Language

Acumen (noun) ak-yu-men keen insight; shrewdness. First recorded in 1525–35 and comes from the Latin…

Culch (also cultch) (noun) khulch The stones, old shells, etc., forming an oyster bed and…

Amazigh (noun) am-az-ig Berber peoples, indigenous to North Africa who predate the Arabs. Amazighs have…

Capriole (noun) kap-ree-ohl A caper or leap. First recorded around 1570–80. and comes from Middle…

Plink (noun) plink a short sharp often metallic sound as of a string on a…

Umlaut (noun) oom-lout a mark placed over a vowel to indicate a vowel sound different…

Salmagundi (noun) sal-muh-gun-dee any mixture or miscellany. First recorded around 1665–75. Comes from the Middle…

Aliquant (adj) al-i-kwant (mathematics) contained in a number or quantity, but not dividing it evenly.…

Rubric (noun) roo-brik A title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute,…