acersecomic
n. a person whose hair has never been cut
Language
In a Word
gynotikolobomassophilia
n. a proclivity for nibbling on women’s earlobes
In a Word
elozable
adj. amenable to flattery
Can Do
PLEASE DO NOT BE A DOG.
— Sign, Paris park
In a Word
deasil
adj. clockwise
In a Word
abscotchalater
n. one hiding from the police
In a Word
floccify
v. to consider worthless
Backstabbed
If you’re the trusting sort, you might be pleased to carry this recommendation from Cardinal Richelieu to the French ambassador at Rome.
You wouldn’t last long, though. Rather than scan each line straight across, the ambassador would fold the page in half and read the truth about you in the left column.
(From Charles Bombaugh, Gleanings From the Harvest-Fields of Literature, 1860)
In a Word
infandous
adj. too horrible to mention
In a Word
preantepenultimate
adj. fourth from last