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Profligate (adj) prof-lig-ayt Recklessly extravagant. Profligate was first recorded around 1525–35, and comes from the…

Slype (noun) slyp a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to…

Pithy (adj) pith-ee brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression. Pithy is a Middle English word…

Spumescent (adj) spoo-mes-ent foamy; foamlike; frothy. Spumescent was first recorded in 1855–60 and comes from…

Eudemonia (noun) yoo-dee-mo-nee-uh happiness; well-being. Eudemonia comes from the Greek word eudaimonía. The root, eudemon,…

Phoneme (noun) (linguistics) fo-neem any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to…

Grapheme (noun) (linguistics) graf-eem a unit of a writing system consisting of all the written…

Modicum (noun) mod-i-cum A moderate or small amount. Modicum was first recorded in 1375–1425 and…

Horal (adj) haw-rul of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly. 1615–25; Late Latin…