[MJFlack]

Weird and Wonderful Words​

Share a favourite weird and wonderful word.
Be sure to explain what the word means.

I'll go first:

Creancer: Guardian or Mentor​

 

[Wandiwa]

Flotsam & Jetsam: cargo that washes ashore after a ship has hit a reef etc.

 

[Wandiwa]

Mortar & Pestle: Handheld grinding tool and bowl.

 

[MJFlack]

Platitude
Commonplace or trite remark made as if it were important​

 

[Suzanne rose]

Acnestis
The part of the back (or backbone) between the shoulder blades and the loins which an animal cannot reach to scratch” (Oxford English Dictionary)

This wonderful and unusual word is not often found; one of the few dictionaries that does define it, the Oxford English Dictionary

 

[MJFlack]

Douceur
Gentleness or sweetness; a subtly offered bribe

 

[MJFlack]

Sociocracy:
Government by society as a whole.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Balter
Dancing clumsily without any particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment.

 

[MJFlack]

Gallomania:
Craze or obsession with France, the French and anything French

 

[Wandiwa]

Balter
Dancing clumsily without any particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment.

I'm very good at Balter apparently.

 

[Suzanne rose]

I'm very good at Balter apparently.

 

[MJFlack]

Pyrgology:
The study of towers
(would this be deemed a 'lofty' pursuit?)

 

[Del]

NUANCE - inflections in the english language

 

[NickyW]

Conniption.. a sudden, emotional outburst.

 

[Baz1960]

Balter
Dancing clumsily without any particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment.

Someone has been watching me lol

 

[Placid]

Curmudgeon.... "A bad tempered person, especially an old one."

I was once called a "crusty old curmudgeon" in a funny story written by a fellow member in our motorcycling club newsletter. It was a fun story made up around quite a few of our members.
After reading the story, I had to look the word up. I congratulated him and reckoned it was a great word find.

 

[Baz1960]

I wish the people in my motorcycle club were that smart. I'd have to look it up too.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Someone has been watching me lol

I hope then that you were dancing your heart away and having fun

 

[Baz1960]

Wasn't aware there was any other way

 

[Suzanne rose]

Eleutheromania (Greek)​

It Means to have a manic or frantic yearning for freedom.

If you’re craving a break from the life you know and wanting to explore something different (or at least the freedom to do so), this is what you feel.