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victoriousvocabulary: DEVOID [adjective] 1. not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute. 2. absence of. [verb] 3. to deplete or strip of some quality or substance. Etymology: from Old French devoider, from des-, “out, away” + voider, “to
victoriousvocabulary: DIACATHOLICON [noun] a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases; a panacea. Etymology: from Greek dia katholikōn, “made of general ingredients”. [Erik J. Hayes]
victoriousvocabulary: KALOLOGY[noun]the study of beauty; the branch of philosophy concerned with the study of such concepts as beauty, taste, etc.Etymology: ultimately from Ancient Greek kalli-, “beautiful” + logia, word-forming element meaning
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victoriousvocabulary: WISTFUL[adjective]1. characterised by melancholy; longing; yearning.2. pensive, especially in a melancholy way.3. regretful longing.Etymology: Middle English whist, “silent, quiet, attentive”.[Chris Polasko - Lost Horizon]
victoriousvocabulary: SPERO [verb] 1. to hope for; hope. 2. I hope. 3. I await. 4. I fear, am apprehensive. 5. I assume, suppose. Etymology: Latin, from spes, “hope”. [Cyril Rolando - The Hope]
victoriousvocabulary: STHENIA [noun] a condition of bodily strength, vigour, or vitality. Etymology: Neo Latin, extracted from asthenia, from Greek asthéneia, from a, “not” + sthenos, “strength”. [Cyril Rolando]
victoriousvocabulary: ICHTHYOID[adjective]fishlike.Etymology: from Greek ichthyoeidḗs, from ikhthus, “fish”.[hoooook]
victoriousvocabulary: SOUVENIR [noun] 1. a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento. 2. a memory.Etymology: from French, from Middle French soubvenir,
victoriousvocabulary: DESPONDENCY [noun] state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.Etymology: from Latin dēspondēre, “to give up, lose heart, promise”, equivalent to dē-, prefix indicating removal,
victoriousvocabulary: PHOTOSPHERE[noun]1. a sphere of light or radiance. 2. Astronomy: the luminous visible surface of the sun, being a shallow layer of strongly ionised gases; the sun’s luminous envelope.Etymology: from Greek photo-, combining form
victoriousvocabulary: MYCOMANIA[noun]an obsession with fungi; obsession with mushrooms.Etymology: from Greek mykes, “fungus” + mania, “madness”.Fuco Ueda
victoriousvocabulary: ELEGY[noun]1. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.2. a poem written in elegiac meter.3. a sad or mournful musical composition.Etymology: from Latin elegīa < Greek elegeía,
victoriousvocabulary: INQUISITIVE[adjective]1. given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious.2. unduly or inappropriately curious; prying.3. eager to know.[noun]4. an inquisitive person.Etymology: Late Latin
victoriousvocabulary: FELINE [adjective] 1. belonging or pertaining to the cat family, Felidae. 2. catlike; characteristic of animals of the cat family. 3. sly, stealthy, or treacherous. [noun] 4. an animal of the cat family. Etymology: from Latin
victoriousvocabulary: XIǍO[adjecive]small; little; tiny.Etymology: Chinese 小.[Nicoletta Ceccoli]
victoriousvocabulary: CHIONE [noun] the nymph or minor goddess of snow. She is the daughter of Boreas, the North Wind, and Oreithyia. Etymology: from Greek χιών - chiōn, “snow”[Catrin Welz-Stein - Ice Princess]
victoriousvocabulary: BALNEARY [BALNEAL][adjective]of or relating to baths or bathing.Etymology: from Latin balneum, bath, from Greek balaneion.[Eugenia Loli]
victoriousvocabulary: ANTHROPOPHAGOUS [adjective] the consumption of human flesh. Etymology: from Latin anthrōpophagus, from Greek anthrōpophagos, “man-eating”, from ánthrōpos, “human being” + phagein, “to eat”.[Stephen Mackey]
victoriousvocabulary: DRYAD [noun] a nymph or divinity of the woods. Etymology: from Latin dryas, from Greek dryas (plural dryades), “wood nymph,” from drus (genitive dryos) “oak”, from *deru- “tree, wood, oak”.[25kartinok]
victoriousvocabulary: PUISSANT[adjective]powerful; mighty; potent.Etymology: from Old French, ultimately from Latin potēns, “mighty”, from posse, “to have power”.[Froilan Cosme]
victoriousvocabulary: DEAMBULATORY[noun]ambulatory; wandering.Etymology: from late Middle English < Mediaeval Latin deambulātōrium, equivalent to Latin deambulā(re), “to go for a walk”.[Ksenia Svincova - Wandering Soul]
victoriousvocabulary: FÉE[noun]French: fairy; one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers.Etymology: from Old French fae, from Vulgar Latin Fāta, “goddess of fate”,
victoriousvocabulary: GRAME [noun] 1. anger; wrath; scorn; bitterness; repugnance. 2. sorrow; grief; misery. Etymology: from Middle English grame, gram, grome, from Old English grama, “rage, anger, trouble, devil, demon”, from Proto-Germanic
victoriousvocabulary: ANNEGARE [verb] to drown. Etymology: from Latin *adnecare, from necāre, present active infinitive of necō, “kill”.[bluefooted - Sad Ending]
victoriousvocabulary: HEAVY-HEARTED [adjective] sorrowful; melancholy; dejected; downcast; sad. Etymology: ‘heavy’ (Middle English hevi, Old English hefig) + ‘heart’ (Middle English herte, Old English heorte; cognate with Dutch hart, German Herz,
victoriousvocabulary: VERNALAGNIA [noun] 1. a romantic mood inspired by Spring. 2. happiness brought about by Spring. 3. an increase in sexual desire which occurs in the Spring. Etymology: from Latin vernālis, from vēr, ”spring” + Greek -lagnia or
victoriousvocabulary: EMANATE [verb] 1. to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate. 2. to send forth; emit. Etymology: from Latin ēmānāre, “to flow out”, from mānāre, “to flow”. [Nicebleed - Emanate]
victoriousvocabulary:HALIDOM [noun] 1. anything considered holy; a holy place or thing; a sacred or consecrated thing. 2. a sanctuary. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hāligdōm, from hālig (holy) + -dōm (suffix denoting state, condition,
victoriousvocabulary: SELCOUTH [adjective] rarely known; unusual; strange; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous. Etymology: from Middle English, from Old English selcūþ, seldcūþ, “unusual, unwonted, little known, unfamiliar, novel, rare”, from seld-,
victoriousvocabulary: FUNAMBULIST [noun] a tightrope walker; s/he who performs on a tightrope or a slack rope. Etymology: from Latin fūnambulus “rope dancer”, from fūnis “rope” + ambulāre “to walk”. [Roberto Weigand]
victoriousvocabulary: AGONOTHYMIA[noun]emotional conflict; the state of having contradictory or conflicting feelings.Etymology: from Greek agōnía, “emulation,competition, struggle”), from agṓn, “contest” + thymos, “spirit, mind, courage”.[Christian
victoriousvocabulary:VARIEGATE [verb] 1. to make varied in appearance, as by adding different colours; to make colourful. 2. to give variety to; diversify. Etymology: from Late Latin variegāre, from Latin varius, “diverse, various” + agere, “to
victoriousvocabulary: PNEUMA[noun]the soul or vital spirit; a person’s creative energy.Etymology: from Greek, “breath, spirit, wind”; related to pnein, “to blow, breathe”.[Aldo Katayanagi - Ghost]
victoriousvocabulary: PRAEDA [noun] 1. plunder, spoils of war, booty. 2. prey, game taken in the hunt. 3. gain, profit. Etymology: Latin, from earlier praeheda, from the same root as praehendō or prehendō. [Aldo Katayanagi - Hunt]
victoriousvocabulary: PERAGRATE[verb]to travel over or through.Etymology: Latin peragratus.[Max Mitenkov]
victoriousvocabulary: COSSET[verb] 1. to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle. [noun] 2. alamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb. 3. any pet.Etymology: akin to Old English cossetung, “kissing”, verbal noun based on *cossettan, “to kiss”, derivative
victoriousvocabulary: LICORNE[noun]French: unicorn - a fabled creature symbolic of virginity and usually represented as a horse with a single straight spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.Etymology: from Old French unicorne, probably a contraction
victoriousvocabulary: ASTROVAGANT[adjective]travelling through space; traverse through stars.Etymology: from Greek astron, “stars” + Latin vagans, past participle of vagary, “to wander about”.[Dan Elijah Fajardo]
victoriousvocabulary: artforadults: Sebastien Tellier - Look by Mrzyk & Moriceau and Mathematic CALLIPYGEAN [aka CALLIPYGIAN][adjective]having well shaped buttocks.Etymology: Greek kallipýg(os) - with beautiful buttocks; ‘kalli-‘ (calli-
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victoriousvocabulary: VIVIFICENT [adjective] Obsolete: living; possessing life; not dead. Etymology: from Latin vivus “alive”. [Fay Helfer]
victoriousvocabulary: TERPSICHOREAN [adjective] 1. a dancer. 2. of or relating to dancing. Etymology: from Terpsichore, the Muse of dance in Greek mythology. [Cyril Rolando The Dancing Zodiac]
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victoriousvocabulary: alyssascottart: Just playing around with fish NATATION [noun] an act or the skill of swimming. Etymology: from Latin natātiō, “a swimming”, from natāre, “to swim”.
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victoriousvocabulary: ANTHESTHESIA [noun] Informal: the sensation of feeling bouquets of flowers; feeling immersed in flowers. Etymology: from Greek anthos, “flower” + aesthesia, “sensation”. [flowwwer]
victoriousvocabulary: FIDIMPLICITARY [adjective] 1. to fully trust someone; implicit faith in another. 2. to put one’s faith in the word of another without personally examining the facts. Etymology: created by Sir Thomas Urquhart in 1652 in his work,
victoriousvocabulary: ONEIROTAXIA [noun] the inability to distinguish between fantasy (or dreams) and reality; confusion of idealism and realism. Etymology: from Greek oneiro- (prefix for “dream”) + -taxia (suffix meaning “(condition of) internal
victoriousvocabulary: GALLIARDISE [noun] extreme gaiety; merriment. Etymology: from Middle French gaillard - lively, vigourous; a lively dance. [James R. Eads]
victoriousvocabulary: CORVIFORM [adjective] shaped like a crow. Etymology: ultimately from Latin corvus, “raven”. [Lindsey Kustusch]
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victoriousvocabulary: UMARMUNG [noun] embrace; the act of holding someone closely in one’s arms. Etymology: German. [hoooook]
victoriousvocabulary: LABASCATE [verb] to begin to fall or slide. Etymology: from Latin labascō, “I totter (begin to fall; I waver, yield”. [René Milot - The Fall of Icarus]
victoriousvocabulary: INIMICAL [adjective] 1. adverse in tendency or effect; unfavourable; harmful. 2. unfriendly; hostile. Etymology: Latin inimīc (us) - unfriendly, hostile. [Robert Carter]
victoriousvocabulary: GRYPHON [noun] a variant of griffin; a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Etymology: from Old French grifon, from Latin grӯphus, from Greek grups, from grupos, “hooked”. [bluefooted
victoriousvocabulary: TENEBROSE [adjective] characterised by darkness or gloom; tenebrous. Etymology: Latin tenebrosus, itself from tenebra, “darkness”. [Leoncio Harmr]