Great Words

[Cheeky Monkey]

Prophetic

Propensity


There are some very tasty words in the English language but these two are surely the cream of the crop.......aren't they?

 

[Trufflehound]

Umbelliferous

Fallopian

Trundle

 

[johnnyrocketpants]

Galoshes

 

[essbee]

'truculant' must be up there surely?

 

[Gwylan]

'truculant' must be up there surely?

or even truculent


I love:
desuetude
sesquipedelian (I love the fact that word for long-winded has so many letters)
otiose
plump - which is so warm-sounding

I also like the French word for ironmongers - quincaillerie, which sounds a bit like the rattling of pans

 

[vegster]

Capillarity

Turgidity

Copious

 

[Norman Potting]

Discombobulation - " a feeling of embarassment that leaves you confused" ie explaining why I sometimes choose to sit outside in the cold for nearly 2 hours on a winter saturday afternoon and pay £25 for the privilege.

Concatenation - A posh way of saying that things are joined up.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I have a word of the day on my blog.

Here is a selection of three that I like/discovered.


Gambrinous - being full of beer.

Apodyopsis - the act of mentally undressing someone.

Honeyfuggle (US) - deceive someone through flattery.

 

[questier]

lackadaisical