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Saturday, September 05, 2026

In other words, apopemptic to xeric

  • apopemptic, adjective. Pertaining to departing; a farewell or valedictory.
  • apoplectic, adjective. Of, resembling, or produced by apoplexy (a sudden loss of bodily function due to rupture of a blood vessel; a state of extreme anger); having or inclined to have apoplexy.
  • diarrhea, noun. An intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
  • grandiloquent, adjective. Language or behavior is very formal, literary, or exaggerated, as used by people when they want to seem important.
  • horripilation, noun. A bristling of the hair on the skin or body (as from cold, fright, or excitement).
  • incarn, verb. (Rare) To cover or invest with flesh; to cause to heal.
  • incarnadine, adjective. Of a fleshy pink color; blood-red.
  • incarnation, noun. The union of divinity with humanity in Jesus Christ (and other definitions).
  • incondite, adjective. Badly-arranged, ill-composed, crude, rough, or unrefined.
  • jejune, adjective. Not interesting; dull; devoid of significance.
  • logorrhea, noun. Excessive talkativeness; (Medical) an excessive and often uncontrollable flow of words.
  • luxurious, adjective. Characterized by luxury (sumptuous living, delicacy, elegance); ministering or conducive to luxury.
  • multiloquent, adjective. Excessively talkative; loquacious.
  • nidus, noun. A nest for insects or small animals; an originating point for a phenomenon.
  • pauciloquent. adjective. Using few words in speech or conversation.
  • peripeteia, noun. A sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation (especially in a literary work).
  • synagogue, noun. A building used for Jewish prayer, study, assembly, and reading of the Torah.
  • tachyon, noun. (Physics) A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light.
  • unmissable, adjective. Something so good that it should not be missed.
  • usufruct, noun. The right of enjoying the advantages derivable from the use of something that belongs to another (ūsus, use + frūctus, fruit).
  • uxorious, adjective. Doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive toward one’s wife.
  • whiffler, noun. One who frequently shifts opinion, attitude, course, or interest; an officer or other person who clears the way before a procession by blowing a horn.
  • xenagogue, noun. (Archaic). A guide for strangers or foreigners.
  • xeric, adjective. Characterized by dry conditions.

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