Daily Word Boner

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    pluvious

    (adj) Of, relating to, or characterized by rain; full of or bearing rain or moisture; rainy.

    — 9 months ago with 2 notes
    #OED  #words that are what they sound 
    cafuné (n)

    The act of running one’s fingers through someone’s hair.

    — 9 months ago
    autotelic

    adj. having a purpose in and not apart from itself; internally-driven (as opposed to externally-driven, where things such as comfort, money, power, or fame are the motivating force)

    — 1 year ago
    #psychology 
    skeuomorph

    an element of design or structure that serves little or no purpose in the artifact fashioned from the new material but was essential to the object made from the original material

    — 2 years ago with 2 notes
    #smartsbysam 
    Illth

    illth (n.) a term and concept used by John Ruskin as the reverse of wealth in the sense of ‘well-being’. TheOxford English Dictionary recognises it as a valid word.

    via!

    — 2 years ago with 12 notes
    #oed  #wikipedia  #smartsbysam  #philosophy 
    eutectic

    adj
      Easily melted or fused, especially at low temperatures

    — 2 years ago
    #science 
    stridulate

    (v) [ intrans. ] (of an insect, esp. a male cricket or grasshopper) make a shrill sound by rubbing the legs, wings, or other parts of the body together.

    — 2 years ago
    echopraxia

    n

    the involuntary repitition or imitation of the observed movements of another person/

    — 2 years ago
    echolalia

    n

    the involuntary repetition of another’s speech.

    — 2 years ago
    callithump

    (n)
    A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.

    — 2 years ago with 7 notes