Vocabularies

[eyez0nme]

For those who hate the English language, and love to jeer at it constantly--get the f*** out.

Now, those of you who love to read, and want to expand your knowledge of the use of vocabularies--you're in a for a good time

Here are the rules:

I will post a word, I know with a positive inkling, noone has ever heard--an eccentric word--a word that has been shunned from the reading community because of the lack of usage and popularity--and you will try to guess it--without the use of dictionary. Whoever is first to get it right, and come up with the correct definition, will be the one who posts the next word, and creates their own sentence. For example:

What is the definition of ...

Ennui:

You can imagine Stewart's ennui after doing the same boring job for twenty years.

What is the meaning of Ennui?--without opening up your dictionary.

This ones easy.

 

[Madeline]

I had to open my dictionary. I don't think I'll ever use it.

 

[Mattyj]

I had to open my dictionary too...

 

[letterHead]

Without referring to a dictionary, I would suggest bored lethargy.

My word is 'urinator', as in "The pearls in her necklace had been provided by a professional urinator."

 

[Madeline]

You guys are good...had to look for that one too!

 

[Poppy1]

Someone with a serious bladder weakness.

(sorry eyezOnme - couldn't resist it. You can now have the satisfaction of saying WRONG )

 

[Heteronym]

Damn it, I knew ennui

 

[Poppy1]

Damn it, I knew ennui

Never mind. Have a shot at urinator.

 

[Peronel]

I cheated and googled it. But I never would have guessed that.

 

[Heteronym]

Never mind. Have a shot at urinator.

I already did, you wouldn't want to know what I thought it meant

But after yahooing it (yes, I repudiate google!), I felt pretty stupid for not guessing its meaning.