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Welcome to “Wonderful Words, Defined”

A tour of the Oxford English Dictionary, and beyond. Home of the most unusual, and greatest, words in the English language, curated by a life-long writer / editor.

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Dozens and tens

Tolfraedic: Referring to an Ancient Base-12 Mathematical System

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Ring My Bells

Tintinnabulous: Pertaining to Bell Ringing

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Language History Illustrates How Trump Is Wrong; The Rioters Are Not “Thugs” (but the Police Sure

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Sensual

Goluptious: Delightful, Luscious, Pleasurable, Splendid, Magnificent

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Gullible

Gobemouche: A Person Who Believes All News, However Crazy It Sounds

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Roar!

Fremescent: Growing Noisy

From a Latin word meaning to roar.

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Chitchat.

Clish-ma-claver: Gossip or Foolish Talk, or a Verb Meaning To Gossip

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Sense8

Sensate: Having Physical Sensation, or To Perceive via the Senses

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When the Moon Hits Your Eye…

Selenitic: Pertaining to the Moon

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Ya Filthy Animal!

Rhypophagy: Feeding on Filth

Wonderful Words, Defined

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