WordMageRare words. Lexical curiosities.
Specimens off the beaten path.
A cabinet of verbal curiosities
Museum words.
Distinctive, often obscure specimens of English, collected for the pleasure of knowing them. Their sound, shape, or unusual meaning earns them a place in a logophile’s cabinet.
- lustrum
period of five years; purification of Roman nation every five years; census.
Collection source: Luciferous Logolepsy- opsimath
A person who begins to learn or study later in life.
Collection source: The Logodaedalian’s Dictionary of Interesting and Unusual Words- aposematic
(zoology) having warning coloration or other signals that deter predators.
Collection source: Luciferous Logolepsy- verecund
bashful; modest
Collection source: Luciferous Logolepsy- lucubration
the act of late-night study or writing, especially by artificial light; often suggesting laborious or pretentious effort
Collection source: Luciferous Logolepsy- cunctation
Delay; procrastination or habitual postponement.
Collection source: Luciferous Logolepsy- apricity
The warmness of the sun in winter.
Collection source: OED- gnathonic
falsely flattering; fawning; sycophantic; parasitic
Collection source: Luciferous Logolepsy
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