Words Seldom Seen: Orthogonal
Orthogonal Adjective: 1. At right angles. 2. Having mutually independent elements. Example: "Because the...
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Words Seldom Seen: Saturnine
Saturnine Adjective: Exhibiting a gloomy, surly, sardonic attitude. Basically a downer. Has astrological...
Words Seldom Seen: Bromide
Bromide Noun: A chemical used as a sedative. Now more commonly used to describe a hackneyed saying meant to...
Words Seldom Seen: Gnosis
Gnosis Noun: esoteric knowledge of apparent spiritual truth. From the Greek word for knowledge. Example: "He...
Words Seldom Seen: Scullery
Scullery Noun: a room for cleaning dishes and cooking utensils and for doing other messy kitchen...
Words Seldom Seen: Benighted
Benighted Adjective: Existing in a state of moral or intellectual darkness, Unenlightened usually because of...
Words Seldom Seen: Paunch
Paunch Noun: A large protruding belly. Example: “Like many men past middle age I have developed a...
Words Seldom Seen: Flaneur
Flaneur Noun: An idle man about town. wandering about town to experience it but not to belong. Example:...
Words Seldom Seen: Fissiparous
Fissiparous Adjective: Inclined to break into separate parts. Originally a term in biology related to animals...
Words Seldom Seen: Pander
Pander Verb: To do or provide, or promise to provide, exactly what a person or group wants, especially when it...
