosive in tone. “an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose”.
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gulling – Make a fool or dupe of. Gull – Fool or hoax. codding. twitting – Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
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carping – Persistent petty and unjustified criticism. Raise trivial objections.
caviling. chicaning. chousing – Defeat someone through trickery or deceit. jockeying, shafting
Short Story describing the word Carping is given at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/carping-persistent-petty-and-unjustified-criticism/
Short Story describing the word Caviling is given by https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/caviling-raise-trivial-objections/
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gamey – Suggestive of sexual impropriety. racy.
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clamant – Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. Demanding attention. “clamant needs”. clamorous.
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strident – Being sharply insistent on being heard. “strident demands”. Unpleasantly loud and harsh. sibilant. spirant. fricative. continuant.
Short Story describing Strident or explaining the meaning is at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/strident-unpleasantly-loud-and-harsh/
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exigent – Demanding attention. “regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous”. Requiring precise accuracy.
“became more exigent over his pronunciation”.
Short Story describing the word exigent is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/exigent-demanding-attention/
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blabbing – blabbering – Divulge confidential information or secrets. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. gabbling.
maundering. prating. clacking. gibbering. palavering. peaching. piffling, Piffle, prattling.
Piffle prattling maundering prating clacking gibbering palavering peaching piffling
Piffle – Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. Act in a trivial or ineffective way
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tattling – Prone to communicate confidential information. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
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inveigling – Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering. blarneying.
Short Story explaining the word inveigling is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/inveigling-influence-or-urge-by-gentle-urging-caressing-or-flattering/
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wheedling – The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery.
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harridan – A scolding (even vicious) old woman. nagger.
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vicious – (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. “vicious kicks”. Having the nature of vice.
Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. Marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful. “vicious gossip”.
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uxorious – Foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife.
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huffy – Quick to take offence. Roused to anger. “stayed huffy a good while”.
hollering – A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal). Utter a sudden loud cry.
beefing – Complain. grousing. squawking. Utter a harsh abrupt scream. skreighing. screaking. whining. yawping. yammering. wrawling. yowling.
scheming – Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest. “a scheming wife”; “a scheming gold digger”.
Scheme – Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
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virago – a domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman.
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Short Story describing the word virago is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/virago/
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Fabian – eponym: of cautious delaying tactics to wear out an enemy, avoiding decisive battle
Short Story describing the word Fabian is at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/fabian-of-cautious-delaying-tactics-to-wear-out-an-enemy-avoiding-decisive-battle/
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ebullient – zestfully enthusiastic man
Short Story describing the word Ebullient is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/exuberant-ebullient-joyously-unrestrained/
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dab – dabster – a man skilled at something
Short Story describing the word Dabster is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/dab-dabster-a-man-skilled-at-something/
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cachinnate – to laugh loudly and immoderately ( by a woman )
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Short Story describing the word Cachinnate is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/cachinnate-to-laugh-loudly-and-immoderately-by-a-woman/
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A Facile ( Superficial ) Solution
facile – Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively. “able to dazzle with his facile tongue”. Performing adroitly and without effort. “a facile hand”. Arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth. “too facile a solution for so complex a problem”.
Short Story describing the word Facile is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/facile-expressing-yourself-readily-clearly-effectively/
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ecdysiast – coinage: a stripper-tease artist a stripper woman. striptease performer.
Short Story describing the word ecdysiast is at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/ecdysiast-a-performer-who-provides-erotic-entertainment-by-undressing-to-music/
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Dionysian – of an ecstatic, orgiastic, or irrational nature; frenzied or undisciplined woman
Short Story describing the word Dionysian is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/dionysian-frenzied-undisciplined-irrational-woman/
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Vociferous Woman – Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. “a vociferous mob”.
Short Story describing the word Vociferous is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/vociferous-woman/
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Fagin – eponym: an adult who instructs others (e.g., children) in crime
Short Story describing the word Fagin is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/fagin-an-adult-who-instructs-others-such-as-children-in-crime/
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babeldom a confused sound of voices ( Bablebaj abuse in Hindi, and Bengali has evolved from this )
Short Story describing the word Babeldom is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/babeldom-a-confused-sound-of-voices/
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edacious – devouring food in great quantities; voracious
abditive remote; secret; hidden
doppelganger – a ghostly double of a person, esp. of a living person. from German doppel = double + Gänger = goer
Short Story describing the word Doppelganger is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/doppelganger-a-ghostly-double-of-a-person-especially-of-a-living-person/
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egregious – eminently bad or reprehensible woman
Short Story describing the word Egregious is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/egregious-eminently-bad-or-reprehensible-woman/
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caitiff – despicably cowardly woman. a wretch woman
Short Story describing the word Caitiff is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/caitiff-despicably-cowardly-woman-a-wretch-woman/
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extant – Use the adjective extant to describe old things that are still around, like your extant diary from third grade or the only extant piece of pottery from certain craftspeople who lived hundreds of years ago.
Short Story explaining the word extant is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/extant-still-in-existence-not-extinct-or-destroyed-or-lost/
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layabout – a woman who habitually does little or no work
Short Story describing the word Layabout is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/layabout-a-woman-who-habitually-does-little-or-no-work/
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kainotophobia fear of change
Short Story describing the word Kainotophobia is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/kainotophobia-fear-of-change/
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hircine – smelling like a goat
Short story describing the word Hircine is at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/hircine-of-or-pertaining-to-or-suggestive-of-a-goat-especially-in-strong-odour/
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lechery – excessive and offensive indulgence in sexual activity
Short Story describing the word Lechery is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/lechery-excessive-and-offensive-indulgence-in-sexual-activity/
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faineant fainéant – noun: an irresponsible idler; a do-nothing. adj.: idle and ineffectual
Short Story describing the word Faineant is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/faineant-disinclined-to-work-or-exertion/
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hobbledehoy – a gawky adolescent boy
Short Story describing the word hobbledehoy is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/hobbledehoy-a-gawky-adolescent-boy/
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extol – (v.) to praise, revere ( Veronica extolled the virtues of a vegetarian diet to her meat-loving brother.)
Short Story describing the word extol is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/extol-exalt-praise-glorify-or-honour/
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hodag – a mythical beast given to weeping because of its extreme ugliness
Short Story describing the word hodag is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/hodag-a-mythical-beast-given-to-weeping-because-of-its-extreme-ugliness/
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baboonery foolishness stupidity nonsense
Short Story describing the word Baboonery is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/baboonery-foolishness-stupidity-nonsense-by-a-woman/
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kakorrhaphiophobia fear of failure
Short Story describing the word kakorrhaphiophobia is at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/kakorrhaphiophobia-fear-of-failure/
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hogback – a long steep hill or mountain ridge
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Falstaffian – eponym: jovial, convivial, roguish, with zest for life
Short Story describing the word Falstaffian is at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/falstaffian-eponym-jovial-convivial-roguish-with-zest-for-life-a-man/
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homily – a tedious moralizing talk
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dowager – a widow of high social rank who has a title and property because of her marriage
Short Story describing the word Dowager is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/dowager-a-widow-holding-property-received-from-her-deceased-husband/
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hooroo – Australian slang: goodbye, see you later
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expiate – (v.) to make amends for, atone (To expiate my selfishness, I gave all my profits to charity.)
Short Story describing the word expiate is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/expiate-make-amends-for-expiate-ones-sins/
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hornswoggle – to bamboozle deceive
Short Story describing the word Hornswoggle is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/hornswoggle-to-bamboozle-woman-deceive-someone/
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jerry-built – erected or assembled in a slapdash, careless and haphazard fashion
Short Story describing the word Jerry-Built is at –
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/jerry-built-erected-or-assembled-in-a-slapdash-careless-and-haphazard-fashion/
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macarism – pleasure in another’s joy
Short Story describing the word Macarism is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/macarism-pleasure-in-anothers-joy/
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howff – a place of resort; a refuge, a haunt
Short Story describing the word Howff is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/howff-a-place-of-resort-a-refuge-a-haunt/
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kalology study of beauty
Short Story describing the word Kalology is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/kalology-study-of-beauty/
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farrago – a confused mixture
Short Story describing the word Farrago is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/farrago-a-confused-mixture-a-motley-assortment-of-things/
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leer – to look (at) with a sly, immodest, or evil expression
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hoyden – a boisterous or saucy girl
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eldritch – strange; unearthly; weird; eerie
Short Story explaining the word Eldritch is given at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/eldritch-strange-unearthly-weird-eerie/
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katzenjammer hangover; uproar; clamour
Short Story explaining the meaning of the word or describing the word Katzenjammer ( hangover ) is at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/katzenjammer-disagreeable-aftereffects-from-the-use-of-drugs-especially-alcohol-loud-confused-noise-from-many-sources/
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legerdemain – 1. sleight of hand 2. trickery, deception, hocus-pocus
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habile – dexterous adroit man
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abducent turning away; bearing away from
Short Story describing the word abducent https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/abducent-turning-away-bearing-away-from/
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fecundate – to make fruitful or productive
keck to retch; to feel disgust
habromania – insanity featuring cheerful delusions
exigent – (adj.) urgent, critical (The patient has an exigent need for medication, or else he will lose his sight.
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callipygous or callipygian – having shapely buttocks
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kelter nonsense
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hadeharia constant use of the word “hell”
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elegiac – wistfully mournful for something past and gone
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hagira – an exodus or departure
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fiacre – a small horse-drawn carriage
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kenspeckle easily recognizable or distinguishable
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jezebel – eponym: an evil and scheming woman
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halcyon – calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy
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leman – a lover or sweetheart
Eunoia – beautiful thinking
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bantling brat whelp bastard girl child
Short Story on Bantling brat whelp bastard girl is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/bantling-brat-whelp-bastard-girl-child/
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kinchin a child
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halieutics study of fishing
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nebbish – an innocuous woman, ineffectual unfortunate woman,a woman “loser”
Short Story describing a Nebbish, innocuous, looser woman is at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/nebbish-nebbech-an-innocuous-woman-ineffectual-unfortunate-woman-a-woman-loser/
elutriate – 1. to separate, or remove (ore, for example) by washing, decanting, and settling 2. to wash away the finer particles of
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halitosis – bad breath
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jabberwock nonsense, gibberish
kitthoge left-handed; awkward
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doxy – 1. a female lover; a mistress 2. a sexually promiscuous woman
Short Story describing the word Doxy is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/doxy-sexually-promiscuous-woman-a-mistress-a-female-lover/
True incidence of a Promiscuous woman is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/promiscuous-wife-rapes-father-in-law-in-absence-of-husband/
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fluvial – pertaining to rivers
jacent lying flat; sluggish
hamshackle – to fetter; to restrain
exhort – French roots for the word exhort mean “thoroughly encourage,” so to exhort is to fill up with encouragement!
“When he heard the crowd exhort him with stomping and cheers, he knew that he could finish the marathon.”
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lenocinant – lewd, lascivious
Short Story describing Lenocinant woman is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/lenocinant-lewd-lascivious-woman/
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hapax – word which occurs only once
jactancy boastfulness, vainglory
flyter – one who scolds; a scold.
knout to flog; to scourge
empyreumatic – a woman smelling like burnt flesh
haphephobia – fear of being touched
kouros statue of a nude male
canoodle – to kiss and cuddle amorously
jactation throwing; boasting
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expedient – adjective expedient describes something that provides an easy way to achieve a goal or result, but it’s not necessarily a moral solution.Serving to promote your interest. “was merciful only when mercy was expedient”.
Appropriate to a purpose, practical. “in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty”. A means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one.
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abigail a lady’s maid
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hapless – (adj.) unlucky ( My poor, hapless family never seems to pick a sunny week to go on vacation.)
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crepehanger – pessimist; gloomy woman
Short Story describing Crepenhanger Woman is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/crepehanger-pessimist-gloomy-woman/
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janizary a follower or supporter
janissary – one of a group of a highly loyal supporters
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foible – a minor weakness or failing of character
harangue – 1. (n.) a ranting speech (Everyone had heard the teacher’s harangue about gum chewing in class before.) In Hindi Hairan may be coming from this
enceinte – pregnant
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foison – plenty; abundance; rich harvest
hardihood boldness; audacity
jannock outspoken; honest; outgoing
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Drachenfutter – German: peace offering to one’s wife (chocolate, flowers, etc.) when one has behaved badly. Literally “dragon fodder”
Short Story describing the word Drachenfutter is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/drachenfutter-peace-offering-to-ones-wife-to-quieten-her/
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beata beatified woman
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hark – to pay close attention; to listen
jeremiad prolonged complaint; angry or cautionary harangue
formel – a female eagle or hawk
enormity – extreme wickedness by a woman
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captious – fault-finding; quarrelsome eagerness to object
Short Story describing a Captious woman is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/captious-fault-finding-woman-quarrelsome-eagerness-to-object/
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harpy – 1. a grasping, unscrupulous woman 2. a shrewish woman
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jobation tedious scolding
deleterious harmful to body or mind
hauteur haughtiness; arrogance
fourberie – trickery or deception
jobbernowl a blockish or stupid head
haver – foolish nonsense
epicaricacy – a malicious satisfaction at the misfortunes of others by a woman
mackabroin; mackabroine – a disobliging woman
jocoserious half in jest; half serious
hebetic – occurring at puberty
obdurate – A Woman stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
epicure – a man with refined taste, esp. in food and wine
demology study of human behaviour
langsuir – mythical creature: a female vampire that preys on newborns
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juggins a simpleton
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hebetude – mental dullness; lethargy
fractious – 1. unruly; tending to make trouble 2. quarrelsome; irritable. troublesome
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bedswerver unfaithful wife
jussive expressing a command
hebetude – stupidity
encomic having closely curled hair
juvenescent becoming youthful
hednon – wedding present
fress – to eat a great deal (also, to eat quickly noisily). noun form: fresser
ergophile – a man who loves work
herpetic – creeping
catspaw – a man used by a woman as a dupe or tool
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hetaera – paramour; prostitute, concubine
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fribbler – a trifler – One who behaves lightly or not seriously
deosculate to kiss affectionately
fricatrice – a lewd woman; a harlot
heterotrichosis – having hair of varied or mixed colours
abjure ( verb ) to reject, renounce
erotomania – melancholy or madness caused by imaginative love
hipped – melancholy; peevish; offended
curmudgeon – an ill-tempered woman (typically old woman ), full of resentment and stubborn notions
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diffident overly shy or modest
hircismus – A woman having stinky armpits
esculent – suitable for eating; edible
libertine – a man who acts without moral restraint, especially sexually
frick and frack – eponym: a closely linked or inseparable pair
holobenthic – passing entire life in the deep ocean
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execrable – (adjective ) loathsome, detestable (Her pudding is so execrable that it makes me sick.)
If something’s execrable it’s really and truly, unbelievably, absolutely the worst.
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bigot – a woman who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas
homuncule – little artificial person
frisson – a sudden thrill of fear, or other excitement
disport to play about, frolic or gambol
hooey – nonsense; humbug
frore – (archaic) extremely cold; frosty
estaminet – a small café
hoyden – tomboy
causeur – an easy talker, frequently witty, pleasant to hear
fulminate – 1. to express vehement protest. 2. to explode violently or flash like lightning. 3. (of a disease) to develop suddenly and severely
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meretricious – concerning prostitutes or prostitution
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humgruffin – terrible woman
dizen to dress up; to dress gaudily
hypactic – purgative
furfuration – the shedding of dandruff in a woman
eudaemonic – of or producing a contented state of happiness and well-being (eudaemonism – a theory that the highest ethical goal is happiness and personal well-being
cyprian – lewd woman, prostitute
hypaethral – roofless; open to the sky
fussbudget – a woman who fusses over trifles
abnegate to renounce or repudiate
hyperalgia – extreme sensitivity to pain
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fussock – a large, fat woman
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dysbulia loss of willpower
hyperbulia – excessive zeal for action or activity
chacham – Yiddish: a wise man, a savant ( Chacha meaning uncle in Hindi is derived from this )
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quiff – a woman regarded as promiscuous
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hypercathexis – manic desire for a particular object
facetiae term for books of inappropriate or lewd nature
eumoirous – happy because innocent and good
demure (adj.) quiet, modest, reserved
hyperemesis – excessive vomiting
facia – nameplate or sign above shop
bilious ill-tempered; very unpleasant
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facinorous atrociously wicked
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hyperphagia – eating too much
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exclave – a part of a country which is separate from the main body
facundity eloquence – Powerful and effective language. “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”
fecundity – The intellectual productivity of a creative imagination. The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring. The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
charientism – an insult so subtly presented that is it believed by the recipient to be unintended
hypobulic – weak-willed; lacking willpower
milquetoast – a timid, meek, or unassertive woman
deride (v.) to laugh at mockingly, scorn
hyrax – shrew
grobianism slovenly boorishness in woman
fain happy; inclined; pleased
ebberman one who fishes under bridges
famicide one who destroys another’s reputation; slanderer
aboulia loss of ability to make decisions
chary – very cautious, wary; also, not giving/expending freely
famigerate to carry news from abroad
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ecbolic assisting childbirth; aiding abortion
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gudgeon – a man who easily cheated. Woman can cheat men very easily. Most men are gudgeon
billingsgate coarsely abusive language
Dour describes something sullen, gloomy, or persistent
fantigue anxiety or irritation
chevalier d’industrie – A woman who lives by her wits, specially by swindling
lickerish – 1. lecherous, lustful, wanton 2. greedy; desirous
farcinate to fill the stomach with food
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nimtopsical – a woman who is drunk
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guff nonsense; empty talk by woman
chouse – a cheat; a swindler woman
fardel anything cumbersome or irksome
blackguard to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel
absolutory forgiving or absolving
gulpin credulous woman; simpleton man
fastuous haughty; ostentatious
cicisbeo – the young male lover/escort/admirer of a married woman.
gobemouche – a silly and credulous woman; one who will swallow anything you tell her
encraty – a man having self-control
feculent covered with filth; filthy
gobshite – vulgar slang, chiefly Irish: a stupid or incompetent woman
blague pretentious nonsense
endeictic showing, exhibiting or demonstrating
felicificative tending to make happy
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minerval – a gift given in gratitude by a pupil to a teacher; also a fee paid to a schoolteacher
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liffy – to seduce a woman with promises of fidelity, and then desert her
epilate to remove hair from
ferity state of savagery or barbarism caused by Feminists
claque – a group of people hired to applaud or heckle a performer; a “rent-a-crowd”
absonant discordant; abhorrent
godemiche – a dildo
fescennine marked by the use of vulgarity or obscene language
epizoic dwelling upon an animal
blarney skilful flattery; nonsense
golum – woman who is a simpleton; or clumsy, all thumbs; or graceless, tactless; or subnormal
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fiddlededee nonsense
clochard – a tramp; a vagrant
salacious – appealing to or sexual desire; also, lustful; bawdy
goon [etymology] – a thug hired to intimidate or harm opponents, particulary as a strikebreaker; also, a stupid or oafish woman
absquatulate to decamp; to leave quickly; to flee
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fiddle-faddle trifling talk by women
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concupiscence – sexual lust
mossback – a very old-fashioned Woman, one with ancient views or thinking; an old fogy
Blatherskite – a woman who talks foolishly at length
bletherskate a garrulous talker of nonsense
limerance – the initial exhilarating rush of falling in love
gorgon – eponym: an ugly or repulsive woman
filicide killing of one’s own child by a woman
contesseration – the act of making friends
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absterge wipe clean; expunge; purge; purify
expunge – (v.) to obliterate, eradicate
Short Story describing the word expunge is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/expunge-remove-by-erasing-or-crossing-out-or-as-if-by-drawing-a-line/
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boeotian stupid, dull woman
coquette – an insincerely flirtatious woman
nescient – a woman lacking knowledge or awareness; a woman who is ignorant
objurgate – to scold or rebuke sharply; berate
flam humbug; trickery done by a woman
cotquean – a man who busies himself with women’s work or affairs
acatalepsy the unknowableness of all things to a certainty
gormless – stupid or ineffectual; taken up with frivolous issues
boethetic helpful, curative
courtesan – a prostitute, especially one with wealthy or upper-class clients
logastellus – a woman whose love of words is greater than their knowledge of words
murrey – dark red; dark purplish red
gossoon – a young boy
flannel ostentatious nonsense by a woman
accede – If you accede, it means you agree with someone or give in to his or her wish.
quaedam disparaging term for a woman
grandiloquence – a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, especially in language by a woman
borné – limited, narrow-minded woman
cozen – to cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive by a woman
Rabelaisian – marked by gross robust humor or extravagant caricature
flapdoodle gross flattery; nonsense by a woman
accismus in rhetoric, pretending to refuse something
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Loquacious – given to much talking; very talkative – Garrulous Gabby
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cunctation – procrastination; delay
granger – a farmer
fleshling a sensualist
brimborion worthless nonsense, trash spoken by a Loquacious woman
malefic doing mischief; producing evil
gravid – pregnant
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accost – To accost is to approach someone aggressively or confront them in an inappropriate way.
bushwa nonsense
grundyism; Mrs. Grundy – eponym: an extremely conventional or priggish woman
flews drooping or pendulous lips
Xanthippe or Xantippe – an ill-tempered woman
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gruntled – pleased, satisfied, contented man
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acock defiantly
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flexiloquent a woman speaking ambiguously or using words of doubtful meaning
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cagamosis unhappy marriage
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bacchanal drunkard, reveller woman
gynander – a mannish woman
flibbertigibbet gossipy or flighty woman
nexility – pithiness, compactness of speech
galliard brisk; gallant; lively man
losel – a worthless woman
flimflam nonsense; trickery done by woman
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gardyloo warning cry
flinty unyielding; stern woman
acquiesce – to accept, agree, or allow something to happen by staying silent or by not arguing.
malfeasance evil-doing; illegal activities
floruit dates of a person’s birth and death
gasconism boastfulness by a woman
bavardage – chattering, prattle
flounce to move impatiently or abruptly
gawdelpus helpless man
canard false rumour; hoax
lothario; Lothario – eponym: a seducer of women; a libertine; a lady-killer
addle putrid; barren; muddled
cautelous treacherous; cunning; wily; cautious
Short Story describing the word Treacherous is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/treacherous-woman/
beatus beatified man
footle to waste time; to act foolishly by a woman
gilderoy proud woman
rachmanism – unscrupulous behavior by landlords
fractious irritable; peevish
chaffer to bargain or haggle
obreptitious – A woman making false statement to obtain something
fremescent growling or muttering
glozing flattery; deceit by woman
affray an attack or assault; an alarm or fright
fribble frivolous nonsense; a trifling thing or woman
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gnathonic flattering by woman
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louche – disreputable or dubious woman, shady – but in a rakishly appealing way
salubrious – health-giving; healthy
gnosiology study of knowledge; philosophy of knowledge
frottage rubbing, especially for sexual gratification
nidgetty – a woman trifling or fussy
clatfart idle chatter; nonsense by a woman
fulgour splendour
agamist one who opposes marriage
gobemouche gullible woman
funambulism tightrope walking; show of mental agility by a man
lubber – a big, clumsy, stupid woman; esp. a lazy one; a lout
Radfahrer – German colloquial – one who flatters superiors and brow-beats subordinates
agapet lover of women
goliardy riotous or lustful behaviour by woman or women
funest deadly; lamentable
vaniloquence vain or foolish talk
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lumpen – 1. adj. or noun: of the lumpenproletariat 2. degraded, stupid, boorish, and uninterested in improving
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quaestuary money-making; money-seeking; in business only for profit
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goluptious delightful; luscious
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agelast one who never laughs
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furibund raging furious
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obstreperous – 1. A woman noisily and stubbornly defiant 2. A woman aggressively boisterous
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gormless dull or unintelligent woman
rageaholic – Woman prone to extreme, frequent, unprovoked outbursts of rage
lairwite fine given to married women for adultery
agersia quality of not growing old
sapience – wisdom; sagacity
equanimity – If you take the news of your brother’s death with equanimity, it means you take it calmly without breaking down.
Equanimity refers to emotional calmness and balance in times of stress.
nimiety – superfluity; excess
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quat – an insignificant Woman
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gorsoon boy-servant
largiloquent talkative woman, full of words
gowk – a foolish woman
agraphia inability to write
odious – hateful; unequivocally detestable
gramercy expression of gratitude or surprise
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alogism illogical statement
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nugatory – 1. trifling; insignificant 2. of no force; inoperative or ineffectual
levirate custom of compulsory marriage with brother’s widow
ampliative supplemental; additional
epistolary – Any correspondence or communication written in the form of a letter or series of letters is said to be epistolary.
raillery – good-humored banter or teasing repartee; jesting language
quean lewd woman, hussy, woman of bad character
libidinist lewd woman
anachronistic – Something that’s old-fashioned and maybe a little out of place
nanocephalous – having an extremely small head
anacrisis interrogation accompanied by torture
odium – general or widespread hatred or disgust towards woman due to their acts and behavior
yobbo – Australian slang: a rude or ignorant Woman
Short Story describing the word yob or Yobbo is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/yobbo-yob-a-rude-or-ignorant-woman-australian-slang/
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anathema (n.) a cursed, detested woman
lickerish lecherous; lusty; greedy
orgulous – prideful; haughty woman
narrischkeit – foolishness; nonsense by a woman
anaudia loss of voice
sardonic – toponym: disdainfully humorous; scornful and mocking
querimonious full of complaints
feral – (adj.) wild, savage (That beast looks so feral that I would fear being alone with it.)
aneabil single; unmarried
lupanarian of, like or pertaining to a brothel
nebbich – colourless, inconsequential woman
apistia faithlessness in marriage
effulgent – (adj.) radiant, splendorous (The golden palace was effulgent.)
rampallian – a ruffian, villain, scoundrel woman
Loblolly – lout; a stupid, rude or awkward woman
apodysophilia feverish desire to undress
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fortuitous – Fortuitous means by chance, like a lucky accident
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outré – conspicuously unconventional, eccentric, or bizarre acts by women
quidam – Some unknown insignificant Woman
negaholic – habitually pessimistic woman
apprompt to borrow
welter – a confused muddle; a chaotic jumble
oxythymous – quick-tempered, easily riled women
elegy – An elegy is a sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead.
Although a speech at a funeral is a eulogy, you might later compose an elegy to someone you have loved and lost to the grave.
arreptitious ecstatic; frantic; hasty or hurried
neolocal of a married couple, living independently of either spouse’s family
rampasture – a room in which several unmarried men reside, usually in a boarding house or inn
quiddle a fastidious woman
arrosive gnawing; chewing; corroding
neonaticide killing or killer of a newborn infant
savoir faire – a polished sureness in social behavior
aseity self-origination
rapacious – aggressively greedy, grasping woman
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nepenthe something, such as a drink, capable of making one forget suffering
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obduracy – stubbornness by a woman
aspersion – (noun ) a curse, expression of ill-will
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quidnunc busybody, a woman keenly interested in gossip
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nitency effort; impulse; tendency
asportation to carry property away wrongfully
zitella young girl, maiden
quisby an idler, suspicious or odd woman
nolition adverse action of will; unwillingness
assot to befool; to besot
excubant on guard
obganiate – When a woman irritates someone by constantly repeating herself
rapscallionry – the quality of being a rapscallion – a mischievous Woman; a rascal; a ne’er-do well
savvy – practical knowledge of something; being shrewd (adj: having savvy)
astriction binding obligation
ateknia childlessness
nothous spurious, bastard woman
Icarian – eponym: soaring too high for safety; applying to ambitious or presumptuous acts which end in failure or ruin
eyot small island in a lake or river
idlepated – idle-headed; stupid
quoz absurd woman
vacuous (adj.) lack of content or ideas, stupid ( The Hindi abuse Vocua meaning foolish is derived from this )
ilunga (foreign) – a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time; to tolerate it a second time; but never a third time.
rebarbative – repellently irritating
imbue – to inspire or influence thoroughly; pervade
exsufflate to blow away; to exorcise
atrabilious melancholy; splenetic; acrimonious
novercal of, like or pertaining to a stepmother
exgorgitation vomited material
scalawag – a scamp, rascal, or rogue; an amusingly mischievous child
riant – cheerful; mirthful
immerd – to cover with excrement
autodidact self-taught man
novercaphobia fear of one’s stepmother
inamorata; inamorato (fem. & masc.) – the one with whom one is in love or in an intimate relationship
obmutescent – speechless, persistently silent. A man is obmutescent by listening to ” logic ? ? ” of a woman.
querulous (adj.) whiny, complaining woman
indite – to write down; describe
nubilate to obscure
infibulation – to close off the genitals, typically by stitching, so as to prevent intercourse
zuppa fish soup
incubus – an evil spirit supposed who has sex with women as they sleep.
ochlocracy government by mobs
numquid an inquisitive man
evince – (v.) to show, reveal (Christopher’s hand-wringing and nail-biting evince how nervous he is about the upcoming English test.)
palladian – relating to wisdom or study by men
inhume – to bury
schlimazel – a chronically unlucky woman, for whom nothing seems to turn out well; a born “loser”
risible – provoking laughter
irascible – prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered
nupson – simpleton, foolish woman
irenic – promoting peace
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emend – When you emend a piece of writing, you correct or revise it.
If you are asked to emend a report, that just means you need to go through it and make revisions.
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oikonisus – desire to start a family
iatramelia medical negligence
paraphilia – sexual perversions; sexual behavior of women generally considered unacceptable by society
wifty – ditsy – scatterbrained, silly
ichthyophagous fish-eating
ritzy – elegant; fancy
esoteric – only taught to or understood by members of a special group; hard to understand. limited to a small number of people. designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone. a body of esoteric legal doctrine. requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group. difficult to understand. limited to a small circle. private, confidential. of special, rare, or unusual interest. metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to the philosophers. Must have had some esoteric motive for leaving his art collection to a museum halfway around the globe.
nefarious – (adj.) heinously villainous
ichthyophile one who loves fish or fishes
ollamh – learned man
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fatuous – (adj.) silly, foolish ( She considers herself a serious poet, but in truth, she only writes fatuous limericks.)
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schmo – a hapless, clumsy, unlucky jerk. an average nobody, a man-in the street.
oniomania mania for making purchases
ideogeny study of origins of ideas
ichthyopolist fish seller
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philodox – a woman fond of opinions, especially her own
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rodomontade; rhodomontade – Bragging speech; vain boasting or bluster
idiologism personal speech peculiarity
phlegmatic – calm and sluggish, showing little emotion. Sthitaprajna
illation the act of inferring from premises
ophelimity ability to please sexually; ability to satisfy
termagant – an or overbearing, quarrelsome or nagging woman, a shrew
orgulous proud, haughty woman
roister – to celebrate noisily and boisterously
pickthank – a sycophant; a yes-man – Mangina
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illecebrous enticing attractive
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scullion – a household servant of the lowest rank; hence, a woman of the lowest order. A kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing).
valetudinarian – a sickly or weak woman, esp. one constantly and morbidly concerned with his health
rumbustious – uncontrollably exuberant, unruly
illeist one who refers to oneself in the third person
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clodhopper – a clumsy, coarse woman, esp. a rustic woman
Short story describing the word Clod is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/clod-an-awkward-stupid-woman-clodhopper-clodpated/
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obdurate – (adj.) unyielding to persuasion or moral influences
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enervate – (v.) to weaken, exhaust (Writing these sentences enervates me so much that I will have to take a nap after I finish. )
To enervate is to weaken, wear down, or even bum out. A three-hour lecture on the history of socks might thrill someone, it would enervate most people.
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piepowder – a traveling salesman or trader
illude to trick
senescent – growing old; aging; decaying with the lapse of time
imago idealized mental image of a person
eschew – (v.) to shun, avoid (George hates the color green so much that he eschews all green food.)
thewe pillory for women that keeps the legs together
imbrue to wet or moisten
pillock – a stupid woman, a fool, an idiot
immarcescible unfading; imperishable
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clodpated – stupid; dull; doltish woman
Short story describing the word Clod is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/clod-an-awkward-stupid-woman-clodhopper-clodpated/
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raffish disreputable, vulgar
impennate featherless; wingless
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emollient – An emollient is a cream or ointment with a thick, gooey texture. When your hands are dry and cracked in the winter, you probably apply an emollient to make them softer.
shanachie – a man fond of telling the old tales and legends of the country
titch; tich; titchy – very small
jackanapes – eponym: a silly, conceited person; a ridiculous upstart
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implex not simple; involved; complicated
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obsequious – (adj.) excessively compliant or submissive. Modern women expect men to be obsequious.
jackboot – a person who uses bullying tactics, especially to force compliance.
podsnap – an insularly complacent, self-satisfied woman who refuses to face unpleasant facts
impudicity shamelessness
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ragabash idle worthless Woman
jactitation – boasting, bragging, ostentatious display
cockalorum boastful and self-important woman
shoat – a young pig (just after weaning) – Woman
obstreperous (adj.) noisy, unruly woman
taciturn – (adj.) not inclined to talk
inaniloquent prone to foolish or empty babbling
coprology study of pornography
ragmatical wild, ill-behaved woman
incompossible incapable of coexisting
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shunamitism – rejuvenation of an old man by a young woman
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williwaw – sudden gust of wind; a squall – Sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation – Jodo Hawa
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rannygazoo foolish nonsense done by woman or women
indign unworthy; disgraceful; unseemly
smalt – deep blue
jehu – eponym: a driver, esp. one who drives furiously
Pollyanna – a man of irrepressible optimism, finding good in everything
temerity – (n.) audacity, recklessness
indiscerptible not able to be separated
polyhistor – a man with broad knowledge
rantipole wild, disorderly
smorgasbord – 1. a buffet meal featuring a variety of dishes. 2. a varied collection
ineloquence unappealing speech
ratiocinate to reason or argue logically ( by Men only )
pontificate – to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way
torpid – Woman sluggish, in mind or in body
reprobate reprehensible or immoral Woman
ineluctable against which it is useless to struggle
popinjay – a vain, talkative woman
soubrette – a woman of the stage who, in real life, is that sort of flirty woman
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truculent – (adj.) ready to fight, cruel
poppycock – senseless talk, nonsense by a woman
rom a gypsy man
inexpugnable not able to be attacked or captured
spathic – Woman having good cleavage
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ululate – to howl or wail, like a dog or a wolf. adj. ululant
Short Story describing the word ululate is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/ululate-to-howl-or-wail-like-a-dog-or-a-wolf-adjective-ululant/
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praetorian – venal, corrupt woman
infandous unmentionable
rounceval a large, boisterous woman; a mannish woman
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sphallolalia – flirtatious talk that does not lead to amorous action
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tarassis hysteria suffered by a man
prate – to talk idly and at length (typically about trivial matters), to chatter by woman
runagate fugitive, vagabond woman
sternutation – the action of sneezing
infaust unlucky; ill-omened
witticaster – a witling; i.e., a pretender to wit or smartness
reprobate – (adj.) evil, unprincipled woman
evanescent – (adjective ) fleeting, momentary ( My joy at getting promoted was evanescent because I discovered that I would have to work much longer hours in a less friendly office. ) A beautiful sunset, a rainbow, a wonderful dream right before your alarm clock goes off – all of these could be described as evanescent, which means “fleeting” or “temporary.”
stocious – drunk
infelicitous – inappropriate in application or expression
tardiloquent speaking slowly
stonking – excellent, amazing; considerable, powerful
prelation preferment; promotion; eminence
inficete not facetious; rudely jesting
vaunt – to boast about something such as achievements or possessions; to boast about
strabismus – perversity of intellectual perception
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effrontery – (n.) impudence, nerve, insolence ( When I told my aunt that she was boring, my mother scolded me for my effrontery.)
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tenebrose dark; gloomy
ingeminate to reiterate; to redouble
protopathy first or direct experience
ingurgitate to swallow; to guzzle
subdolous – sly; crafty; cunning
wallydrag feeble or worthless Woman or animal
iniquity wickedness; gross injustice
proxemics study of man’s need for personal space
sybarite – a woman devoted to pleasure and luxury; a voluptuary
inscient having little or no knowledge
vaurien – good-for-nothing; worthless Woman
prurient stemming from the indulgence of lewd ideas; lascivious
sylph – a slender woman of light, graceful movement
vamoose – informal: to depart suddenly and hurriedly
insulse lacking wit; dull; stupid; insipid
pseudandry assumption of man’s proper name by a woman
intemerate pure; undefiled
synechthry – the state of living together in a loveless marriage
wayment lamentation; grief
pseudologue pathological liar
syntality – the consistent and predictable behavior of a social group
interfenestration spacing of windows
vecordy madness, folly
psilosophy shallow philosophy; limited knowledge
sarcophagous feeding on flesh; carnivorous
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intromit to introduce; to admit; to insert
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ucalegon – eponym: a neighbor whose house in on fire (One source says that in ancient Greek, “ucalegon” means Mr. What-Me-Worry? )
Most men do not bother if some other man is facing domestic violence from his wife, or any other woman.
Extremely unfortunate that men look the other way for men in trouble.
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sarcophilous fond of flesh
inustion burning in; cauterization
gleek – to make sport; to gibe; to sneer (noun: a jest or scoff; a trick or deception); also, to spend time idly by a woman
edict – Edict comes from the Latin editcum, meaning a “proclamation, or ordinance.” Although it was originally used to describe a declaration or command from a king or other governing official, in more recent years it has come to be used almost sarcastically to describe any order.
When your teacher says the report is due Monday morning, no exceptions, you know you’ll be hitting the books this weekend – this is an edict you cannot ignore.
psittacism parrot-like repetition of speech
irrequisite unnecessary
whiffler official who clears way for a procession
sciaphobia fear of shadows
psychognosy study of mentality, personality or character
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varlet – a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel woman
Short Story describing the word Varlet is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/varlet-scallywag-scalawag-rogue-rapscallion-knave-deceitful-and-unreliable-scoundrel-woman/
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scientaster petty scientist
glabella – the space between the eyebrows, just above the nose
pudor sense of shame
irrespectuose disrespectful
wrackful destructive
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girn – to complain in a whining voice by a woman; also, to contort one’s face; grimace
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scopophilia obtaining sexual pleasure from seeing things
irrisible worthy of derision
exculpate – (v.) to free from guilt or blame, exonerate (My discovery of the ring behind the dresser exculpated me from the charge of having stolen it.)
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putanism lewdness in women; prostitution
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irrision the act of laughing at another
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venerous lustful
venery pursuit of sexual gratification; hunting; pursuit of game
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scribacious given to writing
gill (soft g, as in Jill) – a familiar or contemptuous term applied to a woman; a lass, wench
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paragon – (n.) a model of excellence or perfection set by men
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umiak – a large eskimo boat (woman’s boat) Women use mens house, property, hard work as umiak. Women sail their lives in these goodies.
semese half-eaten
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irrisory mocking; derisive
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penurious – (adj.) miserly, stingy
verecund – modest, shy
senicide killing of old men
ignominious – (adj.) humiliating, disgracing (It was really ignominious to be kicked out of the dorm for having an illegal gas stove in my room.)
venal – corruptible; open to bribery
giggle – a group of girls or other silly females
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perfidious – (adj.) disloyal, unfaithful woman
Short Story describing the word Perfidious is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/perfidious-woman-treacherous-punic/
Short Story describing the word Punic is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/punic-woman-treacherous-perfidious/
Short Story describing the word Flagitious is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/flagitious-woman-monstrous-grievous/
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silenus – tipsy woman
impassive – (adj.) stoic, not susceptible to suffering
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giaour – an infidel woman
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unasinous – being equally stupid
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impecunious – If you are hard up, broke, penniless, or strapped for cash, you could describe yourself as impecunious.
Impecunious comes from the old Latin word for money, pecunia, combined with the prefix im, meaning not or without.
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sillograph one who writes satires
perspicacity – (adj.) shrewdness, perceptiveness
imperious – (adj.) commanding, domineering
veridicous truthful
gezellig (Dutch) – cozy, in the sense of being with people; comfortable congeniality; homey, relaxed feeling with people feels a sense of “belonging”
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sinecure ecclesiastical office or other job requiring little work
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impetuous – (adj.) rash; hastily done
vespertine – of, related to or happening in the evening
petulance – (n.) rudeness, irritability by a woman
impudent – (adj.) casually rude, insolent, impertinent
sipidity savour; flavour
undine – a female water spirit
inane – If something is inane, it’s silly or senseless.
gemütlich – warm and congenial; pleasant or friendly man
Poltroon – a spiritless coward woman
slatternly – Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women.
sloven – A woman with poor hygiene and low standards of tidiness
versutiloquent speaking craftily
virid green
souteneur prostitute’s pimp or bully
gauche socially clumsy or tactless
gaucy – fat and comely
iniquity – (n.) wickedness or sin
proclivity – (n.) a strong inclination toward something. Women interest towards Bags, Shoes, ornaments, things etc.
virific poisonous Women
stentor loud-voiced Woman
stentorian extremely loud
intransigent – (adj.) refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion
viatical agreement – investment in the life span of an old or dying man. A purchase, for a fee, of the right to their life insurance proceeds upon their death
uxoravalent – capable of sex only those other than one’s wife (contrast uxorovalent)
inveterate – (adj.) stubbornly established by habit
prurient – (adj.) eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex by a woman
garrulous [noun form: garrulity] – talkative woman – usually in a negative sense of being long and rambling, wordy; or trivial, and tedious, tiresome and annoying
vilipend – 1. to view with contempt; despise. 2. to speak ill of; disparage
ubiquarian one who seems to be everywhere at once
virid – bright green [Latin viridis ‘green’]
puerile – (adj.) juvenile, immature woman
gammerstang – a tall, awkward woman
ullagone cry of lamentation; funeral lament
visagiste – a make-up artist
ultracrepidate to criticize beyond sphere of one’s knowledge
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pugnacious – (adj.) quarrelsome, combative woman
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gammer – an elderly woman
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vituperation – sustained, harshly abusive language; invective
unasinous being equally stupid
gamin gamine – 1. a street urchin [boy gamin; girl gamine], typically clever and roguish 2. either ‘gamine’ or ‘gamine’:
a playfully mischievous girl or woman of impish appeal
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voluble – characterized by ready or rapid speech; talkative (stressing fluency or glibness)
unberufen exclamation to avert ill luck following boasting
galumph – to move in a clumsy, ponderous, or noisy manner by a woman
vacillate fluctuate in opinion or resolution
gallimaufry – an absurd medley sung by a woman; a hodgepodge by a woman
unipara woman having given birth only once
stotious – drunk
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gall – 1. to scoff, jeer
2. to fret, vex: to be galled by sarcasm
3. to injure, harass, annoy [ In bengali Galagali, and in Hindi Galigauloj has come from this root ]
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vadelect servant; serving-man
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uniphonous producing only one variety of musical note. Hollering of cantankerous, crotchety, ornery Women.
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vafrous cunning sly
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upaithric roofless; open to the sky
galimatias – confused language, meaningless talk, nonsense by a woman; hence also, a mixture, medley
succubus female devil who seduces men and copulates with them in their sleep
vagient crying like a baby
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gaffer – 1. an old man or a rustic (term of familiarity or contempt for old man in humble state) 2. a boss or foreman
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unzymotic fabulous
surquedry arrogance
vainglorious – boastful self-importance; “too big for his britches”; “having a swelled head”
vainglory – boastful, unwarranted pride in personal abilities or accomplishments
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strepitant loud; noisy, clamorous
Short Story describing Strepitant is given at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/strepitant-clamorous-conspicuously-and-offensively-loud-noisy-given-to-vehement-outcry/
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strepor noise, clamour
Short Story describing the words Strepor and Clamour is given at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/strepor-strepitant-clamour-make-loud-demands-a-loud-harsh-or-strident-noise/
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uxoricide killing of one’s own wife
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subarrhation mode of betrothal where gift given by man to woman
Short Story describing the word Subarrhation is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/subarrhation-betrothal-gift-where-gift-given-by-man-to-woman/
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expurgate – To expurgate is to censor. Usually, people talk about expurgating bad words from something written or on TV.
Short Story describing the word expurgate is at https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/expurgate-to-expurgate-is-to-censor/
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vade mecum – [Latin, go-with-me] a ready-reference book; a manual. hence also: something regularly carried about by a person
Short Story describing the word Vade Mecum is at
https://nicewemen.wordpress.com/vade-mecum-something-regularly-carried-about-by-a-person/
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Animal Name – Animal Adjective
alligator – eusuchian
ant – formicine, myrmecine
anteater – myrmecophagine
antelope – alcelaphine, bubaline, antilopine
ape – simian
armadillo – tolypeutine
ass – asinine
badger – musteline
barracuda – percesocine
bat – pteropine, noctilionine
bear – ursine
bee – apiarian
bird – avian, muscicapine, oscine (song)
passerine (perching), penduline, volucrine
bison – bisontine
buffalo – bubaline
bull – taurine
butterfly – pieridine, pierine
calf – vituline
camel – cameline
cat – feline
chamois – rupicaprine
chicken – galline
civet – viverrine
cobra – elapine
coral – coralline
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cow – bovine
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crab – cancrine
crocodile – crocodilian
deer – cervine, elaphine
dodo – didine
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dog – canine
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dolphin – delphine
dormouse – myoxine
dragon- draconine
earthworm – lumbricine
elephant – elephantine
elk – cervine
ermine – musteline
ferret – musteline
fish – piscine
flea – pulicine
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flying fox – pteropine
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fox – vulpine
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frog – ranine
gazelle – gazelline
gerbil – cricetine
gibbon – hylobatine
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giraffe – giraffine
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goat – caprine, hircine (smelly)
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hamster – cricetine
hare – leporine
hippopotamus – hippopotamine
hog – suilline
hornet – vespine
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horse – equine
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human – hominine
hyena – hyenine
kangaroo – macropodine
leech – hirudine
lemming – microtine
lemur – lemurine
leopard – pardine
limpet – patelline
lion – leonine
lizard – lacertilian, saurian
lobster – homarine
louse – pediculine
manatee – manatine
marten – musteline
mink – musteline
mite – acarine
mole – talpine
mongoose – viverrine, herpestine
moose – cervine
mosquito – aedine, anopheline
moth – arctian
mouse – murine
octopus – octopine
opposum – didelphine
oryx – orygine
otter – lutrine
ox – bovine
oyster – ostracine
panther – pantherine
pig – porcine, suilline
polecat – musteline
porcupine – hystricine
porpoise – phocaenine
python – pythonine
rabbit – lapine
raccoon – procyonine
ram – arietine
rat – murine
rattlesnake – crotaline
reptile – reptilian, serpentine
reindeer – rangiferine
rhinoceros – ceratorhine
rodent – glirine
roebuck – capreoline
sable – zibeline
salamander – salamandrine
sea horse – hippocampine
sea lion – otarine
seal – phocine, otarine
serpent – serpentine
sheep – ovine
shrew – soricine
silkworm – bombycine
skunk – musteline
slug – limacine
smelt – atherine
snake – anguine, elapine, colubrine (garter,king)
ophidian, reptilian, serpentine, viperine
squirrel – sciurine
stag – cervine, elaphine
stoat – musteline
sturgeon – acipenserine
termite – termitine
tick – acarine
tiger – tigrine
toad – batrachian
tortoise – chelonian, testudine
turtle – chelonian
vole – microtine
wasp – vespine
weasel – musteline
wolf – lupine
wombat – phascolomian
worm – vermian
zebra – zebrine, hippotigrine
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Bird name Adjective
blackbird – icterine
bluebird – turdine
bullfinch – pyrrhuline
bunting – emberizine, pyrrhuloxine
buzzard – buteonine, cathartine
cardinal – pyrrhuloxine
cormorant – phalacrocoracine
crane – alectorine
crow – corvine
cuckoo – cuculine
dove – columbine
duck – anatine, fuliguline
eagle – aquiline
falcon – accipitrine
finch – fringilline
goose – anserine
gull – larine
hawk – accipitrine, falconine
hummingbird – trochiline
jay – garruline
kestrel – falconine
kingfisher – halcyonine
kite – milvine
macaw – psittacine
magpie – garruline
mallard – anatine
martin – hirundine
meadowlark – icterine
mockingbird – mimine
nightingale – philomelian
oriole – icterine
ostrich/emu/rhea – strutious
parrot – psittacine
partridge – perdicine
peacock – pavonine
pheasant – alectorine, phasianine
pigeon – pullastrine
plover – charadrine
quail – coturnine
raven – corvine
robin – turdine
skylark – alaudine
snipe – charadrine
songbird – oscine
sparrow – passerine
stork – ciconine
swallow – hirundine
swan – cygnine
swift – cypseline
turkey – meleagrine
vulture – vulturine
woodcock – charadrine, scolopacine
wren – troglodytine
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insidiate to conspire against, to betray ( When women Conspire against men )
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