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Post by drawntokatet on Oct 24, 2022 12:11:51 GMT
tawpie
noun [taw-pee ]
a foolish or thoughtless young person.
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Post by drawntokatet on Oct 24, 2022 12:36:07 GMT
ensorcell
verb (used with object) [en-sawr-suhl ]
to bewitch.
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Post by drawntokatet on Oct 25, 2022 15:48:53 GMT
cantrip
noun [kahn-trip ]
a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
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Post by drawntokatet on Oct 26, 2022 14:07:28 GMT
uraeus
noun [yoo-ree-uhs ]
the sacred asp as represented upon the headdress of divinities and royal personages of ancient Egypt, usually directly over the forehead, as an emblem of supreme power.
( I never would have guess the definition of uraeus in a million years. Sounds like a UTI to me.)
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Post by wolf on Oct 26, 2022 20:01:27 GMT
uraeus
noun [yoo-ree-uhs ]
the sacred asp as represented upon the headdress of divinities and royal personages of ancient Egypt, usually directly over the forehead, as an emblem of supreme power.
( I never would have guess the definition of uraeus in a million years. Sounds like a UTI to me.)
I wouldn't have either,
but it looked/sounded Latin or possibly Greek,
so I looked up...
"Etymology for uraeus
New Latin, from Late Greek ouraios, a kind of snake"
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Post by wolf on Oct 26, 2022 20:05:15 GMT
ensorcell
verb (used with object) [en-sawr-suhl ]
to bewitch.
cantrip
noun [kahn-trip ]
a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
Never heard of 'cantrip' before before. Thanks. |
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Post by drawntokatet on Oct 27, 2022 13:20:34 GMT
metamorphose
verb (used without object) [met-uh-mawr-fohz, -fohs ]
to undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in form or nature.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 1, 2022 12:47:36 GMT
shaman
noun [shah-muhn]
a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 1, 2022 12:48:32 GMT
pishogue
noun [pi-shohg ]
an evil spell; hex.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 1, 2022 12:50:17 GMT
preternatural
adjective [pree-ter-nach-er-uhl]
out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 1, 2022 12:51:32 GMT
Samhain
noun [sah-win ]
a festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the beginning of winter.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 1, 2022 14:31:11 GMT
horripilation
[ haw-rip-uh-ley-shuhn, ho- ]
noun
a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 2, 2022 12:40:13 GMT
bazaar
[ buh-zahr ]
noun
a marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 3, 2022 12:48:20 GMT
rhotacize
verb (used with object) [roh-tuh-sahyz ]
to change a sound to an r.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 7, 2022 13:20:49 GMT
yeuk
verb (used without object) [yook ]
to itch.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 10, 2022 13:37:02 GMT
pantoum
noun [pan-toom ]
a Malay verse form consisting of an indefinite number of quatrains with the second and fourth lines of each quatrain repeated as the first and third lines of the following one.
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Post by wolf on Nov 10, 2022 17:46:05 GMT
pantoum
noun [pan-toom ]
a Malay verse form consisting of an indefinite number of quatrains with the second and fourth lines of each quatrain repeated as the first and third lines of the following one.
Right, p21? 😉 prufrock21 |
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 14, 2022 13:29:39 GMT
Oort cloud
noun [awrt-kloud, ohrt ]
a region of our solar system far beyond the orbit of Pluto, in which billions of comets move in nearly circular orbits unless one is pulled into a highly eccentric elliptical orbit by a passing star.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 14, 2022 14:21:43 GMT
perennial
adjective [puh-ren-ee-uhl ]
perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent.
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Post by drawntokatet on Nov 17, 2022 14:10:39 GMT
aegrotat
noun [ee-groh-tat, ee-groh-tat ]
an unclassified degree granted a university student who has fulfilled all requirements for graduation but was prevented by illness from attending the final examinations.
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