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oblectation
n. delight, pleasure, enjoyment

adlubescence
n. pleasure or delight

deliciate
v. to delight oneself

January 31, 2013June 11, 2013 | Language

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mancipate
v. to enslave

January 25, 2013January 25, 2013 | Language

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cicisbeo
n. the escort or lover of a married woman

bedswerver
n. one who breaks one’s marriage vows

deuterogamist
n. one who marries a second time

January 18, 2013January 18, 2013 | Language

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philologaster
n. an incompetent philologist

nitigram
n. a second-rate epigram

cacography
n. poor spelling

January 11, 2013 | Language

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macroscian
adj. casting a long shadow

umbratile
adj. pertaining to the shade

obtenebrate
v. to cast a shadow over

lucifugous
adj. shunning light

January 3, 2013May 26, 2014 | Language

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vecke
n. an old woman

graocracy
n. government by old women

December 28, 2012December 28, 2012 | Language

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feriation
n. the act of observing a holiday

December 24, 2012December 24, 2012 | Language

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merry-go-sorry
n. a tale that evokes joy and sadness simultaneously

chantpleure
v. to sing and weep at the same time

December 20, 2012December 20, 2012 | Language

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lubberwort
n. food that makes one idle and stupid, food of no nutritive value, junk food

December 12, 2012December 12, 2012 | Language

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epigamic
adj. attracting the opposite sex

altrigenderism
n. the state of development in which one becomes attracted to members of the opposite sex

December 6, 2012December 5, 2012 | Language

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