Category Archives: Vocabulary

Neologism

A new word, expression, or usage.
The creation or use of new words or senses.
Psychology.

The invention of new words regarded as a symptom of certain psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia.
A word so invented.

Theology. A new doctrine or a new interpretation of scripture.

Antediluvian

Extremely old and antiquated.

Bible. Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.

Imbricate

Having regularly arranged, overlapping edges, as roof tiles or fish scales.

Jingoism

extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy

Tonsorial

of or relating to a barber or the work of a barber

Bloviate

to speak or write verbosely and windily

Pulchritude

physical comeliness

Unctuous

a: FATTY, OILY b: smooth and greasy in texture or appearance

PLASTIC, e.g. fine unctuous clay

full of unction; especially : revealing or marked by [...]

Haruspication

An act or instance of foretelling something.