Dictionary Blog

I post weird words and their meanings

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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - 1: (n.) fear of long words.

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Ostensible - 1: (adj.) outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended.

2: apparent, evident, or conspicuous.

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Nudiustertian - 1: (adj.) of or relating to the day before yesterday; very recent.

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Bombinate - 1: (v.) to make a humming or buzzing noise.

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Planogram - 1: (n.) a diagram that shows how and where specific retail products should be placed on retail shelves or displays in order to increase customer purchases.

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Cabriole - 1: (n.) a leg of a table, chair, etc. that curves outward and then tapers inward down to the foot, often clawlike and grasping a ball

2: (Ballet) A jump in which one leg is extended into the air forwards or backwards, the other is brought up to meet it, and the dancer lands on the second foot.

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Mazel tov - 1: (n.) an expression of congratulations and best wishes, used chiefly by Jews.

2: (int.) Congratulations!; Best wishes!

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Thyestean - 1: (adj.) (Greek Mythology) Relating to or characteristic of Thyestes, whose brother Atreus made him eat the flesh of his own two sons at a banquet.

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Anglophilia - 1: (n.) a strong admiration or enthusiasm for England, its people, and things English.

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Somnambulism - 1: (n.) Sleepwalking.

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Elucidate - 1: (v.) Make (something) clear; explain.

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Brickbat - 1: (n.) A piece of brick used as a missile.

2: A critical remark or comment.

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Humbug - 1: (n.) Deceptive or false talk or behaviour.

2: A hypocrite.

3: (British) A boiled sweet, especially one flavoured with peppermint.

4: (v.) Deceive; trick.

5: Act like a fraud.

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Merrythought - 1: (n.) (British) The wishbone of a bird.

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Uroboros - 1: (n.) (also Ouroboros) A circular symbol depicting a snake, or less commonly a dragon, swallowing its tail, as an emblem of wholeness or infinity.

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Abaft - 1: (adv.) (Nautical) In or behind the stern of a ship.

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Wherewithal - 1: (n.) that with which to do something; means or supplies for the purpose or need, especially money.

2: (adv.) by means of which; out of which.