Author: Frazer

This week’s words are brought to you from New York City baby! DiscombobulatingThis is a word which means to confuse the issue or matter, or to make things generally confusing. GarrulousThis refers to someone who talks too much about something of no particular importance. It can be used to refer to someone who jabbers or…

This post is a bit of a special one; in that I’m only going to be listing 5 words that have more than 20 characters. Here they are. PneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisThis is the terminology for a lung disease that is contracted from the inhalation of volcanic dust. FloccinaucinihilipilificationThe act or habit of describing or regarding something as…

ElucidateThis is a great word to be armed with if you’re making a complaint, for it means to explain, clarify, reveal, expose, make clear, shed light on, spell out, illustrate. It comes from the Latin word lucidus (‘bright’, ‘clear’). ImpromptuThis refers to something that’s spontaneous, unplanned, unrehearsed, offhand, spur-of-the-moment, unprepared, off-the-cuff, ad lib, unpremeditated. It…

AvuncularThis word describes an ‘uncle-like gesture’, or the characteristic concern and kindness usually attributed to a kind-hearted uncle, in a positive, complimentary way. It derives from the Latin word Avunculus (‘maternal uncle’). OctogenarianThis word describes someone who is in his or her eighties. Octogenarian comes from the Latin word Octogenarius (‘eighty’). SanguineThis means optimistic, confident,…

I’m going to be trying something new moving forward. It’s called “Words on Wednesday”, and yes I know the acronym is Wow! The aim is that I pick 5 random words that tickle my fancy for that week, and explain what they mean. Here’s the ones for this week. ArachibutyrophobiaThis word refers to a fear…