The Word Is...

[KalIsBack]

Word of the day game. Sometimes there's a word that perfectly describes your day or that you can't get off the brain, for whatever reason. I love words, so I have a lot of those days. So. Here, post said word, along with a definition. And optionally, why the word is on the brain.

My word of the day: Seraphim.

ser·aph 'serəf/

plural noun: seraphim

an angelic being, regarded in traditional Christian angelology as belonging to the highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy, associated with light, ardor, and purity.

It's from the name of a song called The Host of Seraphim by Dead Can Dance, which is a nice instrumental track that I heard for the first time in a while today. I say it to myself occasionally because it has a very unusual feel on the tongue. It's one of those hefty, out of place words that never really has any use, but is fun to use nonetheless.

 

[Twlightdreamer]

Definition of quixotic
1-- foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action
2-- capricious, unpredictable

It's a fun word to describe my highly unpredictable day.

 

[Hornblende]

Definition of solecism:

An ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence; also a minor blunder in speech.

Something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order.

A breach of etiquette or decorum

No particular reason, it's one of the words I like.

 

[KalIsBack]

Today's word: Grimoire.

gri·moire ɡrimˈwär/

a book of magic spells and invocations.

There's this character from a game (DotA 2) named Warlock who loves to collect magical knowledge. One of the beautiful things about DotA 2 is that it has directed dialogue. Whenever certain characters interact with each other (on the same team... See each other on enemy team... Get a kill on each other... Get a kill with each other's assistance) they say certain lines. When Warlock kills one hero (I forget who, specifically) he says 'Smooooooked.' I encourage you to look up his dialogue.

Anyway, Warlock carries around a grimoire in which he stores his knowledge.

Such a plebian word, but it must suffice for the day, as it is on the brain.

 

[AverageGary]

Are fictional words okay to add?

 

[KalIsBack]

Are fictional words okay to add?

Any word is perfectly fine, fictional or real.

 

[maverick51]

My word is perspicacious

 

[AverageGary]

Exhaustipated
(adjective)
Meaning -- Too tired to give a shit

 

[KalIsBack]

My word is perspicacious

Meaning?

Exhaustipated
(adjective)
Meaning -- Too tired to give a shit

So is that when the exhaustion is constipated? I'm digging it.

 

[maverick51]

Perspicscious meaning acute mental vision of issues and events around me.

 

[KalIsBack]

Today... Saccharine

sac·cha·rine. ˈsak(ə)rən/
adjective

excessively sweet or sentimental.

I can't say why I like the word. I vaguely remember it being used to describe a singer's voice. When it comes to mind, I think science. Sugars. Saccharine. Such unusual spelling for a word. Just a few minutes ago I was indulging in an extremely saccharine memory. Warm, heartfelt, and bittersweet. One of those many 'could have been' moments in my life.

 

[Hornblende]

Promulgate

To promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).

To put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation.

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

sublime ~ something really fucking awesome

coalesce ~ to come together, to grow into one body

I like the meanings, I like the way they sound, I like the way they feel in my mouth when I say them.

 

[barefootgirl69]

CONCINNITY

The skilful and harmonious arrangement or fitting together of the different parts of something

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

POSTULATE ~ To suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of something as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.

I like words that sound as though they might be dirty, but aren't.

'Have you postulated last night or today?'
'How was your last postulation?'
'Don't postulate in front of the children!' (Best said in an uptight British accent)

 

[emsway]

Scrummy - When you can't decide if you want to say yummy or scrumptious.

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

I like that one.

 

[islandjoe2]

Liberosis ~ ...The desire to care less about things.

 

[ydahecnot]

Anhedonia, the inability to feel pleasure. Also the original title for Annie Hall

 

[LostGirlTink]

clus·ter·fuck
ˈkləstərˌfək/
noun
USvulgar slang
a disastrously mishandled situation or undertaking.

 

[Hornblende]

hubris

- excessive pride or self-confidence.
- (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride towards or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

DEBACLE ~ a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.

HOOLIGAN ~ a tough and aggressive or violent youth. A hoodlum or ruffian.

MISCREANT~ a person who behaves badly, or in a way that breaks the law.

SHENANIGANS ~ secret or dishonest activity or maneuvering.

COMEUPPANCE ~ a punishment or fate that someone deserves.

 

[curvyangel1969]

Pertinacious
pərtnˈāSHəs/
adjectiveformal
adjective: pertinacious
holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action.

 

[barefootgirl69]

Doryphore -

a pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic of others

I usually just say they suck all the air out of a room...

 

[islandjoe2]

Altschmerz ~ Weariness with the same issues one has had on an ongoing basis. Anxieties and flaws that have caused self doubt.