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August 29, 2016

Canard (noun) kan-ah-d An unfounded rumour or story. Origin Mid 19th century: from French, literally 'duck',…

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August 23, 2016

Bizarrerie (noun) biz-ar-er-ee A thing considered extremely strange and unusual, especially in an amusing way. I…

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April 16, 2016

Denouement (noun) dey-noo-mehn The final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands…

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February 22, 2016

Bohemian (noun) bow-hee-mee-an Originally a person from Bohemia but has come to mean a socially…

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August 18, 2015

Raisonneur (n) rez-uhn-ur A character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy,…

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July 14, 2015

Ennui (noun) on-wi A feeling of listlessness or dissatisfaction arising from a lack of excitement or occupation of…

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Language

May 17, 2015

The English language contains over a million words so it seems hard to believe that…

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