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victoriousvocabulary:CLAIR DE LUNE [noun] 1. moonlight. Literal translation: “light of the moon”. 2. a pale, greyish-blue glaze applied to various kinds of Chinese porcelain. Etymology: French, clair (light) + de (of) + lune (moon). [Yohey

VIVIFICENT [adjective] Obsolete: living; possessing life; not dead. Etymology: from Latinvivus“alive”. [Fay Helfer]

victoriousvocabulary: FERINE [adjective] feral; wild and menacing; untamed. Etymology: from Latin ferīnus, ”of wild animals”, from fera, ”wild beast”. [Lenka Simeckova]

victoriousvocabulary: AFICIONADO [noun] a person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime; an enthusiastic admirer or follower; a fan. Etymology: from Spanish, past participle of aficionar, to inspire affection,

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omegajako: historical-nonfiction: Bugs Bunny accidentally transformed the word nimrod into a synonym for idiot because nobody got a joke where he sarcastically compared Elmer Fudd to the Biblical figure Nimrod, a mighty hunter. Etymology is ridiculous

rhys-ravenfeather: countessofbiscuit: i can’t wait for THIS etymology lesson with the aliens

audible-smiles: mapsontheweb: Map of Native American etymologies for “horse”. There were no horses in the Americas before the colonists arrived. Native Americans quickly developed new words for this strange animal, often associating them with dogs,

xueyangapologist:xueyangapologist:a himbo is etymologically a male bimbo. it’s a hot, stupid man. if a man is stupid and hot he’s a himbo. stop adding nonsense qualifications based on your own taste. “a himbo has to be ripped” you wouldn’t let

nocturnal-kids:[ID: A tweet from @ manylittlewords that reads: The fact that some people can’t distinguish between etymology and entomology bugs me in ways I can’t put into words. /end ID]

victoriousvocabulary: ENSORCELL [aka ENSORCEL] [verb] to bewitch; to enchant. Etymology: from Middle French ensorceler, “to bewitch”, dissimilated variant of ensorcerer. [Edward Burne-Jones - The Beguiling of Merlin]

victoriousvocabulary: SCRIVEN [verb] to put in writing. Etymology: back formation of scrivener, “writer”, from Middle English scriveiner, alteration of scrivein, from Anglo-French escrivein, from Vulgar Latin *scriban-, scriba, alteration of Latin

mapsontheweb:Etymology of European country names in English.

victoriousvocabulary: ASTRIFEROUS [adjective] bearing stars; made of stars. Etymology: Latin astrifer; astrum - star + ferre - to bear. [Lizavan Rees]

victoriousvocabulary: SEREA [noun] mermaid; a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish. Etymology: Galician. [hoooook]

victoriousvocabulary: BOMBYLIOUS [adjective] buzzing or humming. Etymology: New Latin Bombylius, “bumblebee”. [Caitlin Hackett - In the Hollow of My Heart]

victoriousvocabulary:THRENETIC[adjective]pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful; lamentation.Etymology: from Greek thrēnos (dirge).[Rovina Cai]

victoriousvocabulary: PUELLA [noun] 1. a maiden; young woman; maid. 2. a girl, a lass; a female child. Etymology: from Latin puellus (“a little boy”), contracted from puerulus (“a little boy, a little slave”), the diminutive of puer (“boy”).

possiblestalker: In England and Scotland “Shaw” is a topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or thicket.A thicket or, in other words, a grove. As in Samantha Groves.Etymology is the best.

victoriousvocabulary: HIBERNAL [adjective] of or pertaining to winter; brumal or hiemal. Etymology: From Latin hībernālis, “wintry”, from hiems, “winter”.Marjolein Caljouw

victoriousvocabulary: TELEOSIS [noun] perfection. Etymology: Greek teleo, “end, last; result, completion, perfection, fulfillment, ultimately from Ancient Greek télos, “end”. [Gene Guynn - Leeloo]

victoriousvocabulary: ACRONICAL [aka ACRONYCHAL, ACRONYCAL] [adjective] occurring at sunset. Etymology: from Greek akronychos, “at sunset”, from acro- + nykh-, nyx, “night”. [irrisssha - Greek Sunset]

ultrafacts: An investigation into the etymology of “meh” discovered that it may have Yiddish origins, but the first use of “meh” as a word expressing indifference came from a July 9, 1992 Usenet post complaining about Melrose Place. John Swartzwelder

victoriousvocabulary: STRIGOAICĂ [noun] Singular feminine form: a witch; a person, now especially a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic, especially black magic or the black art; sorceress. Etymology: Romanian. [Power O’Malley]

victoriousvocabulary: EIDOLISM [noun] a belief in ghosts. Etymology: from Greek eidolon, εἴδωλον - ”image, idol, double, apparition, phantom, ghost”. [Don Maitz]

victoriousvocabulary: TYPHLOBASIA [noun] Informal: the act of kissing with closed eyes. Etymology: Greek typhlo- (prefix for blindness) + Latin basium (a kiss). [Christian Schloe]

victoriousvocabulary: BRUMAL [adjective] of, characteristic of, or relating to winter; wintry; occurring in winter. Etymology: Latin brūmālis - of or pertaining to winter. [Joseph Farquharson]

victoriousvocabulary: TROUVAILLE [noun] 1. a lucky find. 2. an ingenious idea. Etymology: from Old French trouver - to compose, find. [Victo Ngai - Deep Thinkers]

victoriousvocabulary: PROBITY [noun] integrity of character; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness. Etymology: from Latin probitās (honesty), from probus (virtuous). [Sir Joseph Noel Paton- Sir Galahad]

victoriousvocabulary: ANGELOPHANY [noun] the appearance of an angel or angels; manifestation of a celestial being. Etymology: angel, from Old English engel or Old French angele, both from Late Latin angelus, ultimately derived from Late Greek angelos

victoriousvocabulary: APRICITY [noun] 1. the warmth of the sun. 2. the warmth of the sun during Winter. Etymology: from the Latin aprīcitās, noun of quality from aprīcus (“warmed by the sun”). [Vladimir Kush]

victoriousvocabulary: MALAPERT [adjective] 1. impudently bold; saucy; amusingly forward and flippant. [noun] 2. an impudent, saucy person. Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, mal-, “not“ + apert, “clever” . [Marta de Andrés]

victoriousvocabulary: DAMNOSA HEREDITAS [noun] 1. Roman Law: an inheritance from a person who dies insolvent and whose debts the heir is bound to discharge. 2. a harmful or burdensome inheritance. Etymology: from Latin, literally “damaging inheritance”.

victoriousvocabulary: RUFFIAN [noun] 1. a tough or rowdy person. 2. a thug or gangster; a violent or lawless person; hoodlum or villain. Etymology: from Old French rufien, from Italian ruffiano, perhaps related to Langobardic hruf - scurf, scabbiness.

victoriousvocabulary: THALASSOCRACY [noun] dominion over the seas, as in as in exploration, trade, or colonisation. Etymology: from Attic Greek thalassocratia, from thalassa, “sea” + -cracy, from -kratia, from kratos, “power”. [TheMinttu -

victoriousvocabulary: DELUGE [noun] 1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood. 2. a drenching rain; downpour. 3. anything that overwhelms like a flood. [verb] 4. to flood; inundate. 5. to overrun; overwhelm. Etymology: from Old French, from Latin

victoriousvocabulary: GRIPULOUS [adjective] grasping; greedy. Etymology: grip (Middle English, from Old English gripe, “grasp” and gripa, “handful”) + -ulous (a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, with the meaning “inclined

victoriousvocabulary: GELID [adjective] extremely cold; icy. Etymology: from Latin gelidus, ”icy cold”, equivalent to gel(um), “frost, cold”. [Zaria Forman]

victoriousvocabulary: REGINAL [noun] 1. queen. 2. the official title of a queen. [adjective] 3. of or relating to a queen; queenly. Etymology: ultimately from Latin rēgīna. [a-hour - Mother of Dragons]

victoriousvocabulary: VETUST [adjective] venerable from antiquity; ancient; old. Etymology: from Latin vetustus “old, ancient”. [backji]

victoriousvocabulary: PUCELAGE [noun] 1. Archaic: virginity - the state of never having had sexual intercourse. 2. Colloquial: innocence - freedom from guilt or wrongdoing. Etymology: from Middle French pucelage, from pucelle > Old French pucele,

victoriousvocabulary: DEVALL [verb] to sink; to decline. Etymology: from Middle English devalen “to descend, sink”, from Middle French devaler, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin devallare, from Latin de “down, away” + (assumed) -vallare, from Latin

victoriousvocabulary: SCHWUNGVOLL [adjective] lively, swinging, bold, spirited, jauntily. Etymology: German, schwung “momentum, swing” + voll, “full”. [Cyril Rolando]

victoriousvocabulary: ĆMA [noun] 1. Polish: moth; a chiefly nocturnal insect related to the butterflies. 2. Archaic: darkness. Etymology: from Proto-Slavic *tьma. [Miranda Meeks]

victoriousvocabulary: IRRGARTEN [noun] maze; labyrinth; a knot garden; a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way. Etymology: German. [Dario Mekler]

victoriousvocabulary: MORIOR [verb] 1. to die, wither away, decay. 2. I die. 3. I wither; I decay. Etymology: Latin, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- “to die”. [noiaillustration]

victoriousvocabulary: VIAGEM [noun] a trip; journey; voyage; travel. Etymology: Portuguese, from Old Portuguese viagem, viagen, viage, from Old Provençal viatge, from Latin viaticum. [ebineyland]

kafukafuura1917:the etymology of the word “troon” is really fucking funny to me because like, obviously the way terfs use it in this website is because they’re afraid to use the other more common t-slur for whatever fucking reason most of the time,

victoriousvocabulary: CARRION [noun] 1. dead and putrefying flesh. 2. rottenness; anything vile. adjective 3. feeding on carrion. Etymology: from Middle English caroyne, careyn, carionn, from Anglo-French caroine, ultimately from Latin carō, “flesh”.

sinbadism:just-shower-thoughts:It took me 23 years to realize that “be there or be square” is because you’re not a-round.no… it’s not… “square” was black slang for uncool in like the 70s… why do yall keep making up fake etymologies 4

victoriousvocabulary: VIPERACOMOUS [adjective] Neologism: snake-like hair; possessing snakes for hair. Etymology: from Latin vipera, “snake” + Greek kome, “the hair of the head”. [Georgios Dimitriou - Medusa]

victoriousvocabulary: COSMOPOEIA [noun] the act of creating a universe; world-creating. Etymology: from Ancient Greek kósmos, “world, universe” + -poeia, used to form nouns that denote the making or creating of something, from poiéō, “I

victoriousvocabulary: ABYSSOPELAGIC [adjective] of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; referring to or occurring in the region of deep water above the floor of the ocean. Etymology: English abyss, from Middle English abissus, from Late Latin

victoriousvocabulary: TACTION [noun] 1. the act of touching; touch; contact. 2. the sense of touch. Etymology: from Latin tactio, “touching”, from perfect passive participle tactus, “sense of feeling”, from tangere, “to touch, feel”. [Miles

victoriousvocabulary: SLUMBER [verb] 1. to sleep. 2. to be dormant or quiescent. 3. to pass (time) in sleep. [noun] 4. sleep. 5. a state of inactivity or dormancy. Etymology: from Middle English slombren, slomren, frequentive of slummen, slumen,

victoriousvocabulary: ALTELLUS [noun] an alien. Etymology: Latin. [Robin Eisenberg]

victoriousvocabulary: ATARAXIA[noun]a Greek term used by Pyrrho and Epicurus for a lucid state, characterised by freedom from worry or any other preoccupation; a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity; serenity.Etymology:

victoriousvocabulary: VIRAGO [noun] 1. loud voiced, ill tempered, scolding woman; shrew; termagant. 2. Archaic: a woman of strength or spirit. Etymology: from Latin virago, “warlike or heroic woman”. [Lenka Simeckova - Ivy]

victoriousvocabulary: ASTROVAGANT[adjective]travelling through space; traverse through stars.Etymology: from Greek astron, “stars” + Latin vagans, past participle of vagary, “to wander about”.[Dan Elijah Fajardo]

trek-tracks: Jim: Come on, guys, it’s Triumvirate, not “don’t try”-umvirate! Spock: Captain, the etymology of those words is completely diff- Bones: Bye-umvirate. (Leaves)

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