Favorite Words
These are my favorite words and what they mean
- misnomer
- dollop
n : a small measure (usually of food) "I first heard this word after mike mentioned that he may of accidntly dropped a dollop of shit on my rug in the bathroom, I instally knew that the word dollop was for me.
- narcissist
- Plethora \Pleth"o*ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to be or become
full. Cf. Pleonasm.]
1. Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood
vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of
the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in
quantity; hyper[ae]mia; -- opposed to an[ae]mia.
2. State of being overfull; excess; superabundance.
- Audacity \Au*dac"i*ty\, n.
1. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.
2. Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a
contempt of law or moral restraints.
- Copious \Co"pi*ous\, a. [L. copiosus, fr. copia abundance: cf.
F. copieux. See Copy, Opulent.]
Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.
Syn: Ample; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; rich; full;
exuberant; overflowing; full. See Ample.
- Litigate \Lit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Litigated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Litigating.] [See Litigation.]
To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to
prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and
judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.
- Funk \Funk\ v, to envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
- Nubile \Nu"bile\, a. [L. nubilis, fr. nubere to marry: cf. F.
nubile. See Nuptial.]
Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable. --Prior
- Trite \Trite\, a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear out;
problably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf. Contrite, Detriment,
Tribulation, Try.] Worn out; common; used until so common as to have
lost novelty and intrest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite
subject. --Trite"ly, adv. --Trite"ness, n.
The dictionary where I got all my def's