Category: New Word Wednesdays
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Schlubby
Adj. Definition: poorly dressed, untidy, or unattractive Ex. Ken cited his friend’s schlubby looks as the reason why he couldn’t get a girlfriend.
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Inane
Adj. Definition: silly; stupid Ex. The babysitter found the cartoon inane, but she kept it on to keep the kids entertained.
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Quotidian
Adj. Definition: ordinary or everyday, especially when mundane Ex. While Alec was away at war, he missed the quotidian days of his life at home.
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Itinerant
Adj. Definition: traveling from place to place Ex. The itinerant farm laborers went wherever there was work.
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Peripatetic
Adj. Definition: traveling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods Ex. The merchant’s job was peripatetic so that he could collect different kinds of merchandise. Noun Definition: an Aristotelian philosopher Ex. The peripatetic discussed logic with the young men.
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Ebullience
Noun Definition:high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance. Ex. The children’s ebullience at the Christmas party brought joy to their parents. Noun a boiling over; overflow. Ex. The ebullience from the pot put out the flames of the stove
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Attar
Noun Definition: a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals Ex. The perfumer prepared an attar from the flowers in the bride’s garden as a wedding gift.
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Attar
Noun Definition: a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals Ex. My friend gifted me a lovely attar made from a mix of orchids and spices.
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Crosier
Noun Definition: a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd’s crook Ex. The bishop’s crosier was primarily ceremonial, but he wasn’t against using it to stop the children from running into things.
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Bier
Noun Definition: a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial Ex. My mother stood by the bier and wept as my brother’s body was placed on it.
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