Verbomania Via Bibliomania
A collection of intriguing or new words from a variety of sources
Saturday, April 19, 2008
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Misericorde
n. ("mercy giver") medieval dagger used for the killing blow.
Rapacity
n.
Providence without industry. The thrift of power.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
From American Anthropologist Vol. 109, No. 4 December 2007
eschatology
periurban
From steamfashion LJ community
anodized
From
The Marrow of Tradition
by Charles W. Chestnutt
panoply/"panoplied in his own engagement"
prig
From a misspelling
adulation
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