Dictionary game

[Deade]

Rhabdomancy is a divination technique which involves the use of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like. One method of rhabdomancy was setting a number of staffs on end and observing where they fall, to divine the direction one should travel, or to find answers to certain questions.

'Suspiration'

suspiration
noun
sus·pi·ra·tion | \ ˌsə-spə-ˈrā-shən \
Definition of suspiration

: a long deep breath : SIGH


Sylabub

 

[TabinRivCA]

suspiration
noun
sus·pi·ra·tion | \ ˌsə-spə-ˈrā-shən \
Definition of suspiration

: a long deep breath : SIGH


Sylabub

Syllabub is an English sweet frothy drink which was popular from the 16th to 19th centuries, and a dessert based on it, which is still eaten. The drink was made of milk or cream, curdled by the addition of wine, cider, or other acid, and often sweetened and flavoured. (I heard this word in a movie connecting it with food but didn't look up exactly what it was, til now)

'Inscape'

 

[Deade]

Syllabub is an English sweet frothy drink which was popular from the 16th to 19th centuries, and a dessert based on it, which is still eaten. The drink was made of milk or cream, curdled by the addition of wine, cider, or other acid, and often sweetened and flavoured. (I heard this word in a movie connecting it with food but didn't look up exactly what it was, til now)

'Inscape'

in·scape ˈinˌskāp
noun
noun inscape plural noun inscapes

1. the unique inner nature of a person or object as shown in a work of art, especially a poem.

Kaross

 

[GKChesterton]

Syllabub is an English sweet frothy drink which was popular from the 16th to 19th centuries, and a dessert based on it, which is still eaten. The drink was made of milk or cream, curdled by the addition of wine, cider, or other acid, and often sweetened and flavoured. (I heard this word in a movie connecting it with food but didn't look up exactly what it was, til now)

'Inscape'

Syllabub was a regular pudding when I was a child in England, but we always thought it was originally Italian. It was so full of alcohol that you probably couldn't drive after eating it, but it was cream, lemon and maybe rum or brandy .

Anyway, and I don't know whether I'm doing this right , my word is
"Cuirass"

 

[Deade]

Syllabub was a regular pudding when I was a child in England, but we always thought it was originally Italian. It was so full of alcohol that you probably couldn't drive after eating it, but it was cream, lemon and maybe rum or brandy .

Anyway, and I don't know whether I'm doing this right , my word is
"Cuirass"

cui·rass kwiˈras kyo͝oˈras
noun
noun cuirass plural noun cuirasses

1. a piece of armor consisting of breastplate and backplate fastened together.
   • a hard protective cover on an animal.
2. an artificial ventilator which encloses the body, leaving the limbs free, and forces air in and out of the lungs by changes in pressure.

Kaross This is still waiting for a definition!

 

[TabinRivCA]

cui·rass kwiˈras kyo͝oˈras
noun
noun cuirass plural noun cuirasses

1. a piece of armor consisting of breastplate and backplate fastened together.
   • a hard protective cover on an animal.
2. an artificial ventilator which encloses the body, leaving the limbs free, and forces air in and out of the lungs by changes in pressure.

Kaross This is still waiting for a definition!

kaross is a cloak made of sheepskin, or the hide of other animals, with the hair left on. It is properly confined to the coat of skin without sleeves and used to be worn by the Khoikhoi and Bushmen / San peoples of South Africa ; "Kaross Studio and Cafe is the manufacturing hub of Kaross Hand-embroidered Textiles. We manufacture unique, one of a kind hand-embroidered home decor and art items. Kaross is a South African success story.

'Sillage' (listen to it's pronunciation)

 

[mar09]

The French word le sillage -- pronounced "see-yazh" -- means the wake of a boat, a slipstream, or a trail.


New word is supercilious.
Source: Prov. 30.13 There is a type of people — how haughty their look! —
utterly supercilious!

 

[mar09]

The French word le sillage -- pronounced "see-yazh" -- means the wake of a boat, a slipstream, or a trail.

[QEUOT="TabinRivCA, post: 4025730, member: 276499"]A filibuster is a political procedure where one or more members of parliament or congress debate over a proposed piece of legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on the proposal

'Jargogle'[/QUOTE]
I was going back to the other new words and thought to pick filibuster. Our national hero, Jose Rizal wrote the novel El Filibusterismo (The Filibustering), sequel of Noli Me Tangere, .

Filibuster is also 'a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country, ' where Rizal used the protagonist Simoun the jeweler, the reformist hero Crisostomo Ibarra from Noli, who planned to topple the corrupt and abusive Spanish regime in his native land through a revolution.

New word is supercilious.
Source: Prov. 30.13 There is a type of people — how haughty their look! —
utterly supercilious!

 

[GKChesterton]

I thought sillage was the strength of perfume

 

[Deade]

I thought sillage was the strength of perfume

You are right!
sill·age sēˈäZH
noun
noun sillage plural noun sillages

1. the degree to which a perfume's fragrance lingers in the air when worn.

From @TabinRivCA
jargogle

jargogle

To confuse things or mix things up.
Additional Information
An obsolete word which surely should be brought back into everyday use. It's perfect!!


New word: Avoirdupois

 

[TabinRivCA]

You are right!
sill·age sēˈäZH
noun
noun sillage plural noun sillages

1. the degree to which a perfume's fragrance lingers in the air when worn.

From @TabinRivCA
jargogle

jargogle

To confuse things or mix things up.
Additional Information
An obsolete word which surely should be brought back into everyday use. It's perfect!!


New word: Avoirdupois

Avoirdupois is a system of measuring weight based on the fact that sixteen ounces are in a pound. The metric system is based on grams, and the avoirdupois system is based on pounds.

'Insouciant'

 

[Deade]

Avoirdupois is a system of measuring weight based on the fact that sixteen ounces are in a pound. The metric system is based on grams, and the avoirdupois system is based on pounds.

'Insouciant'

in·sou·ci·ant inˈso͞osēənt inˈso͞oSHənt
adjective
adjective insouciant

1. showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.
   nonchalant untroubled unworried unruffled unconcerned lacking concern indifferent blasé heedless relaxed calm equable equanimous serene composed casual easy easygoing airy breezy carefree free and easy free from care free from worry happy-go-lucky lighthearted frivolous unserious cool laid back upbeat

Welkin

 

[GKChesterton]

This is a great game, but isn't it kind of cheating to look it up ?

Here's one ......"dite", but my understanding of the word and it's common usage isn't the same as the Internet says.

 

[TabinRivCA]

This is a great game, but isn't it kind of cheating to look it up ?

Here's one ......"dite", but my understanding of the word and it's common usage isn't the same as the Internet says.

I'm not learned to guess or figure out most of these words, lol, a small percent maybe. Also, part of the thread is to check the previous word and it's meaning, if you so choose. So the word before you is 'Welkin' so you would give it's definition and then put 'dite'. I'll be brave and do both words and see how I fare, lol.
'Welkin'
Welkin is an archaic English term for the sky, the firmament, the heavens or the Celestial sphere. It may refer to: Welkin Gunther, the protagonist in Valkyria Chronicles. 'The vault of the sky : firmament the sun of heaven … made the western welkin blush'— William Shakespeare
'dite'
A bit (usually used in negative constructions): I don't care a dite. An obsolete occasional spelling of dight . To dictate: as, you write. To prepare for use or action; to make ready. The numerical value of dite in Chaldean Numerology is: 5. Lastly, slang for 'doin something to something'.

'Agora'

 

[mar09]

This is a great game, but isn't it kind of cheating to look it up ?

Here's one ......"dite", but my understanding of the word and it's common usage isn't the same as the Internet says.

The rules say we can look them up, chester! Besides, we cannot remain guessing, or the crossword puzzles will remain empty=).

Agora -
: a gathering place especially : the marketplace in ancient Greece

also
: a monetary subunit of the shekel

Now my word... supercilious!

 

[GKChesterton]

That's being a bit superior in your attitude.

You're right about the definition of dite, except that it's a common word - a verb really I suppose in Scotland and if means to scrape the cow muck out of the barn. You use a thing called a diter, which is like a big blade on a shovel handle.

 

[GKChesterton]

Oh I forgot... Let's say "scullery "

 

[Deade]

Oh I forgot... Let's say "scullery "

scul·ler·y ˈskəl(ə)rē
noun
noun scullery plural noun sculleries

1. a small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and other dirty household work.

Nodose

 

[TabinRivCA]

The rules say we can look them up, chester! Besides, we cannot remain guessing, or the crossword puzzles will remain empty=).

Agora -
: a gathering place especially : the marketplace in ancient Greece

also
: a monetary subunit of the shekel

Now my word... supercilious!

Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.

 

[TabinRivCA]

scul·ler·y ˈskəl(ə)rē
noun
noun scullery plural noun sculleries

1. a small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and other dirty household work.

Nodose

Having numerous or conspicuous protuberances.

'Neogolize'