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Saturday, January 31, 2026

In other words, a to voluble

  • acrimony, noun. Sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, of disposition.
  • ataractic, adjective. Able to calm or tranquillize.
  • avarice, noun. Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
  • bier, noun. A stand on which a corpse or the coffin is placed before burial; such a stand together with the corpse or coffin.
  • blather, noun. Foolish, voluble talk.
  • blatherskite, noun. A person given to blather; a person full of incessant, empty talk.
  • boscage (also, boskage), noun. A mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket.
  • curio, noun. Any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
  • ephemera, noun. Items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, tickets, etc.
  • fissiparous, adjective. Tending to break or split up into parts; divisive.
  • fulgurate, verb. To emit flashes of lightning; to flash or dart like lightning.
  • matrimony, noun. The state of being married; marriage; the rites or ceremony of marriage.
  • mondegreen, noun. A form of error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase.
  • moue, noun. A pouting grimace.
  • nothingburger, noun. (Slang) A thing that is less consequential or important than originally suspected; a person or thing of little or no importance; a dud.
  • numismatics, noun. The study or collection of coins, paper currency, and medals.
  • Palladian, adjective. Of or relating to the goddess Athena (Pallas); pertaining to wisdom, knowledge, or study.
  • postprandial, adjective. After a meal, especially after dinner (e.g. postprandial nap; postprandial lounging).
  • scofflaw, noun. A contemptuous law violator; a person who flouts the law.
  • skiddoo, verb. (Informal) To go away; get out (probably a variant of skedaddle).
  • titian, noun. A bright auburn color, tinted with gold.
  • tristful, adjective. Sad, sorrowful, gloomy, melancholy.
  • voluble, adjective. Characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; talkative.

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