English Language

Retrospect (noun) ret-ro-spekt contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc. 1595–1605;…

Triumvir (noun) tri-um-ver Roman History. one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same…

Dapple (verb) dap-l to mark or become marked with spots. Dapple, the verb, was first…

Crepuscule (noun) krep-us-kewl twilight; dusk. 1350–1400; Latin crepuscul(um), equivalent to crepus- (akin to creper obscure)…

Cheugy (adj) chew-gee Cheugy is a slang adjective mocking someone or something as “uncool”—they are…

Ominous (adj) Om-in-us portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious. First recorded in 1580–90; from…

Smaze (noun) smayz a mixture of haze and smoke. Smaze was first recorded around 1950–55…

Gaffe (noun) gaf a social blunder; faux pas. Gaffe entered English around 1905–10 and comes…

Sanguiverous (adj) san-gwiv-er-us feeding on blood, as a bat or insect. Sanguivorous was first recorded…

Elegiac (adj) el-ij-ai-ik used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy./ expressing sorrow or lamentation.…