Forum: Gare-a-Lago
09-13-2018, 06:31 AM
|
Replies: 0
Views: 901
side-glass, v.
OED Word of the Day: side-glass, v. To gaze at (a person) amorously or flirtatiously through the side window of a carriage
More... (http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/36751203)
|
Forum: Gare-a-Lago
09-07-2018, 12:03 PM
|
Replies: 3
Views: 1,315
ogham, n.
OED Word of the Day: ogham, n. An ancient British and Irish writing system using twenty or (in Ireland) twenty-five characters
More... (http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/130827)
|
Forum: Gare-a-Lago
08-30-2018, 04:19 AM
|
Replies: 1
Views: 899
namby-pamby, adj. and n.
OED Word of the Day: namby-pamby, adj. Of literary or artistic style, a composition, etc.: weakly sentimental, insipidly pretty, affectedly or childishly simple. Of a writer, artist, etc.: having...
|
Forum: Gare-a-Lago
08-24-2018, 10:15 AM
|
Replies: 0
Views: 733
noy, n.1
OED Word of the Day: noy, n.1 Annoyance, trouble; suffering, distress, sadness
More... (http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/128860)
|
Forum: Gare-a-Lago
08-23-2018, 09:43 AM
|
Replies: 0
Views: 703
allelopathy, n.
OED Word of the Day: allelopathy, n. The deleterious process by which one organism (esp. a plant) influences others nearby through the escape or release of toxic or inhibitory substances into the...
|
Forum: Gare-a-Lago
08-22-2018, 08:06 AM
|
Replies: 0
Views: 711
profundify, v.
OED Word of the Day: profundify, v. To make intellectually profound
More... (http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/152141)
|
Forum: Gare-a-Lago
08-21-2018, 07:45 PM
|
Replies: 5
Views: 1,566
antigropelos, n.
OED Word of the Day: antigropelos, n. Coverings to protect the legs against wet mud; waterproof leggings
More... (http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/8633)
|
Forum: Gare-a-Lago
08-20-2018, 02:34 PM
|
Replies: 3
Views: 773
jeel, n.2
OED Word of the Day: jeel, n.2 Manx English. Trouble; mischief. Also: damage
More... (http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/100970)
|
Forum: Gare-a-Lago
08-19-2018, 01:51 PM
|
Replies: 5
Views: 762
maunder, v.2
OED Word of the Day: maunder, v.2 To move or act in a dreamy, idle, or purposeless manner; to dawdle
More... (http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/115178)
|
Forum: Gare-a-Lago
08-18-2018, 10:19 AM
|
Replies: 3
Views: 730
noosphere, n.
OED Word of the Day: noosphere, n. The part of the biosphere occupied by thinking humanity
More... (http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/128215)
|