12 new words everyday
19/09/2024
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STIFF-BACKED
STIFF-BACKED
Obstinate. J. H. Newman.
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WHISKERLESS
WHISKERLESS
Being without whiskers.
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BARRACLADE
BARRACLADE
A home-made woolen blanket without nap. [Local, New York]Bartlett.
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ECPHONESIS
ECPHONESIS
An animated or passionate exclamation.The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. Gibbs.
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VALE
VALE
A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. "Make me a cottage in the vale." Tennyson.Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. Montgomery.In those fair vales, by nature formed to please. Harte.
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IMMORTALIST
IMMORTALIST
One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. [R.]Jer. Taylor.
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ILLEGIBLE
ILLEGIBLE
Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegiblehandwriting; an illegible inscription.-- Il*leg"i*ble*ness, n.-- Il*leg"i*bly, adv.
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KISMET
KISMET
Destiny; fate. [Written also kismat.] [Oriental]
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PLAYSOME
PLAYSOME
Playful; wanton; sportive. [R.] R. Browning.-- Play"some*ness, n. [R.]
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EXAMINATOR
EXAMINATOR
An examiner. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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TURFITE
TURFITE
A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, ablackleg. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
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DISEDIFY
DISEDIFY
To fail of edifying; to injure. [R.]