n. (plural finnimbruns) A trinket, a knickknack.
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McKean, Erin, ed. “Finnimbrun.” More Weird and Wonderful Words. New York: Oxford UP, 2003. 34. Print.
n. Psychology A state of infatuation or obsesion with another person, usuallty involuntary and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one’s feelings, however not primarily for a sexual relationship.
The word dates to the 1970’s and was coined by Dorothy Tennov. As explained in the following quote, it has no etymology.
“I first used the term ‘amorance’ then changed it back to ‘limerence’… It has no roots whatsoever. It looks nice. It works well in French. Take it from me it has no etymology whatsoever.” – Dorothy Tennov
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intr. v. To dawdle aimlessly; to idel time away.
The origin of moodle is uncertain, although it may be a blend of mooch (v.) and noodle (v.). It was apparently first used by G.B. Shaw in the late 19th century.
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n. Mania for ballooning; balloon madness.
Balloonacy is a combination of balloon and lunacy and can be compared to the earlier balloonatic and balloonomania.
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trans. v. (rare) To make lovely; to beautify.
Lovelify is a combination of the adjective lovely and the suffix -fy, and can be compared to the earlier adjective lovelifying. The Oxford English Dictionary has cited uses of the word between 1897 and 1964.
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int. (Chiefly Irish English. Now rare.) Expressing distress, sorrow, or grief: ‘oh!’, ‘alas!’, ‘woe!’, etc.
n. An utterance of pillaloo; a cry of distress, a howl, an outcry, a noisy disturbence or altercation, an uproar.
Pillaloo comes from the Irish puilliliú, puillilliú, fuililiú, etc., an interjaction and noun of immitative origin, meaning “hunting cry, clamour, shout of distress”. Compare to ululu and whillaloo.
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v. 1. To darken, dim, cover, or hide with or as with a cloud. 2. To make difficult to follow or understand; obscure. 3. To cause to be unable to think clearly; confuse.
Obnubilate comes from the classical Latin obnūbilāt, the past participle stem of obnūbilāre meaning “to darken, obscure”. Obnūbilāre < ob- (“against, in the way of”) + nūbilāre (“to become cloudy”). Nūbilāre comes from nūbilus meaning “cloudy”, from nūbēs meaning “cloud”. Compare obnubilate to the Middle French and French obnubiler, from the Old French obnubler, obnublir.
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n. 1. A conventional buffoon of the commedia dell’arte, traditionally mute, and dressed in parti-colored tights and a mask. 2. A clown; a buffoon.
adj. Having a pattern of brightly colored diamond shapes.
Harlequin is obsolete French and dates to the late 16th century. It comes from the Old French Herlequin, Hellequin (the leader of a troop of demon horsemen), perhaps from the Middle English Herleking, from the Old English Herla cyning. Herla cyning, King Herla, is a mythical figure identified with Woden.
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“Harlequin.” The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 5th ed. 2011. Print.
adj. 1. Attractive; pleasing and wholesome in appearence. 2. Suitable; seemly.
Comely comes from the Middle English comli, an alteration of cumli (probably influenced by bicomli meaning “seemly”), from the Old English cȳmlic meaning “lovely; delicate”, from cȳme, meaning “beautiful”.
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“Comely.” The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 5th ed. 2011. Print.
n. A genus of cephalapods of the family Loliginidæ, including several species of squid common off the coasts of America and Europe.
The word dates to the late 16th century and comes from the Latin lolīgo.
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