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Saturday, November 15, 2025

In other words, apathy to zenith

  • apathy, noun. Absence of passion, emotion, or excitement; lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting. (Cf. empathy and sympathy.)
  • banausic, adjective. Merely mechanical; mundane; routine (from Greek Banausos/βάναυσος, a pejorative term applied to manual laborers).
  • belabor, verb. To explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary; 
  • beleaguer, verb. To surround or beset, as with troubles; to surround with military forces.
  • bromide, noun. A commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion; a platitude, often designed to placate.
  • cacography, noun. Bad handwriting; poor penmanship; incorrect spelling.
  • cacoethes, noun. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire.
  • corybantic, adjective. Frenzied, ecstatic, unrestrained; wildly emotional (i.e., being in the spirit or manner of the Corybants, the attendants of the Greco-Roman goddess Cybele).
  • delineate, verb. To draw or depict; to describe or characterize in words.
  • doohickey, noun. (Informal) A gadget; thingamajig.
  • empathy, noun. The psychological identification with the emotions, thoughts, or attitudes of another. (Cf. apathy and sympathy.)
  • glossology, noun. (Archaic) The science of language; linguistics.
  • idiosyncratic, adjective. Pertaining to the nature, characteristic, habit, or manner peculiar to an individual.
  • inanition, noun. Exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation; lack of vigor; lethargy.
  • interlard, verb. To diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting; (Obsolete) to mix, as fat with lean meat.
  • nepo baby, noun. A person whose career is similar or related to the career in which a parent succeeded (especially a child of a famous parent, such as an actor or musician; short for nepotism baby).
  • obdurate, adjective. Unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
  • peroration, noun. (Rhetoric) The concluding part of a speech or discourse, in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force.
  • rhinoglottophilia, noun. (Linguistics) The connection between or co-occurrence of laryngeal (glottal) and nasal articulations (rhino- of the nose +‎ glotto- of the tongue, speech +‎ -philia love or like; coined by linguist James Matisoff in 1975).
  • spoor, noun. A track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
  • sympathy, noun. The act or state of feeling sorrow or compassion for another. (Cf. apathy and empathy.)
  • zenith, noun. The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer; the highest point above the horizon attained by a celestial body.

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