From Wordsmith.org‘s “Today’s Word” rss feed.
- looby – An awkward, clumsy, lazy fellow.
- frowzy – 1. Unkempt, slovenly. 2. Having a musty odor.
- rangy – 1. Slim and long-limbed. 2. Inclined to roaming.
- fussbudget – One who is fussy about unimportant things.
- yestreen – Yesterday evening.
- hesternal – Of yesterday.
- verso – 1. A left-hand page. 2. The back of a page.
- sprachgefuhl – A feeling for language or a sensitivity for what is correct language.
- mogigraphia – Writer’s cramp.
- prufrockian – Marked by timidity and indecisiveness, and beset by unfulfilled aspirations.
- poindexter – An extremely intelligent but socially inept person.
- frisson – A sudden, brief moment of excitement or fear; thrill, shudder.
- somnific – Causing sleep.
- shenanigan – A deceitful trick or a mischievous act; a prank.
- apian – Of or relating to bees.
- woebegone – Affected with, or exhibiting, woe.
- nychthemeron – A full period of a day and night: 24 hours.
- accismus – Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
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