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xenium
n. a gift given to a guest

July 9, 2009July 8, 2009 | Language

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barbermonger
n. a vain man

July 3, 2009July 3, 2009 | Language

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bablatrice
n. a female babbler

June 27, 2009June 26, 2009 | Language

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clerisy
n. learned persons as a class; intelligentsia

June 18, 2009June 17, 2009 | Language

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circumforaneous
adj. wandering from house to house

June 11, 2009June 11, 2009 | Language

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suggillate
v. to beat black and blue

recumbentibus
n. a knockdown blow

June 5, 2009June 5, 2009 | Language

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muliebrity
n. the state of being a woman

May 31, 2009May 31, 2009 | Language

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exungulate
v. to pare the nails

onychophagy
n. nail-biting

May 19, 2009May 19, 2009 | Language

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temulence
n. drunkenness

May 14, 2009December 17, 2010 | Language

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jeofail
n. a lawyer’s mistake

May 8, 2009May 8, 2009 | Language

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