Gallimaufry Dictionary

A collection of purple words and rare vocabulary

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Tessellate

verb tess-uh-late

to lay or form something in a mosaic pattern

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.com

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Sophistry

noun sah-fiss-tree

a line of reasoning that seems sound but is actually deceptive, using a fallacy to deceive others

Cambridge Dictionary Dictionary.com

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Kleptoparasitism

noun clep-tow-pair-uh-suh-tism

the phenomena of animal species that steals their food from other animals E.G. seagulls stealing french fries and other food stuffs from Homo sapiens

Science Direct Amateur Entomologists' Society

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Pitchblende

noun pitch-blend

an alternate name for uraninite, a type of uranium ore

Merriam-Webster Britannica

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Moggie [Moggy]

noun mah-gi

A domestic cat especially one that is average or has a messy look, a mixed breed cat, a cat that lacks a pedigree

Cambridge Dictionary Collins Dictionary

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Epistolary

adjective ee-piss-to-larry / eh-pee-stal-ery

of or relating to letters(mail), a story told via letters or a collection of letters

Merriam-Webster Dictionaty.com Latdict (epistula)

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Duende

noun due-en-day

the power to attract or draw attention through charm or personal magnatism, the power of art to bring forth a strong and authentic emotional reaction in the viewer or artist, the feeling of a strong wave of inspiration that moves one to create something with strong and authentic emotion

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.com Patrick Giguère, An exploration of the duende in the composition of musical works, 2018 [pg 19] [PDF link - pg 243](1.1 The Duende)

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Disemvowel

verb diss-em-vowel

to abbreviate or shorten a word by removing some or all of the vowels for stylization or partial censorship E.G., fuck to fck, tumbler to tumblr, dictionary to dctnry

Dictionary.com Wiktionary

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Milieu

noun mill-you

the physical or social setting in which something occurs or occurred, background or environment

Merriam-Webster Dictionaty.com

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Apocryphal

adjective uh-pock-ruh-full

of dubious authenticity, forged or falsified

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.com

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Procellous

adjective pro-sell-us

stormy, turbulent and chaotic

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.com Latdict (procella) Latdict (procellosus)

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Pugilist

noun pew-juh-list

a boxer, someone who fights with their fists

Merriam-Webster Dictionaty.com Latdict (Pugil)

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Ontology

noun on-tall-uhgy

a branch of philosophy that focuses on what it means for something to exist and the nature of existence, a branch of metaphysics E.G., Ontology might ask whether numbers and letters exist and whether they exist in the same way a physical object such as a chair exists.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.com

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Skein

noun, verb sk-ain

loosely coiled yarn or string, yarn or thread wound into an oblong bundle for use in knitting or crochet, something wound in a coil similar to a skein of yarn, the act of winding something into a skein, a flock of wild birds such as geese or ducks in flight

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.com

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Hardihood

noun har-dee-hood

courage and vigor, boldness often to the point of audacity

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.com

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Portmanteau

noun port-man-toe

A word that is made by combining the spelling and meaning of two other words E.G., "Hangry" is a portmanteau of "hungry" and "angry"

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.com