Words Seldom Seen: Baize
Baize Noun: Baize is a coarse woolen cloth, similar in texture to felt, but more durable. Most often used as...
Category: Words Seldom Seen
Words Seldom Seen: Hagiography
Hagiography Noun: A biography filled with excessive praise. Often of a religious figure but not always....
Words Seldom Seen: Sartorial
Sartorial Adjective: Relating to the making of clothes, usually men's clothes, or to a way of dressing....
Words Seldom Seen: Nutpick
Nutpick Verb: To use the most extreme person or position as an example of the other side of the argument....
Words Seldom Seen: Misanthropy
Misanthropy Noun: A dislike of humankind. Example: “He displayed his misanthropy by retreating from most...
Words Seldom Seen: Anodyne
Anodyne Adjective: Not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so. Example:...
Words Seldom Seen: Cromulent
Cromulent Adjective: Perfectly adequate. Example: The hotel room at the Motel 6 was cromulent. This word...
Words Seldom Seen: Stifle
Stifle Verb: To prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing. Example one: "She barely...
Words Seldom Seen: Elide
Elide Verb: To suppress or alter a sound, a word or other fact. Example one: "in the word "ain't" we elide...
Words Seldom Seen: Jetsam
Jetsam Noun: Unwanted material or goods that have been thrown overboard from a vessel. Often to lighten the...
