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New WordsLis

New Words

List off some words you know and their meaning.

1. Argentiferous- containing silver

2. Caprine-goat-like

3. Den-droid- tree-like

4.Nadir -lowest point

5. Antediluvian-ancient

6.Geophagy-clay-eating

7. Gambit- ploy

8. Aubergine-eggplant

Add more! Let's make a huge word list!

submitted by Phoėnix
(June 24, 2009 - 1:31 pm)

back to the Inkwell

Antediluvian means before the flood. Ancient, yes, if you beleive in creation and Noah's flood. Anyway:

Parapharnalia- Assorted junk (para-fa-nelia)

Portfolio- thing you take around and carry your artwork in

Garret- Attic

Cryptozoology- The study of unknown animals, aka bigfoot

submitted by Emily L., age 14!, WA
(June 24, 2009 - 6:51 pm)

I found a lot of these words on this site called free Rice.

submitted by Phoėnix
(June 25, 2009 - 11:22 am)

Autochthonous - native

submitted by Lena
(June 25, 2009 - 5:13 pm)

Here's some:

1. Acrasia- Loss of self control; when you act against your better judgement.

2. Agelast- A person who never laughs.

3. Battologist- Someone who repeats the same thing needlessly.

4. Brume- A poetic term meaning mist or fog.

5. Dactylonomy- Counting on your fingers.

6. Ergophobic- Someone who fears work.

7. Illatration- The act of barking at someone or something.

8. Kench- To laugh really loud.

9. Knackatory- A very old word meaning a place to buy knick-knacks.

10. Musophobist- A person who doesn't like poetry and is suspicious of it. (LOL)

 

Okay, there's your ten new words for the day ;D You better know all of them by tomorrow!!! *kidding*

I'll be back with more later!

submitted by Megan M., age 13, Ohio
(June 25, 2009 - 5:23 pm)

So???? Who cares what big words mean??? I prefer little words!!!

submitted by Wordfreak
(June 27, 2009 - 12:47 pm)

And some of us like big words. Besides, there isn't a little word for everything!

submitted by Ima
(June 28, 2009 - 11:16 pm)

I like big words, but if you like shorter ones, you don't have to come on this thread. But I probably wouldn't actually use any of these words unless I was in a spelling bee or trying to be funny or something...

submitted by Lena
(June 29, 2009 - 7:50 am)

They don't have to be big. It's just weird

words and their meanings. I think it's fun :D

submitted by Megan M., age 13, Ohio
(June 29, 2009 - 8:13 am)

I do too. I enjoy words. Mostly for definitions, though, not meaning. Like, repertitious seems like a dull, long word with a busines-related meaning or something, but it actually means found by chance or accident. And gound, possibly one of the most awesome words in the English language, is rather short and sounds kind of odd, but it means the gunk that's in one's eyes when one wakes up. Incredibly cool! Agathokakological seems long and scary, but it means comprised of both good and evil, a meaning that is both interesting and useful. And here's one that sounds likes some kind of stuffy botanical term but is really terrifoc despite being pretty useless- sesquihoral. It means lasting an hour and a half. How GREAT is that?!

submitted by Mary W., age 11.47, NJ
(June 29, 2009 - 11:45 am)

Oh, by the way, here's some more:

Sessile: an adjectiveused to describe an animal are ones that spend their entire adult lives in one place (sponges, coral, sea squirts, etc.)

Echinoderm: a starfish, sea urchin, brittlestar, basket-star, sea lily, feather star, sand dollar, or sea cucumber, although there are some pre-historic animals that are also called echinoderms

Chelonian: a turtle or tortoise

submitted by Ima
(June 29, 2009 - 9:56 pm)

Asymptotically - the adverbial form of asymptote, a lovely math-geeky word

 

-EH

submitted by Emily H. :), age 13, Sparks, NV
(July 6, 2009 - 6:09 pm)

I'd put this on the other one, but I don't think anyone saw it.

Gastropod: a snail or slug

Sesquipedalian: someone who loves long words.

Cephalopod: a squid, octapus, nautilus, or very similar animal

Anuran: a frog or toad

Tardigrade: an extremely cute, microscopic, transparent animal that looks like a little gummy bear and won the Guinness World Record for most heat-tolerant animal! They're also called water bears and live almost everywhere, maybe even on your roof or in your backyard!

Okay, by now you can probably tell how much of a biology geek I am. I should probably stop now, before you start thinking I'm obsessed.

submitted by Ima
(July 8, 2009 - 11:29 pm)

I saw this on the other one. And don't worry, biology is a *healthy* obsession. :)

submitted by Mary W., age 11.51, NJ
(July 9, 2009 - 11:45 am)