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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 14h

Goliard [GO-lee-ard]
(n.)
- One of a class of scholarly medieval wandering monks who amused their superiors with Latin poetry and merry jests.

Origin uncertain.

Sentence:
“When the goliard sang of Eve’s apple and Adam’s ale, even the nuns behind the screen did giggle through their veils.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 14h

Indeed, though (sadly) the postage is fairly high right now.

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 14h

I wish BlueSky would give us unlimited character use, so I could. But I DO include the etymology on Facebook and Patreon.

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 1d

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 1d

Used in a sentence:
“Horace insisted that triturating his own coffee beans lent ‘character,’ though in practice it conferred only the sort of smugness peculiar to those who own an antique coffee-grinder.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 1d

Triturate [TRICH-uh-reyt]
(v.)
- To reduce to fine particles or powder by rubbing, grinding, bruising; to pulverize.
- To chew or grind (food) thoroughly.
(n.)
- The result of trituration.

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 2d

Spirituelle [speer-uh-chuh-WEL]
(adj.)
- Having or marked by a refined and especially sprightly or witty nature.

Used in a sentence:
“Beneath the severe tailoring and modest coiffure hid a most alluringly spirituelle creature—impishly selcouth, mischievously malapert, and brazenly aware of it.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 3d

Crunt [krunt]
(n.)
- A blow on the head with a club.

Used in a sentence:
“Elbert, having been the unlucky recipient of a crunt during yesterday’s ballgame with the neighborhood boys, awoke to find a most inconvenient lump he’d soon have to justify to his fretful mother.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 6d

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 6d

Used in a sentence:
“One must, of course, cry peccavi when one has mislaid both morals and trousers; yet I confess that I find myself regretting neither as much as etiquette demands.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 6d

Peccavi [pek-AH-vee]
(int.) & (n.)
- A word used as a confession or acknowledgement of one's guilt or responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing – e.g. “My bad!”.

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 7d

Sphygmomanometer [sfig-moh-muh-NOM-ih-tur]
(n.)
- An instrument used for the measuring of one’s blood pressure.

Used in a sentence:
“Sir, that’s not the propper appendage to check your blood pressure—and in any case, we don’t even have a sphygmomanometer cuff small enough for it.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 8d

Rimbombo [rim-BOM-bo]
(n.)
- A deep loud reverberation; a deeply resonant or thunderous sound; a booming noise.

Used in a sentence:
“He perched, tightened, and prayed for discreet flatulence, but his wooden chair betrayed him with a resonant rimbombo, bringing the restaurant to a startled hush.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 9d

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 9d

Batrachophagous [BAT-ruh-KOH-fuh-jus]
(adj.)
- Feeding on frogs; pertaining to one that devours frogs.

Used in a sentence:
“I am not, nor do I harbor any desire to be batrachophagous, and as such, I must decline your dubious offer of fine French cuisine.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 9d

Yikes! Did you break anything (besides the velocipede)?

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 9d

That's great! I've called umbrellas "bumbershoots" ever since I learned the word ages ago.

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 9d

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 10d

Velocipede [vuh-LAH-suh-peed]
(n.)
- An early form of the bicycle, usually having two or three wheels, that is propelled by the rider. A ‘bone-shaker’.

Used in a sentence:
“The velocipede was discovered days later, leaning gently against a locked door, its handlebars inexplicably damp.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 11d

Paludamentum [puh-loo-duh-MEN-tum]
(n.)
- A royal cloak modeled after ones that were worn by Roman generals and chief officers.

Used in a sentence:
“Just a tad overdressed for the debutante ball, Lester wore a rich scarlet paludamentum that was fastened by an ornate clasp over his left shoulder.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 12d

Woebegone [WOH-buh-gon]
(adj.)
- Sad or miserable; afflicted by misfortune or grief.

Used in a sentence:
“Wendy, the woebegone widow, wandered wistfully through the withered winter woods and wondered whether warmth was but a whimsical wish.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 12d

SUR-uh-gril

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 13d

Used in a sentence:
“After realizing that his quills inspired neither fear nor respect, the cirogrille enrolled in a confidence-building seminar where fate consigned him to a folding chair between an amorous armadillo with boundary issues and a salty sea urchin brimming with briny resentment.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 13d

Cirogrille [SUR-uh-gril]
(n.)
- Middle English word for hedgehog.

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 14d

Macarism [MAK-uh-riz-um]
(n.)
- A philosophy in which one derives their pleasure from the inspiration of joy in others; a beatitude.

Used in a sentence:
“He lived a life of macarism, quick to notice the kindness of a neighbor, and to turn them into moments of gentle celebration.”

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