patrizate
v. to imitate one’s father
father-better
adj. surpassing one’s father
father-waur
adj. worse than one’s father
patrizate
v. to imitate one’s father
father-better
adj. surpassing one’s father
father-waur
adj. worse than one’s father
verbunkos
n. a dance performed to persuade people to enlist in the Hungarian army
qualtagh
n. the first person one meets after leaving the house
acnestis
n. that part of an animal’s skin that it cannot reach to scratch
antithalian
adj. opposed to fun
mytacism
n. excessive use of the letter M
My Madeline! my Madeline!
Mark my melodious midnight moans,
Much may my melting music mean,
My modulated monotones.
My mandolin’s mild minstrelsy,
My mental music magazine,
My mouth, my mind, my memory,
Must mingling murmur “Madeline.”
Muster ‘mid midnight masquerade,
Mark Moorish maidens, matrons’ mien;
‘Mongst Murcia’s most majestic maids,
Match me my matchless Madeline.
Mankind’s malevolence may make
Much melancholy musing mine;
Many my motives may mistake,
My modest merits much malign.
My Madeline’s most mirthful mood
Much mollifies my mind’s machine;
My mournfulness’s magnitude
Melts–make me merry, Madeline!
Match-making ma’s may machinate,
Manoeuvring misses me misween;
Mere money may make many mate,
My magic motto’s “Madeline.”
Melt, most mellifluous melody,
‘Midst Murcia’s misty mounts marine;
Meet me ‘mid moonlight–marry me,
Madonna mia! My Madeline!
— Walter Parke, “A Mellifluous Madrigal,” Ballou’s Monthly Magazine, January 1888
macropicide
n. a slayer of kangaroos
barbatulous
adj. having a small beard
debarb
v. to deprive of a beard
imberb
adj. without a beard
dromaeognathous
adj. having a palate like an emu
chichevache
n. an emaciated monster said to feed on patient wives
(The bicorn, which feeds on kind husbands, is always fat.)