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Tinuviel said:
soigné
[swänˈyā]

ADJECTIVE

dressed very elegantly; well groomed.



Adroit
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clever, adroit, cunning, ingenious mean having or showing practical wit or skill in contriving. clever stresses physical or mental quickness, deftness, or great aptitude. a person clever with horses adroit often implies a skillful use of expedients to achieve one's purpose in spite of difficulties.

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adroit adjective
adjective adroit comparative adjective adroiter superlative adjective adroitest
  1. clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.

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Marc. ; Italian for marked ) is a musical instruction indicating a note , chord , or passage is to be played louder or more forcefully than the surrounding music.
performed with emphasis.

jocund
 
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TabinRivCA said:
Marc. ; Italian for marked ) is a musical instruction indicating a note , chord , or passage is to be played louder or more forcefully than the surrounding music.
performed with emphasis.

jocund
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joc·und cheerful and lighthearted.

I'm guessing this is where the words jocular and jocularity come from.

Okay my turn. "Schadenfreude".
 
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StrugglingTilMyReward said:
joc·und cheerful and lighthearted.

I'm guessing this is where the words jocular and jocularity come from.

Okay my turn. "Schadenfreude".
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scha·den·freu·de ˈSHädənˌfroidə
noun
noun Schadenfreude noun schadenfreude
  1. pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.

Exonumia :cool:(y)
 
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scha·den·freu·de ˈSHädənˌfroidə
noun
noun Schadenfreude noun schadenfreude
  1. pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.

Exonumia :cool:(y)
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So nobody liked that word:
Exonumia are numismatic items (such as tokens, medals, or scrip) other than coins and paper money. This includes "Good For" tokens, badges, counterstamped coins, elongated coins, encased coins, souvenir medallions, tags, wooden nickels and other similar items.
Let's try another to revive this thread:

Mephitis :D
 
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Deade said:
So nobody liked that word:
Exonumia are numismatic items (such as tokens, medals, or scrip) other than coins and paper money. This includes "Good For" tokens, badges, counterstamped coins, elongated coins, encased coins, souvenir medallions, tags, wooden nickels and other similar items.
Let's try another to revive this thread:

Mephitis :D
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Mephitis definition is - a noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalation from the earth; also : stench.
The genus Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks, which has two species and a North American distribution.

Penultimate
 
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TabinRivCA said:
Mephitis definition is - a noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalation from the earth; also : stench.
The genus Mephitis is one of several genera of skunks, which has two species and a North American distribution.

Penultimate
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adjective penultimate
  1. last but one in a series of things; second last.

Peltate ;)
 
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adjective penultimate
  1. last but one in a series of things; second last.

Peltate ;)
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  • adj.
    Having a flat circular structure attached to a stalk near the center, rather than at or near the margin; shield-shaped.
    Shield-shaped; in botany, fixed to the stalk by the center or by some point distinctly within the margin; having the petiole inserted into the under surface of the lamina, not far from the center: as, a peltate leaf.
Kakistocracy (and my eyes are bloodshot, lol, good nite)
 
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PIKON - (adj) people who are hot headed, easily angered, or sore losers

TAMPO - (noun) when you're not really angry at someone but you are not happy about them either.

GIGIL - (noun) an intense urge to pinch someone or something really cute. It can also be an expression of anger so use with discretion.

*Filipino words with no english counterpart.


Biblioklept
 
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Tinkerbell725 said:
PIKON - (adj) people who are hot headed, easily angered, or sore losers

TAMPO - (noun) when you're not really angry at someone but you are not happy about them either.

GIGIL - (noun) an intense urge to pinch someone or something really cute. It can also be an expression of anger so use with discretion.

*Filipino words with no english counterpart.


Biblioklept
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Definition of biblioklept. : one who steals books.

Immure :cry:
 
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Definition of biblioklept. : one who steals books.

Immure :cry:
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  • transitive verb
    To confine within or as if within walls; imprison.
  • transitive verb
    To build into a wall.
  • transitive verb
    To entomb in a wall.
Stegophilist
 
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TabinRivCA said:
  • transitive verb
    To confine within or as if within walls; imprison.
  • transitive verb
    To build into a wall.
  • transitive verb
    To entomb in a wall.
Stegophilist
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stegophilist. (stɛˈɡɒfəlɪst) n. a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings.

Glaikit :sneaky:
 
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Jobler is the Small Ads app for Small Jobs. Not a word, it is an App.

Epilation :eek:
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I found jobler in Urban Dict so it may not count, lol
Urban Dictionary: Jobler
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jobler
One who does small jobs

Epilationn.
The act of pillaging or plundering; the act of committing waste.
The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.

sacricolist
 
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TabinRivCA said:
I found jobler in Urban Dict so it may not count, lol
Urban Dictionary: Jobler
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jobler
One who does small jobs

Epilationn.
The act of pillaging or plundering; the act of committing waste.
The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.

sacricolist
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Here is what I get:
noun epilation
  1. the removal of hair by pulling it from the roots.
sacricolist
sacricolist, n, 1727 -1727. devout worshipper. She was a skeptic, but became a sacricolist after her father's death.


Cheongsam :D(y)
 
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Here is what I get:
noun epilation
  1. the removal of hair by pulling it from the roots.
sacricolist
sacricolist, n, 1727 -1727. devout worshipper. She was a skeptic, but became a sacricolist after her father's death.


Cheongsam :D(y)
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You are right on epilation, heaven knows what word I looked up, lol
Cheongsam
  • n.
    A long dress with a high collar and slit skirt, traditionally worn by Chinese women.
  • n.
    A long formal dress-like garment worn by Asian men, the equivalent of a woman’s qipao. In Hong Kong, the cheongsam is also worn by women
kvetch
 
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