This is simply mind-blowing. The fact is that more people speak Klingon than speak Esperanto. Books have been written about how to speak klingon and there are endless website, blogs and fora devoted to the subject.
Yes. (answer to yes/no question)----- HIja' or HISlaH
No. (answer to yes/no question) --------ghobe'
Yes, OK, I'll do it----------. lu' or luq
No, don't, I won't---------. Qo'
Hello. (Roughly, "What do you want?") ------nuqneH
What's happening? -------qaStaH nuq?
Huh? -------nuqjatlh?
I understand.-------- jIyaj
I don't understand. ------- jIyajbe'
Good! (expression of satisfaction) ------maj
Well done! ----------majQa'
Where is the bathroom? ---------nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'
Come in---------------- yI'el (to more than one person: pe'el)
Come here.--------------------- HIghoS
Go away.-------- naDevvo' yIghoS (to more than one person:
-------------naDevvo' peghoS)
Open the door! ---------lojmIt yIpoSmoH! (See note if you think something
is missing here.)
Don't be silly. -------- yIDoghQo' (to more than one person: peDoghQo')
Your mother has a smooth forehead! --------- Hab SoSlI' Quch! (Note: this is
a powerful insult; don't say it to friends.)
Today is a good day to die. -------------- Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam
We are Klingons! ----------- tlhIngan maH!
Happy birthday. ------------ qoSlIj DatIvjaj (to more than one person:
qoSraj botIvjaj)
What time is it? ----------------'arlogh Qoylu'pu'? (Literally, "How many
times has it [presumably some traditional hour alarm] been heard?")
Shut up!---------- bIjatlh 'e' yImev (to more than one person: Sujatlh 'e'
yImev)
That's great news! -------------buy' ngop (Literally, "The plates are
full")
Saturday 27 September 2008
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Saturday 20 September 2008
A lexicon of unusual and archaic words.
abjure - 1. To repudiate or recant solemnly; to renounce under oath; forswear. 2. To give
abnegate - To deny to oneself; to give up; renounce; to practise self sacrifice.
abrogate - To abolish or annul by authority. Also n. Abrogation, n. Abrogator
abstruse - Difficult to understand due to technical complication or being somewhat obscure.
acephalous - 1. Headless or lacking a clearly defined head. 2. Having no leader eg: an acepha
acerate - Pointed at one end; needle shaped. Compare `acerose' which is used incorrectly t
acerbate - (rare) To vex or annoy
acrimonious - Bitter and caustic in speech, tone or manner; rancorous.
acrimony - Bitterness or ill natured animosity.
acuity - Keeness, sharpness or acuteness, especially of senses of the mind.
adduce - to cite as an example, reason, or proof in a formal discussion or analysis. e
aegis - Protection or sponsorship - `under the aegis of Zeus'
alacrity - 1. Cheerful willingness; willingness. 2. Lively action; sprightliness.
algophilist - One who enjoys pain. Could be used to describe a sadist, masochist or sado-maso
ambit - 1. An external boundary. 2. The sphere or scope of something.
ameliorate - To make better. Also 'amelioration (n.)' - something which has been improved, e
anacreontic - jovial, festive and amorous; celebrating love and drinking.
anlage - A fundamental principle; a primordium; the cells from which an embryo develops.
anodyne - 1. Able to soothe or relieve pain; relaxing. 2. Watered down; insipid; innocuous
anserine - Pertaining to a goose. Stupid, silly, foolish. Can also use `anserous' when mea
aphonia - A loss of speech, voiceless. adj. aphonic
aphotic - Without light, especially when designating the level below the ocean below which
apologist - A person who argues in defence or justification of another.
approbation - 1. Praise; commendation. 2. Official approval.
arrant - Notorious. eg The arrant thief.
arrogate - To presumptiously claim without right. eg: in the case of a usurper of a throne.
artisanal - (unattested) To be skilled in an art or craft.
asseverate - To declare seriously or positively; affirm.
assiduity - (pr. a siddew eti) (see assiduous) 1. Constant and constant application; unflagg
assiduous - 1. Constant in attentiveness; diligent; devoted. 2. Unceasing, persistent.
athwart - 1. Side to side, crossways. 2. So as to thwart or obstruct; perversely. 3. (naut
auriferous - Containing gold; gold bearing. Said of rocks or gravels.
auriform - Ear-shaped. Also `auriculate' - having ears or earlike projections; having the
auspice - pl. auspices 1. Protection or support; patronage - `under the auspices of'. 2. A
austere - (archaic) Having a bitter or sour taste; astringent.
aver - 1. To declare in a positive manner; affirm. 2. To assert formally as fact; prove
avulsion - 1. A ripping off or forciple separation, as of a part of the body by injury. 2.
avuncular - 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an uncle, especially a benevolent one. 2. Ki
baleful - Harmful or malignant in intent or effect. Portending evil.
baneful - Full of venom or harm, poisonous, destructive. Causing death or ruin.
bellicose - (pr.`belli-koss') Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious. adv. Bellicosit
benumb - 1. To make numb, especially by cold. 2. To make inactive; stupefy.
blandish - To coax by flattery or cajolement.
blandishment - (usually plural, see blandish) Flattery or wheedling.
blithesome - (archaic or poetic) Cheerful; merry.
bosky - (literary) 1. Covered by bushes, shrubs or trees. 2. Shaded by trees or bushes.
buckram - 1. (archaic) Stiffness; formality. 2. Coarse cotton fabric steeped in glue, used
bucolic - (pr. bew-kollic) 1. Of or characteristic of shepherds and flocks. 2. Of or char
- calumny - A malicious lie to injure a person's reputation.
cant - 1. Hypocritically mindless language. 2, Platitudes uttered mindlessly. 3. Specia
cantle - 1. The rear part of a saddle. 2. A corner or portion especially when cut off fro
caprice - (`ka-preese') 1. An impulsive change of mind. 2. An inclination to make such ch
casement - A window frame on a hinge. Suitably mediaeval term for a window
catafalque - The raised structure that a coffin rests upon, as during a state funeral.
cautery - A caustic agent or very hot or very cold instrument used, especially in wounds,
cavil - 1. To raise unnecessary or trivial objections; to carp. Used with at, about or w
celerity - 1. Rapidity of motion or action 2. Speed or quickness of thought. 3. www.celerit
chalcedony - A family of colored quartz, usually with a milky or waxy appearance, including c
choler - Biliousness; anger; irritability.
clave - Past tense of cleave (to split) and cleave (to cling).
cleave - (archaic) To adhere, cling or stick fast. To be faithful. "Cleave to that which
climacteric - A critical point. Especially in a person's life. Can also mean the menopause, b
colporteur - A peddlar of devotional literature.
comity - (pl. ~ties) Civility; Courtesy. This word is used in a formal sense.
condign - (pr. kon-dine) Deserved; adequate; merited. Said of punishment or censure. adv.
connive - 1. To feign ignorance of a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent.
connivent - (see connive) Converging and touching, but not fused together. Usually used for
connote - 1. To suggest or imply in addition to literal meaning. 2. To invoke as a conditi
contumacious - (see contumacy) Rebellious; insubordinate
contumacy - (pl. contumacies, see contumacious) Obstinate or contemptuous disregard for auth
contumely - (adj. contumelious, adv. contumeliously) 1. Rudeness or contempt in behaviour or
contuse - To injure without breaking the skin.
conventicle - 1. A religious meeting, especially a secret or illegal one, 2. A building used
Copernican Principle - The supposition that wherever one is in place or time, it is unlikely to be part
copula - (logic) The word or words that serve as a link between the subject and predicat
coterie - A small, select group of people who meet frequently and share an artistic abilit
couth - Refined, suave or cultured.
crepitus - 1. The rattling sound in the lungs heard from someone suffering from pneumonia.
crepuscular - 1. Active during twilight hours. 2. Dim or hazy like twilight.
culver - (poetic) A dove or a pigeon.
cumber - (archaic) 1. To weigh down; burden 2. To hamper; obstruct. May also be used as
curmudgeon - 1. A surly person. 2 A mean, miserly person.
curtail - (see curtal) To reduce by or as if by cutting short. n. curtailment.
curtal - (obsolete) To dock the tail of a horse - (see curtail)
deleterious - Having a harmful effect; injurious
depurate - 1. To cleanse or purify. 2. intr. To become cleansed or purified.
dewlap - The fold of wrinkly, pendulous skin found at the neck of an old person!
diffident - 1. Lacking self confidence; timid; unassertive.
discommode - (formal) To put to inconvenience; to disturb.
dolmen - Any prehistoric megalithic structure comprised of two or more vertical stones su
dribber - (archery) An inaccurate archer.
dulcify - To make agreeable or mollify gently. To sweeten. From archaic `dulcet' meaning
ebullient - 1. Overflowing with excitement, enthusiasm or exuberance. 2. Boiling. Said of a
ebullition - 1. The bubbling or effervescence of a liquid; a boiling. 2. A sudden, violent, o
effluvium - (pl. ~via) Foul smelling vapour or fumes emanating from decaying matter.
effulgent - Resplendent. Shining forth brilliantly.
effusive - 1. Irrepressibly demonstrative. 2. Unrestrained in emotional expression; gushing
egesta - Egested matter, especially excrement.
egregious - 1 (archaic) Distinguished. 2. Conspicuously bad.
empyreal - Of the sky. Heavenly. Sublime.
emulous - To have ambition fueled by rivalry.
encomium - A formal expression of lofty praise; a tribute; a eulogy.
ensiform - Sword shaped.
ephemeral - Short lived or transitory.
epispastic - Causing blisters. ~n. A blistering agent; a a vesicatory.
equivocal - 1. deliberately ambiguous, with the intention to mislead or confuse: "The langua
equivocate - 1 : to use equivocal language, especially with the intent to deceive 2 : to avo
erhine - Promoting nasal discharge ~n. An erhine medicine.
eschew - To habitually avoid, especially on moral or practical grounds :
esoteric - Intended for or understood only by a small minority.
excise - 1. To delete a passage of text. 2. To remove as if by cutting. Especially of an
execrable - 1. Detestable; abominable; abhorrent. 2. Extremely inferior; very bad.
execrate - 1. (archaic) To invoke a curse upon; curse. 2. To inveigh against; denounce. 3.
execration - 1. A curse. 2. Something that is loathed. 3. The act of execrating.
extirpate - 1. To uproot. 2. To destroy completely; exterminate. 3. To remove by surgery.
- fain - (all archaic) Preferably; Gladly. ~adj. 1. Ready, willing. 2. Obliged or require
febrile - Pertaining to fever. Feverish.
feckless - Feeble. Lacking in purpose. Also 'Feck' - one who is feckless (and an amusing
feculent - Full of foul matter, dregs.
fishtailing - (archery) Said of an arrow that flails from side to side in flight.
fledge - To take care of a young bird until it is ready for flight.
flense - To strip skin or blubber.
foetor - Strong stench. (variation : fetor)
Force Majeure - An unexpected event which releases one from ones obligations. Lit. superior forc
gadding - (archery) The erratic flight of an arrow.
gibbous - 1. Rounded; convex; protuberant. 2. More than half but less than fully illuminat
globate, globated - Having the shape of a globe; globular.
gracile - (pr. gras-eel) 1. Gracefully slender. 2. (rare) Graceful
gubbins - 1. Something worthless. 2. A device or utensil (sometimes used when the name i
gust - (archaic) Personal taste or inclination. `Gusted' - having a particular taste e
hiatus - 1. A gap or missing section; a lacuna. 2. Any loss or interruption in time or co
hie - (Poetic) To go quickly; hasten; hurry. Also `hied,' `hying,' `hieing,' `hies,'
hiemal - Occurring in or pertaining to winter.
hipped - (archaic) Melancholy; sad; depressed. (Note, I'm not particularly surprised
hircine - Having the characteristics of a goat, especially in the sense of having a strong
hirsel - 1. The sheep under charge of a shepherd. 2. The ground they occupy. (Note, this
hirsute - Covered or coated with hair.
hubris - (pr. hew-briss) 1. Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. adj. hubristic
impecunious - Lacking in money; penniless; poor.
importunate - 1. Stubbornly or unreasonably persistant in request or demand. 2. Urgent; pressi
imprecate - To invoke (usually evil or a curse) upon. (n. Imprecation.)
inchoation - A beginning; a start; an origin. (adj. Inchoate has much the same meaning as `in
incipient - In an initial or early stage. Just beginning to emerge or exist. Compare n. `in
incondite - (rare) Poorly constructed; crude. Said of literary or artistic compositions.
inculate - To teach or impress by forceful urging or frequent repetition; instil.
ineffable - 1. Beyond expression; indescribable or unspeakable. 2. Not to be uttered; taboo.
inefficacious - Not producing a desired effect or result.
ingeminate - Incessant urging or reiteration. Also 'ingeminated.'
iniquity - Wicked or sinful. Also 'iniquitous.'
intire - 1. Pertaining to integrity. "Honest and intire men" 2. Obsolete for `entire.' (n
intumescence - 1. The process or condition of swelling. 2. A swollen organ or part. intr.v. int
inure - To make used to something unpleasant by forced or prolonged subjection. Usually
inutile - Useless.
invaginate - 1. To enclose in or as in a sheath. 2. To turn within oneself; introvert.
inveigle - 1. To lead astray or win over by deceitful flattery or persuasion. 2. To obtain
invidious - 1. Tending to arouse ill will or animosity; offensive. "An invidious law." 2. C
irony - Having "ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" could be ironic... "ra
jactation - (rare) Bragging or boasting.
jejune - 1. Childish, immature, unsophisticated. 2. Lacking in substance; insipid; dull.
jorum - 1. A large drinking bowl. 2. The amount of liquid such a bowl contains.
karst - A barren limestone or dolomite region typified by sinkholes, fissures, undergrou
lachrymose - 1. Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful. 2. Causing tears; sorrowful. 3. Lugubri
laciniate - 1. Fringed. 2. Having edges cut into narrow fringelike segments. (variation: l
laconic - Expressed in or using few words; terse; succinct.
lambent - 1. Flickering lightly or gently over a surface. 2. Flicking over subjects with e
lassitude - A state of exhaustion or torpor. Synonyms: lethargy, apathy, languorous, listle
limn - (archaic) To depict by painting or drawing. To describe. Also 'limned','limni
locus - A site considered to be the centre of a particular activity. pl. `Loci'
longueur - (often plural) 1. A boring or tedious period of time. 2. A tedious, overlong
loose - (archery) To release the arrow. Note: the word `fire' was only used after the in
losel - (archaic) One who is without worth.
lubricious - 1. Characterised by lewdness. 2. Elusive. 3. Slippery. (variation: lubricous)
lucubrate - To write in a scholarly fashion.
lucubration - 1. a. Laborious studying or writing. b. A product of such study, such as a treat
luculent - (archaic) Easily understood; clear; lucid.
lugubrious - 1. Mournful or doleful, especially to an excessive degree. 2.
lupine - (pr. loo-pin) 1. Wolflike. 2. Rapacious; ravenous.
margarite - (archaic) A pearl.
maugre - (archaic) 1. In spite of; Notwithstanding. eg: "I will follow you, maugre your
mawk - (obsolete) Maggot
meed - (archaic) A merited gift or reward.
melisma - A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text eg Gregorian Chant. Also
mellifluous - 1. Flowing with honey or sweetness. 2. Smooth and sweet. Rich and harmonious. S
mendacious - (formal) A person who is lying or is untruthful. False, dishonest. Also 'Mendac
mendicant - 1. Dependent upon alms for a living. Having the characteristics or countenance
meretricious - 1a. Superficially attractive. 1b. Attracting attention in a vulgar manner. 2. La
meritocracy - A system or society where advancement is achieved on merit or ability. 2a. An el
militate - 1. To have force as evidence or influence. Used with against or (rarely) for. `t
milliner - 1. A person who makes, trims, sells or designs women's hats (sold in a millinery
misanthrope - A person who distrusts or dislikes humankind. Also `misanthropist.'
misologist - A person who doesn't tolerate reason, argument or enlightenment (everybody knows
mittimus - (Law) 1. A writ committing someone to prison. 2. (British Archaic) A dismissal.
moratorium - 1. A deferment or delay of any action
morbific - Causing or producing disease; pathogenic.
mordacious - 1. Given to biting. 2. Caustic; sarcastic adv. mordacity From Latin `mord
Mordant - 1a. Bitingly sarcastic. 1b. Incisive and trenchant. 2. Bitingly painful. n. 1. C
moue - (pr. moo) A sulky or disdainful expression; a pout.
mutable - Prone to change. Fickle. Also 'mutability.'
nacreous - 1. Consisting of mother-of-pearl. 2. Like mother-of pearl; pearly.
nidor - The smell of burned flesh. (This is very rare but has been verified...)
obdurate - Hardened against good or moral influence. Stubbornly impenitent.
obstreperous - 1. Noisily defiant; unruly, boisterously unmanageable.
opine - (formal) To hold or state as an opinion; to think.
opprobrious - 1. Expressing or carrying a sense of disgrace or contemptuous scorn - `opprobrio
opprobrium - 1. Disgrace inherent in or arising from shameful misconduct; ignominy. 2. Scorn
orthography - The art or study of correct spelling according to usage.
ossify - 1. To change into bone; to become bony. 2. To become set in a rigidly convention
palliate - 1. To make (an offence or crime) seem less serious; extenuate; excuse. 2. To mak
pari passu - A banking term, meaning at an equal rate or pace. It implies fairness and impart
parvenu - A person who has risen above their class or station. Usually used derogatorily.
penurious - 1. Miserly; stingy. 2. Poverty stricken; needy. 3. Yielding little; barren.
penury - [1] A state of extreme poverty; to be very poor [2] Dearth; barrenness; insuffi
peradventure - (archaic) Perhaps; perchance; it may be. ~n (archaic) Uncertainty; doubt - `beyo
peregrine - (archaic) 1. Foreign; alien. 3. Roving or wandering; migratory.
peremptory - 1. Overbearing; imperious. 2. Having the nature of or expressing command; urgent
perigrinate - -intr. To journey or travel from place to place, usually over a long time and ov
perorate - To speak at great length, often in an inflated, pompous manner; declaim
peroration - The concluding part of a speech or written discourse, usually consisting of a fo
perspicacious - 1. Acutely discerning, perceptive or understanding. adv. perspicacity
pike - (archery) To shorten a longbow and thus increase its draw weight.
pithy - Precisely meaningful, cogent and terse. Also `pithiness', `pithily'
plangent - Any sound which strikes with reverberation or is loud and resounding, eg. waves
pleonasm - 1. The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy. 2. A
polemic - Any virulent criticism, especially of an established doctrine, eg. "Cease your
porpoising - (archery) Said of arrows that dip up and down whilst in flight.
precipitous - [1] reckless, hasty [2] characterized by precipices [3] abrupt: extremely stee
preclude - 1. To make impossible or impracticable by previous action; prevent. 2. To bar or
preferment - 1. The act of advancing to higher office or rank. 2. A position, appointment or
probity - Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; honesty.
procrastinate - 1. To put off doing something until a future time. n. procrastination.
prodigality - 1. Extravagant wastefulness. 2. Profuse genorosity. 3. Extreme abundance; lavish
pustulation - 1. The formatuion or appearance of pustules. 2. A pustule.
quiescent - Inactive or still; dormant.
quietus - 1. Anything that kills or eliminates; a deathblow. 2. Release from life; death.
quixotic - (pr. kwic-sottic) Caught up in the romance of noble deeds or unreachable ideals
repudiate - 1. To reject emphatically as unfounded or unjust. 2a. To refuse to accept or rec
repugn - (archaic) To resist or oppose. ~intr. to be opposed; conflict.
rhetorician - 1. An expert in or teacher of rhetoric. 2. An eloquent speaker or writer. 3. One
rill - A small rivulet of liquid.
rogation - (usually plural) A solemn prayer or supplication.
rubescent - Reddening; to go red.
rubicund - Having or showing a healthy rosiness; ruddy.
sanguinary - 1. Accompanied by bloodshed and carnage. 2. Bloodthirsty. 3. Consisting of or st
sanguine - 1a. (archaic) The colour of blood. b. Ruddy; florid. Said of the complexion. 2.
sardonic - Implying scorn or mockery overlaid with cynicism. Can describe both content and
sartorial - Pertaining to clothes, fashion or a tailor.
sectary - A dissenter from an established church.
sectile - Capable of being cut or severed smoothly by a knife.
segue - 1. (music) An uninterrupted transition from one movement to another. v. segued
sententious - Meaning: Terse, pithy and aphoristic in expression. Fond of using maxims or aph
sequacious - (archaic) Disposed to follow others in a slavish or unquestioning way.
sequestrate - 1. (archaic) To set apart. 2. (law) To seize.
seraglio - 1. A large harem. 2. A sultan's palace.
sere - (literary) Withered; dry.
setose - Bristly or bristle-like; setaceous.
similitude - 1. Similarity. 2. Something closing resembling another; a counterpart; a double.
slatternly - 1. Slovenly; untidy. 2. Characteristic of a slattern. n. Slattern. 1. A woman w
solicitude - Anxiety or concern.
solipsism - A theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and th
sorrel - 1. Brownish orange to light brown. 2. A horse of this colour.
soubriquet - An affectionate or humorous nickname. An assumed name. (variation: sobrique
sough - (pr. `sow' or `suf') To make a soft or soothing sound, especially murmuring or r
specious - 1. Seemingly fair or reasonable, but actually not so; deceptive - `a specious re
splenetic - 1. (archaic) Melancholy. 2. Ill tempered, spiteful or irritable. ~n. An ill-hum
stele - 1. An upright stone or slab with an inscribed or sculpted surface used as a monu
stertor - A heavy snoring sound in deep sleep, caused by obstruction of the air passages.
sybarite - A person devoted to pleasure and luxury. Also `sybaritic'
syllogism - 1. A deduction from a general premise to its logical conclusion. 2. A subtle or
ubiquitous - Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent ~n. ubiquity.
ultracrepidarian - Acting or speaking outside one's experience, knowledge or ability. ~n. One who a
umbra (pl. umbras, umbrae) - A dark area; specifically, the blackest part of a shadow from which all light is
umbrage - (archaic & poetic) Something that affords shade; Shadow or shade; A shadowy hint
unction - 1. The act of anointing as part of a religious or healing ritual. 2. An ointment
unctuous - 1. Having the quality or characteristics of oil or ointment; greasy; slippery. 2
uxorious - (Formal and Literary) Excessively or irrationally devoted to one's wife.
vacillate - 1. To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another; be irr
veracious - 1. Honest; truthful. 2. Accurate; precise. ~n. veracity- Habitual adherence to t
vicarious - 1. An act fulfilled by the substitution of the actual offender or target with so
virid - Verdant; green with or as with vegetation.
vitiate - [1] to make faulty or defective; to impair the value or quality of; spoil. [2]
voluble - 1. Characterised by a ready flow of words in speaking; fluent; loquacious. 2. (a
vug, vugh - A small cavity in a rock or vein, especially one lined with crystals (From Corni
vulnerary - (rare) A remedy used in the healing or treatment of wounds.
wadmal - Any outer garment of thick, rough cloth, formerly used by country people in Nort
warison - A bugle call giving the command to attack. A war cry.
welkin - (archaic) 1. The vault of heaven; the sky; "make the welkin ring." 2. The upper
wieldy - 1. Easily wielded 2. Nimble, agile or vigorous. Also `wieldsome' (obsolete)
- yare - (pr. `Yair' archaic) 1. Responding easily, manoeuvrable. Said of a sailing vesse
yaud - (rare) An old mare or decrepit horse.
yeanling - The young of a sheep or a goat, ie. a lamb or a kid.
abnegate - To deny to oneself; to give up; renounce; to practise self sacrifice.
abrogate - To abolish or annul by authority. Also n. Abrogation, n. Abrogator
abstruse - Difficult to understand due to technical complication or being somewhat obscure.
acephalous - 1. Headless or lacking a clearly defined head. 2. Having no leader eg: an acepha
acerate - Pointed at one end; needle shaped. Compare `acerose' which is used incorrectly t
acerbate - (rare) To vex or annoy
acrimonious - Bitter and caustic in speech, tone or manner; rancorous.
acrimony - Bitterness or ill natured animosity.
acuity - Keeness, sharpness or acuteness, especially of senses of the mind.
adduce - to cite as an example, reason, or proof in a formal discussion or analysis. e
aegis - Protection or sponsorship - `under the aegis of Zeus'
alacrity - 1. Cheerful willingness; willingness. 2. Lively action; sprightliness.
algophilist - One who enjoys pain. Could be used to describe a sadist, masochist or sado-maso
ambit - 1. An external boundary. 2. The sphere or scope of something.
ameliorate - To make better. Also 'amelioration (n.)' - something which has been improved, e
anacreontic - jovial, festive and amorous; celebrating love and drinking.
anlage - A fundamental principle; a primordium; the cells from which an embryo develops.
anodyne - 1. Able to soothe or relieve pain; relaxing. 2. Watered down; insipid; innocuous
anserine - Pertaining to a goose. Stupid, silly, foolish. Can also use `anserous' when mea
aphonia - A loss of speech, voiceless. adj. aphonic
aphotic - Without light, especially when designating the level below the ocean below which
apologist - A person who argues in defence or justification of another.
approbation - 1. Praise; commendation. 2. Official approval.
arrant - Notorious. eg The arrant thief.
arrogate - To presumptiously claim without right. eg: in the case of a usurper of a throne.
artisanal - (unattested) To be skilled in an art or craft.
asseverate - To declare seriously or positively; affirm.
assiduity - (pr. a siddew eti) (see assiduous) 1. Constant and constant application; unflagg
assiduous - 1. Constant in attentiveness; diligent; devoted. 2. Unceasing, persistent.
athwart - 1. Side to side, crossways. 2. So as to thwart or obstruct; perversely. 3. (naut
auriferous - Containing gold; gold bearing. Said of rocks or gravels.
auriform - Ear-shaped. Also `auriculate' - having ears or earlike projections; having the
auspice - pl. auspices 1. Protection or support; patronage - `under the auspices of'. 2. A
austere - (archaic) Having a bitter or sour taste; astringent.
aver - 1. To declare in a positive manner; affirm. 2. To assert formally as fact; prove
avulsion - 1. A ripping off or forciple separation, as of a part of the body by injury. 2.
avuncular - 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an uncle, especially a benevolent one. 2. Ki
baleful - Harmful or malignant in intent or effect. Portending evil.
baneful - Full of venom or harm, poisonous, destructive. Causing death or ruin.
bellicose - (pr.`belli-koss') Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious. adv. Bellicosit
benumb - 1. To make numb, especially by cold. 2. To make inactive; stupefy.
blandish - To coax by flattery or cajolement.
blandishment - (usually plural, see blandish) Flattery or wheedling.
blithesome - (archaic or poetic) Cheerful; merry.
bosky - (literary) 1. Covered by bushes, shrubs or trees. 2. Shaded by trees or bushes.
buckram - 1. (archaic) Stiffness; formality. 2. Coarse cotton fabric steeped in glue, used
bucolic - (pr. bew-kollic) 1. Of or characteristic of shepherds and flocks. 2. Of or char
- calumny - A malicious lie to injure a person's reputation.
cant - 1. Hypocritically mindless language. 2, Platitudes uttered mindlessly. 3. Specia
cantle - 1. The rear part of a saddle. 2. A corner or portion especially when cut off fro
caprice - (`ka-preese') 1. An impulsive change of mind. 2. An inclination to make such ch
casement - A window frame on a hinge. Suitably mediaeval term for a window
catafalque - The raised structure that a coffin rests upon, as during a state funeral.
cautery - A caustic agent or very hot or very cold instrument used, especially in wounds,
cavil - 1. To raise unnecessary or trivial objections; to carp. Used with at, about or w
celerity - 1. Rapidity of motion or action 2. Speed or quickness of thought. 3. www.celerit
chalcedony - A family of colored quartz, usually with a milky or waxy appearance, including c
choler - Biliousness; anger; irritability.
clave - Past tense of cleave (to split) and cleave (to cling).
cleave - (archaic) To adhere, cling or stick fast. To be faithful. "Cleave to that which
climacteric - A critical point. Especially in a person's life. Can also mean the menopause, b
colporteur - A peddlar of devotional literature.
comity - (pl. ~ties) Civility; Courtesy. This word is used in a formal sense.
condign - (pr. kon-dine) Deserved; adequate; merited. Said of punishment or censure. adv.
connive - 1. To feign ignorance of a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent.
connivent - (see connive) Converging and touching, but not fused together. Usually used for
connote - 1. To suggest or imply in addition to literal meaning. 2. To invoke as a conditi
contumacious - (see contumacy) Rebellious; insubordinate
contumacy - (pl. contumacies, see contumacious) Obstinate or contemptuous disregard for auth
contumely - (adj. contumelious, adv. contumeliously) 1. Rudeness or contempt in behaviour or
contuse - To injure without breaking the skin.
conventicle - 1. A religious meeting, especially a secret or illegal one, 2. A building used
Copernican Principle - The supposition that wherever one is in place or time, it is unlikely to be part
copula - (logic) The word or words that serve as a link between the subject and predicat
coterie - A small, select group of people who meet frequently and share an artistic abilit
couth - Refined, suave or cultured.
crepitus - 1. The rattling sound in the lungs heard from someone suffering from pneumonia.
crepuscular - 1. Active during twilight hours. 2. Dim or hazy like twilight.
culver - (poetic) A dove or a pigeon.
cumber - (archaic) 1. To weigh down; burden 2. To hamper; obstruct. May also be used as
curmudgeon - 1. A surly person. 2 A mean, miserly person.
curtail - (see curtal) To reduce by or as if by cutting short. n. curtailment.
curtal - (obsolete) To dock the tail of a horse - (see curtail)
deleterious - Having a harmful effect; injurious
depurate - 1. To cleanse or purify. 2. intr. To become cleansed or purified.
dewlap - The fold of wrinkly, pendulous skin found at the neck of an old person!
diffident - 1. Lacking self confidence; timid; unassertive.
discommode - (formal) To put to inconvenience; to disturb.
dolmen - Any prehistoric megalithic structure comprised of two or more vertical stones su
dribber - (archery) An inaccurate archer.
dulcify - To make agreeable or mollify gently. To sweeten. From archaic `dulcet' meaning
ebullient - 1. Overflowing with excitement, enthusiasm or exuberance. 2. Boiling. Said of a
ebullition - 1. The bubbling or effervescence of a liquid; a boiling. 2. A sudden, violent, o
effluvium - (pl. ~via) Foul smelling vapour or fumes emanating from decaying matter.
effulgent - Resplendent. Shining forth brilliantly.
effusive - 1. Irrepressibly demonstrative. 2. Unrestrained in emotional expression; gushing
egesta - Egested matter, especially excrement.
egregious - 1 (archaic) Distinguished. 2. Conspicuously bad.
empyreal - Of the sky. Heavenly. Sublime.
emulous - To have ambition fueled by rivalry.
encomium - A formal expression of lofty praise; a tribute; a eulogy.
ensiform - Sword shaped.
ephemeral - Short lived or transitory.
epispastic - Causing blisters. ~n. A blistering agent; a a vesicatory.
equivocal - 1. deliberately ambiguous, with the intention to mislead or confuse: "The langua
equivocate - 1 : to use equivocal language, especially with the intent to deceive 2 : to avo
erhine - Promoting nasal discharge ~n. An erhine medicine.
eschew - To habitually avoid, especially on moral or practical grounds :
esoteric - Intended for or understood only by a small minority.
excise - 1. To delete a passage of text. 2. To remove as if by cutting. Especially of an
execrable - 1. Detestable; abominable; abhorrent. 2. Extremely inferior; very bad.
execrate - 1. (archaic) To invoke a curse upon; curse. 2. To inveigh against; denounce. 3.
execration - 1. A curse. 2. Something that is loathed. 3. The act of execrating.
extirpate - 1. To uproot. 2. To destroy completely; exterminate. 3. To remove by surgery.
- fain - (all archaic) Preferably; Gladly. ~adj. 1. Ready, willing. 2. Obliged or require
febrile - Pertaining to fever. Feverish.
feckless - Feeble. Lacking in purpose. Also 'Feck' - one who is feckless (and an amusing
feculent - Full of foul matter, dregs.
fishtailing - (archery) Said of an arrow that flails from side to side in flight.
fledge - To take care of a young bird until it is ready for flight.
flense - To strip skin or blubber.
foetor - Strong stench. (variation : fetor)
Force Majeure - An unexpected event which releases one from ones obligations. Lit. superior forc
gadding - (archery) The erratic flight of an arrow.
gibbous - 1. Rounded; convex; protuberant. 2. More than half but less than fully illuminat
globate, globated - Having the shape of a globe; globular.
gracile - (pr. gras-eel) 1. Gracefully slender. 2. (rare) Graceful
gubbins - 1. Something worthless. 2. A device or utensil (sometimes used when the name i
gust - (archaic) Personal taste or inclination. `Gusted' - having a particular taste e
hiatus - 1. A gap or missing section; a lacuna. 2. Any loss or interruption in time or co
hie - (Poetic) To go quickly; hasten; hurry. Also `hied,' `hying,' `hieing,' `hies,'
hiemal - Occurring in or pertaining to winter.
hipped - (archaic) Melancholy; sad; depressed. (Note, I'm not particularly surprised
hircine - Having the characteristics of a goat, especially in the sense of having a strong
hirsel - 1. The sheep under charge of a shepherd. 2. The ground they occupy. (Note, this
hirsute - Covered or coated with hair.
hubris - (pr. hew-briss) 1. Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. adj. hubristic
impecunious - Lacking in money; penniless; poor.
importunate - 1. Stubbornly or unreasonably persistant in request or demand. 2. Urgent; pressi
imprecate - To invoke (usually evil or a curse) upon. (n. Imprecation.)
inchoation - A beginning; a start; an origin. (adj. Inchoate has much the same meaning as `in
incipient - In an initial or early stage. Just beginning to emerge or exist. Compare n. `in
incondite - (rare) Poorly constructed; crude. Said of literary or artistic compositions.
inculate - To teach or impress by forceful urging or frequent repetition; instil.
ineffable - 1. Beyond expression; indescribable or unspeakable. 2. Not to be uttered; taboo.
inefficacious - Not producing a desired effect or result.
ingeminate - Incessant urging or reiteration. Also 'ingeminated.'
iniquity - Wicked or sinful. Also 'iniquitous.'
intire - 1. Pertaining to integrity. "Honest and intire men" 2. Obsolete for `entire.' (n
intumescence - 1. The process or condition of swelling. 2. A swollen organ or part. intr.v. int
inure - To make used to something unpleasant by forced or prolonged subjection. Usually
inutile - Useless.
invaginate - 1. To enclose in or as in a sheath. 2. To turn within oneself; introvert.
inveigle - 1. To lead astray or win over by deceitful flattery or persuasion. 2. To obtain
invidious - 1. Tending to arouse ill will or animosity; offensive. "An invidious law." 2. C
irony - Having "ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" could be ironic... "ra
jactation - (rare) Bragging or boasting.
jejune - 1. Childish, immature, unsophisticated. 2. Lacking in substance; insipid; dull.
jorum - 1. A large drinking bowl. 2. The amount of liquid such a bowl contains.
karst - A barren limestone or dolomite region typified by sinkholes, fissures, undergrou
lachrymose - 1. Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful. 2. Causing tears; sorrowful. 3. Lugubri
laciniate - 1. Fringed. 2. Having edges cut into narrow fringelike segments. (variation: l
laconic - Expressed in or using few words; terse; succinct.
lambent - 1. Flickering lightly or gently over a surface. 2. Flicking over subjects with e
lassitude - A state of exhaustion or torpor. Synonyms: lethargy, apathy, languorous, listle
limn - (archaic) To depict by painting or drawing. To describe. Also 'limned','limni
locus - A site considered to be the centre of a particular activity. pl. `Loci'
longueur - (often plural) 1. A boring or tedious period of time. 2. A tedious, overlong
loose - (archery) To release the arrow. Note: the word `fire' was only used after the in
losel - (archaic) One who is without worth.
lubricious - 1. Characterised by lewdness. 2. Elusive. 3. Slippery. (variation: lubricous)
lucubrate - To write in a scholarly fashion.
lucubration - 1. a. Laborious studying or writing. b. A product of such study, such as a treat
luculent - (archaic) Easily understood; clear; lucid.
lugubrious - 1. Mournful or doleful, especially to an excessive degree. 2.
lupine - (pr. loo-pin) 1. Wolflike. 2. Rapacious; ravenous.
margarite - (archaic) A pearl.
maugre - (archaic) 1. In spite of; Notwithstanding. eg: "I will follow you, maugre your
mawk - (obsolete) Maggot
meed - (archaic) A merited gift or reward.
melisma - A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text eg Gregorian Chant. Also
mellifluous - 1. Flowing with honey or sweetness. 2. Smooth and sweet. Rich and harmonious. S
mendacious - (formal) A person who is lying or is untruthful. False, dishonest. Also 'Mendac
mendicant - 1. Dependent upon alms for a living. Having the characteristics or countenance
meretricious - 1a. Superficially attractive. 1b. Attracting attention in a vulgar manner. 2. La
meritocracy - A system or society where advancement is achieved on merit or ability. 2a. An el
militate - 1. To have force as evidence or influence. Used with against or (rarely) for. `t
milliner - 1. A person who makes, trims, sells or designs women's hats (sold in a millinery
misanthrope - A person who distrusts or dislikes humankind. Also `misanthropist.'
misologist - A person who doesn't tolerate reason, argument or enlightenment (everybody knows
mittimus - (Law) 1. A writ committing someone to prison. 2. (British Archaic) A dismissal.
moratorium - 1. A deferment or delay of any action
morbific - Causing or producing disease; pathogenic.
mordacious - 1. Given to biting. 2. Caustic; sarcastic adv. mordacity From Latin `mord
Mordant - 1a. Bitingly sarcastic. 1b. Incisive and trenchant. 2. Bitingly painful. n. 1. C
moue - (pr. moo) A sulky or disdainful expression; a pout.
mutable - Prone to change. Fickle. Also 'mutability.'
nacreous - 1. Consisting of mother-of-pearl. 2. Like mother-of pearl; pearly.
nidor - The smell of burned flesh. (This is very rare but has been verified...)
obdurate - Hardened against good or moral influence. Stubbornly impenitent.
obstreperous - 1. Noisily defiant; unruly, boisterously unmanageable.
opine - (formal) To hold or state as an opinion; to think.
opprobrious - 1. Expressing or carrying a sense of disgrace or contemptuous scorn - `opprobrio
opprobrium - 1. Disgrace inherent in or arising from shameful misconduct; ignominy. 2. Scorn
orthography - The art or study of correct spelling according to usage.
ossify - 1. To change into bone; to become bony. 2. To become set in a rigidly convention
palliate - 1. To make (an offence or crime) seem less serious; extenuate; excuse. 2. To mak
pari passu - A banking term, meaning at an equal rate or pace. It implies fairness and impart
parvenu - A person who has risen above their class or station. Usually used derogatorily.
penurious - 1. Miserly; stingy. 2. Poverty stricken; needy. 3. Yielding little; barren.
penury - [1] A state of extreme poverty; to be very poor [2] Dearth; barrenness; insuffi
peradventure - (archaic) Perhaps; perchance; it may be. ~n (archaic) Uncertainty; doubt - `beyo
peregrine - (archaic) 1. Foreign; alien. 3. Roving or wandering; migratory.
peremptory - 1. Overbearing; imperious. 2. Having the nature of or expressing command; urgent
perigrinate - -intr. To journey or travel from place to place, usually over a long time and ov
perorate - To speak at great length, often in an inflated, pompous manner; declaim
peroration - The concluding part of a speech or written discourse, usually consisting of a fo
perspicacious - 1. Acutely discerning, perceptive or understanding. adv. perspicacity
pike - (archery) To shorten a longbow and thus increase its draw weight.
pithy - Precisely meaningful, cogent and terse. Also `pithiness', `pithily'
plangent - Any sound which strikes with reverberation or is loud and resounding, eg. waves
pleonasm - 1. The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy. 2. A
polemic - Any virulent criticism, especially of an established doctrine, eg. "Cease your
porpoising - (archery) Said of arrows that dip up and down whilst in flight.
precipitous - [1] reckless, hasty [2] characterized by precipices [3] abrupt: extremely stee
preclude - 1. To make impossible or impracticable by previous action; prevent. 2. To bar or
preferment - 1. The act of advancing to higher office or rank. 2. A position, appointment or
probity - Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; honesty.
procrastinate - 1. To put off doing something until a future time. n. procrastination.
prodigality - 1. Extravagant wastefulness. 2. Profuse genorosity. 3. Extreme abundance; lavish
pustulation - 1. The formatuion or appearance of pustules. 2. A pustule.
quiescent - Inactive or still; dormant.
quietus - 1. Anything that kills or eliminates; a deathblow. 2. Release from life; death.
quixotic - (pr. kwic-sottic) Caught up in the romance of noble deeds or unreachable ideals
repudiate - 1. To reject emphatically as unfounded or unjust. 2a. To refuse to accept or rec
repugn - (archaic) To resist or oppose. ~intr. to be opposed; conflict.
rhetorician - 1. An expert in or teacher of rhetoric. 2. An eloquent speaker or writer. 3. One
rill - A small rivulet of liquid.
rogation - (usually plural) A solemn prayer or supplication.
rubescent - Reddening; to go red.
rubicund - Having or showing a healthy rosiness; ruddy.
sanguinary - 1. Accompanied by bloodshed and carnage. 2. Bloodthirsty. 3. Consisting of or st
sanguine - 1a. (archaic) The colour of blood. b. Ruddy; florid. Said of the complexion. 2.
sardonic - Implying scorn or mockery overlaid with cynicism. Can describe both content and
sartorial - Pertaining to clothes, fashion or a tailor.
sectary - A dissenter from an established church.
sectile - Capable of being cut or severed smoothly by a knife.
segue - 1. (music) An uninterrupted transition from one movement to another. v. segued
sententious - Meaning: Terse, pithy and aphoristic in expression. Fond of using maxims or aph
sequacious - (archaic) Disposed to follow others in a slavish or unquestioning way.
sequestrate - 1. (archaic) To set apart. 2. (law) To seize.
seraglio - 1. A large harem. 2. A sultan's palace.
sere - (literary) Withered; dry.
setose - Bristly or bristle-like; setaceous.
similitude - 1. Similarity. 2. Something closing resembling another; a counterpart; a double.
slatternly - 1. Slovenly; untidy. 2. Characteristic of a slattern. n. Slattern. 1. A woman w
solicitude - Anxiety or concern.
solipsism - A theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and th
sorrel - 1. Brownish orange to light brown. 2. A horse of this colour.
soubriquet - An affectionate or humorous nickname. An assumed name. (variation: sobrique
sough - (pr. `sow' or `suf') To make a soft or soothing sound, especially murmuring or r
specious - 1. Seemingly fair or reasonable, but actually not so; deceptive - `a specious re
splenetic - 1. (archaic) Melancholy. 2. Ill tempered, spiteful or irritable. ~n. An ill-hum
stele - 1. An upright stone or slab with an inscribed or sculpted surface used as a monu
stertor - A heavy snoring sound in deep sleep, caused by obstruction of the air passages.
sybarite - A person devoted to pleasure and luxury. Also `sybaritic'
syllogism - 1. A deduction from a general premise to its logical conclusion. 2. A subtle or
ubiquitous - Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent ~n. ubiquity.
ultracrepidarian - Acting or speaking outside one's experience, knowledge or ability. ~n. One who a
umbra (pl. umbras, umbrae) - A dark area; specifically, the blackest part of a shadow from which all light is
umbrage - (archaic & poetic) Something that affords shade; Shadow or shade; A shadowy hint
unction - 1. The act of anointing as part of a religious or healing ritual. 2. An ointment
unctuous - 1. Having the quality or characteristics of oil or ointment; greasy; slippery. 2
uxorious - (Formal and Literary) Excessively or irrationally devoted to one's wife.
vacillate - 1. To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another; be irr
veracious - 1. Honest; truthful. 2. Accurate; precise. ~n. veracity- Habitual adherence to t
vicarious - 1. An act fulfilled by the substitution of the actual offender or target with so
virid - Verdant; green with or as with vegetation.
vitiate - [1] to make faulty or defective; to impair the value or quality of; spoil. [2]
voluble - 1. Characterised by a ready flow of words in speaking; fluent; loquacious. 2. (a
vug, vugh - A small cavity in a rock or vein, especially one lined with crystals (From Corni
vulnerary - (rare) A remedy used in the healing or treatment of wounds.
wadmal - Any outer garment of thick, rough cloth, formerly used by country people in Nort
warison - A bugle call giving the command to attack. A war cry.
welkin - (archaic) 1. The vault of heaven; the sky; "make the welkin ring." 2. The upper
wieldy - 1. Easily wielded 2. Nimble, agile or vigorous. Also `wieldsome' (obsolete)
- yare - (pr. `Yair' archaic) 1. Responding easily, manoeuvrable. Said of a sailing vesse
yaud - (rare) An old mare or decrepit horse.
yeanling - The young of a sheep or a goat, ie. a lamb or a kid.
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Bit, Nybble, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte.........
1 Bit = one binary digit (represented by a 0 or a 1).
1 Nybble = 4 Bits
1 Byte = 8 Bits
1 Kilobyte = 8,000 Bits
1 Megabyte = 8388608 bits
1 Gigabyte = 8589934592 bits
1 Terabyte = 8796093022208 bits
1 Petabyte = 9007199254740992 bits
1 Exabyte = 9223372036854775808 bits
1 Zettabyte = 9444732965739290427392 bits
1 Yottabyte = 9671406556917033397649408 bits
1 Nybble = 4 Bits
1 Byte = 8 Bits
1 Kilobyte = 8,000 Bits
1 Megabyte = 8388608 bits
1 Gigabyte = 8589934592 bits
1 Terabyte = 8796093022208 bits
1 Petabyte = 9007199254740992 bits
1 Exabyte = 9223372036854775808 bits
1 Zettabyte = 9444732965739290427392 bits
1 Yottabyte = 9671406556917033397649408 bits
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