LEXI'S DICTIONARY
So many beautiful words...
...what's your favourite?
Professor Lexi Con featured 26 unusual, rare, archaic and obsolete words during The Alphabet of Awesome Science – one for every letter of the alphabet.
If you've already seen the show, then scroll below to revisit your favourites. If you haven't seen the show, then go back a page, coz, well... SPOILERS!
Happy Word Nerding!
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ANNULAR
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a ring or rings; ring-like, ring-formed, ringed.
BRUMOUS
Adjective
Foggy, wintry.
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CORYBANTIC
Adjective
Wild, frenzied.
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DEDOLEATE
Verb
To end one's sorrow or grief.
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ERUMPENT
Adjective
1. Bursting forth.
2. (of fungi or algae) Prominent; projecting from or bursting through host tissue.
Noun
A huge African magical beast, which resembles a rhinoceros.
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FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION
Noun
The action or habit of estimating as worthless.
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GUMFIATE
Verb
To puff up, cause to swell.
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HORRESCENT
Adjective
Shuddering; expressive of horror.
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IDEOPRAXIST
Noun
A person who is impelled to carry out an idea.
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JOCOSERIOUS
Adjective
Half jocular, half serious; partly in jest and partly in earnest; blending jokes and serious matters.
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KYRIOLEXY
Noun
The use of literal expressions.
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LUCIFEROUS
Adjective
1) That brings, conveys, or emits light
2 (figuratively) Affording illumination or insight; luminous, illuminating.
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METAGROBALISE
Verb
1) To puzzle, mystify, confound.
2) To puzzle out.
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NEPHELOCOCCYGIA
Noun
The act of seeking and finding shapes in clouds.
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OBTURATE
Adjective and Verb
Adjective: Stopped, obstructed.
Verb: To block or stop up; to close or obstruct.
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PLENISPHERE
Noun
A perfect sphere.
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QUICQUIDLIBET
Noun
Whatever one pleases; anything whatsoever.
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REVIVISCENCE
Noun
1. Return to animation or life following dormancy or death.
2. Revival; restoration to a flourishing or vigorous condition.
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SPUMESCENT
Adjective
Having the appearance of froth or foam.
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TENEBROUS
Adjective and Noun
Adjective: Full of darkness, dark
Noun: Darkness
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ULLAGE
Noun
The amount that a container (such as a tank or cask) lacks of being full
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VERTIGINATE
Verb
To turn round; spin, or rush dizzily.
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WIRBLE
Verb
To turn around and round; to whirl; to eddy.
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XANTHIC
Adjective
Of, relating to, or tending toward a yellow colour
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YEPSEN
Noun
The two hands placed together so as to form a bowl-shaped cavity; as much as can be held in this.
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ZEPHYR
Noun
Of a wind: to blow gently or mildly.