July 2016 – WOTDs

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July 2016 – WOTDs

15 July 2016

inspissate

[in-spis-eyt]

Spell Syllables

verb (used with or without object), inspissated, inspissating.

1. to thicken, as by evaporation; make or become dense.

Origin of inspissate

Late Latin

1620-1630; < Late Latin inspissātus past participle of inspissāre to thicken, equivalent to Latin in- in-2+ spissā (re) to thicken (derivative of spissus thick) + -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

inspissation, noun
inspissator, noun
noninspissating, adjective
uninspissated, adjective

Dictionary.com

Anagram

I assents pi
antisepsis
a tipsiness
Spain sites
Siesta spin

31 July 2016

hugger-mugger

[huhg-er-muhg-er]

noun

1. disorder or confusion; muddle.
2. secrecy; reticence:
Why is there such hugger-mugger about the scheme?
adjective
3. secret or clandestine.
4. disorderly or confused.
verb (used with object)
5. to keep secret or concealed; hush up.
verb (used without object)
6. to act secretly.

Origin of hugger-mugger

Middle English

1520-1530; earlier hucker-mucker, rhyming compound based on mucker, Middle English mokeren to hoard

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Examples from the Web for hugger-mugger

Historical Examples

Still, everything drifts on to these hugger-mugger large enterprises; Chicago spreads over the world.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Muddle flies before it, and hugger-mugger becomes a thing unknown.
Character
Samuel Smiles

All that set you were brought up in—why, one only had to look at them to see what a hugger-mugger way they probably lived.
Vera
Elisabeth von Arnim

Anagram

Mr Huge Egg Rug

30 July 2016

gaucherie

[goh-shuh-ree; French gohshuh-ree]

noun, plural gaucheries [goh-shuh-reez; French gohshuh-ree] (Show IPA)

1. lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
2. an act, movement, etc., that is socially graceless, awkward, or tactless.

Origin of gaucherie

French

1790-1800; < French; see gauche, -ery

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for gaucherie

Historical Examples

“Certainly not,” stammered I, somewhat ashamed at my gaucherie.
The Rifle Rangers
Captain Mayne Reid

Her gaucherie was painful to her and evident and very dear to the man perceiving it.
Under the Law
Edwina Stanton Babcock

I should then be certain that she extenuated my gaucherie at her party, whether I got speech with her or no.
She and I, Volume 1
John Conroy Hutcheson

Anagram

a huge rice
hi urge ace

29 July 2016

naff

[naf]

Chiefly British Slang.

Spell Syllables

adjective

1. unstylish; lacking taste; inferior.
verb (used without object)
2. to goof off; fool around (often followed by around or about).
Verb phrases
3. naff off, go away: used as an exclamation of impatience.

Related forms

naffness, noun

Dictionary.com

Contemporary example

It’s a pity, I think, that comment threads, Facebook discussions and Twitter feeds aren’t moderated by everyone’s mothers, because the world would probably be a much nicer place if they were. If that sounds naff … well, OK, it is. But it’s worth pondering how much of modern life is made awful by the open sewer that passes for public discourse around everything from politics to … well, everything.
Ghosts of extreme free speech could haunt Twitter
John Birmingham
25 July 2016

28 June 2016

majuscule

[muh-juhs-kyool, maj-uh-skyool]

adjective

1. (of letters) capital.
2. large, as either capital or uncial letters.
3. written in such letters (opposed to minuscule ).
noun
4. a majuscule letter.

Origin of majuscule

Latin

1720-1730; < Latin majuscula (littera) a somewhat bigger (letter), equivalent to majus-, stem of major major + -cula -cule1

Related forms

majuscular, adjective

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Examples from the Web for majuscule

Historical Examples

It is written throughout in majuscule Roman capitals, which, although MM.
The History, Theory, and Practice of Illuminating
M. Digby Wyatt

This style is very important, as it marks the beginning of the change from majuscule to minuscule writing.
Illumination and its Development in the Present Day
Sidney Farnsworth

Anagram

jam clue us

27 July 2016

verdigris

[vur-di-grees, -gris]

noun

1. a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze surfaces exposed to the atmosphere for long periods of time, consisting principally of basic copper sulfate.

Also called aerugo.

Origin of verdigris

Middle English, Middle French, Old French, Anglo-French
1250-1300; < Middle French vert de gris; replacing Middle English vertegrez < Anglo-French vert de Grece, Old French vere grez green of Greece

Related forms

verdigrisy, adjective

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for verdigris

Historical Examples

His dress consisted of a lieutenant’s plain coat, without shoulder knots, and the buttons green with verdigris.
Cornish Characters
S. Baring-Gould

verdigris is an acetate of copper, or a mixture of acetates.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth

Oxymel of verdigris is stimulant, detergent, and escharotic.
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley

Arsenic and verdigris are sometimes used, but it does not answer.
Serge Panine, Complete
Georges Ohnet

“The Kiowas, who were on the war-path, have been cut off by the verdigris,” he concluded.
The Price of the Prairie
Margaret Hill McCarter

The manufacture of verdigris at Montpellier is altogether domestic.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure

At last she gave up all hope, and twice attempted suicide with powdered glass and verdigris.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
H. B. Irving

No verdigris should be allowed to accumulate on any brass fittings.
The Gunner’s Examiner
Harold E. Cloke

It is strong of salt and sulphur and the bottom appears green as though it was covered with verdigris.
William Clayton’s Journal
William Clayton

We were all in a doleful state, having been poisoned, I think, with verdigris.
Letters to an Unknown
Prosper Mrime

Anagram

drives rig
dig rivers

24 July 2016

glabrous

[gley-bruh s]

adjective, Zoology, Botany.

1. having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.

Origin of glabrous

Latin

1630-1640; < Latin glabr- (stem of glaber) smooth, hairless + -ous

Related forms

subglabrous, adjective

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for glabrous

Contemporary Examples

Superficially, there’s the obvious physical resemblance; whippet build, glabrous pate, facial hair and a penchant for stylish, if somewhat conservative, garb.
ABC News Online, ‘Goodbye Lenin, Hello Bernanke’
Ian Verrender
18 July 2016

Historical Examples

Pileus fleshy, convex, glabrous, grayish-red or chestnut-color.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise
M. E. Hard

The ligule is a distinct membrane and the nodes are glabrous.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

The leaf-sheath is glabrous, with membranous margins and long hairs at the mouth.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

Anagram

grab soul
solar bug

23 July 2016

catholicon

[kuh-thol-i-kuh n]

noun

1. a universal remedy; panacea.

Origin of catholicon

late Middle English Medieval LatinGreek

1375-1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin < Greek katholikón neuter of katholikós catholic

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for catholicon

Historical Examples

In 1407 there was a collection of fifty service books, and a catholicon, the latter being perhaps the nucleus of a library.
Old English Libraries
Ernest Savage

The catholicon is printed in a small type, not very cleanly cut.
Fine Books
Alfred W. Pollard

I soon saw the catholicon of Spain (Spanish gold) was the chief ingredient.
The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete
Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz

Anagram

hot conical
loth cocaine
a cloth icon
catch no oil

22 July 2016

mephitis

[muh-fahy-tis]

noun

1. (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
2. any noisome or poisonous stench.

Origin of mephitis

Latin

1700-1710; < Latin mephītis, mefītis; compare Oscan Mefit (eí) the goddess of such exhalations

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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2016.

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Examples from the Web for mephitis

Historical Examples

mephitis is, however, purely American wherever he comes from.
Belford’s Magazine, Vol II, No. 10, March 1889
Various

A skunk, ( mephitis Americana,) which was killed in the afternoon, made a supper for one of the messes.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California
Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont

Because the odor is quite like mephitis it is considered a so-called anti-spasmodic.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers
Various

Anagram

time ship
it is hemp

21 July 2016

corroborate

[verb kuh-rob-uh-reyt; adjective kuh-rob-er-it]

verb (used with object), corroborated, corroborating.

1. to make more certain; confirm:
He corroborated my account of the accident.
adjective
2. Archaic. confirmed.

Origin of corroborate

Latin

1520-1530; < Latin corrōborātus past participle of corrōborāre to strengthen, equivalent to cor- cor- + rōbor (āre) to make strong (derivative of rōbor, rōbur oak (hence, strength); see robust ) + -ātus -ate1

Related forms

corroborative [kuh-rob-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv], corroboratory, adjective
corroboratively, corroboratorily, adverb
corroborator, noun
noncorroborating, adjective
noncorroborative, adjective

Can be confused

collaborate, corroborate.

Synonyms

1. verify, authenticate, support, validate.

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for corroborate

Contemporary Examples

Daisey appears to have intentionally misled the producers and to have lied about his ability to corroborate his story.
The Conning of ‘This American Life’ Leads to an Embarrassing Retraction
Philip Bump
March 16, 2012

Initial interviews with people in the hotel seem to corroborate her story.
No Apologies Over DSK
Peter Beinart
July 4, 2011

Of course, the only reason we retell the story is precisely the data did corroborate Einstein’s theory.
How Do We Know a Theory is Correct?
David Frum
April 17, 2013

Anagram

October roar
cobra err too

20 July 2016

chortle

[chawr-tl]

verb (used without object), chortled, chortling.

1. to chuckle gleefully.
verb (used with object), chortled, chortling.
2. to express with a gleeful chuckle:
to chortle one’s joy.
noun
3. a gleeful chuckle.

Origin of chortle

blend of chuckle and snort; coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (1871)

Related forms

chortler, noun

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Examples from the Web for chortle

Contemporary Examples

Lewis Carroll really did introduce the word “ chortle ” to the English language in his 1871 poem Jabberwocky.
Why Big Data Doesn’t Live up to the Hype
Nick Romeo
January 3, 2014

He appeared also to be saying he had inside information about it that he could only chortle about, unable to spell it out.
A Keith Olbermann Hint From Morning Joe
Wayne Barrett
May 24, 2011

Historical Examples

They will not actually steal, but they will cheat you every time and chortle over it.
The American Egypt
Channing Arnold

They can yawp and chortle and call me Skyrider as if it was a joke.
Skyrider
B. M. Bower

It was almost a chortle he emitted, but he was solemn enough before Lafe had closed the door.
The Sheriff of Badger
George B. Pattullo

A dirty, yellow hand seized the bag; there was a chortle of exultation, and the two scurried out of the room.
Riders of the Silences
John Frederick

It rose again—it was like a perplexing cheep and chirrup, changing to a chortle of glee.
A Reversible Santa Claus
Meredith Nicholson

The Governor began to chortle after a quick glance at the vanishing red light of the Portsmouth car.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
Meredith Nicholson

Eli began to chortle, and Hannah stirred in her sleep, throwing both chubby arms over her head.
The Little Mixer
Lillian Nicholson Shearon

Frighten me, floor me, then chortle with glee, And fly away fast from the gutter and me.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 19 1895
Various

Anagram

her colt

19 July 2016

antithesis

[an-tith-uh-sis]

noun, plural antitheses [an-tith-uh-seez]

1. opposition; contrast:
the antithesis of right and wrong.
2. the direct opposite (usually followed by of or to):
Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly.
3. Rhetoric.
the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.”.
the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as “or give me death.”.
4. Philosophy. See under Hegelian dialectic.

Origin of antithesis

Latin

1520-1530; < Latin < Greek: opposition, equivalent to anti (ti) thé (nai) to oppose + -sis -sis. See anti-, thesis

Related forms

self-antithesis, noun

Can be confused

antithesis, synthesis, thesis.

Synonyms

2. opposite, reverse.

Hegelian dialectic

noun

1. an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis) the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis)

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for antithesis

Contemporary Examples

Laura Hillenbrand is the antithesis of the popular concept of a world-famous, bestselling author.
Laura Hillenbrand’s Acclaimed Bestsellers Haven’t Changed Her
Sandra McElwaine
December 20, 2011

Our fundamental values demand that America stand with demonstrators opposing a regime that is the antithesis of all we believe.
Leave Iran to the Iranians
Leslie H. Gelb
June 20, 2009

Anagram

in hastiest
siesta hint
at shiniest

18 July 2016

velleity

[vuh-lee-i-tee]

noun, plural velleities.

1. volition in its weakest form.
2. a mere wish, unaccompanied by an effort to obtain it. ‘He felt cast out; divorced from the caprices and the velleities of childhood‘ (Anita Brookner).
(From yourdictionary.com)

Origin of velleity

1610-1620; New Latin velleitās, equivalent to Latin velle to be willing + -itās -ity

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Anagram

tile levy

13 July 2016

gormless

[gawrm-lis]

adjective, Chiefly British Informal.

1. lacking in vitality or intelligence; stupid, dull, or clumsy.

Origin of gormless

1880-1890; respelling of earlier gaumless

Dictionary.com

adj.
c.1746, “wanting sense,” a British dialectal word, from gome “notice, understanding” (c.1200), from Old Norse gaumr “care, heed,” of unknown origin; + -less.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Example

The genius of William Shakespeare was unfolded to 35 gormless adolescents.

Her gormless expression was a sub-conscious reaction to her date’s tedious and self-serving drivel.

Anagram

mrs ogles
gross elm

12 July 2016

hypnagogic

[hip-nuh-goj-ik, -goh-jik]

adjective

1. of or relating to drowsiness.
2. inducing drowsiness.

Origin of hypnagogic

French

1885-1890; < French hypnagogique; see hypn(o)-, -agogue, -ic

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for hypnagogic

Contemporary Examples

Nighttime “visitations” may be chalked up to sleep deprivation, to hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations.
A Night with The Conjuring’s Ed & Lorraine Warren
Stefan Beck
August 17, 2013

Historical Examples

And there are crystal-seers who are not subject to hypnagogic illusions.
Cock Lane and Common-Sense
Andrew Lang

The experience of hypnagogic illusions also seems far more rare than ordinary dreaming in sleep.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7
Various

For bad visualisers, on the other hand, the vividness of these hypnagogic pictures may be absolutely a revelation.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death
Frederick W. H. Myers

Anagram

piggy nacho
icy hog pang

10 July 2016

peccant

[pek-uh nt]

adjective

1. sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
2. violating a rule, principle, or established practice; faulty; wrong.

Origin of peccant

Latin

1595-1605; < Latin peccant- (stem of peccāns), present participle of peccāre to err, offend; see -ant

Related forms

peccancy, peccantness, noun
peccantly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for peccant

Historical Examples

How came it that he included Florentine among the peccant idioms, and maintained that the true literary speech was still to seek?
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature
John Addington Symonds

But it is useless and canting to say that peccant women are worse than men.
She Stands Accused
Victor MacClure

For this reason I desired to divert the peccant matter downward, a point which the physician should consider and observe.
Gilbertus Anglicus
Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Anagram

cap cent

9 July 2016

swank(1)

[swangk]

noun

1. dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.
2. a swagger.
adjective, swanker, swankest.
3. stylish or elegant.
4. pretentiously stylish.
verb (used without object)
5. to swagger in behavior; show off.

Origin of swank(1)

Scots, Old English
1800-1810; compare Scots swank lively, perhaps ultimately representing back formation from Old English swancor lithe; akin to Middle Dutch swanc supple, Middle High German swanken to sway

swank(2)

[swangk]

verb
1. a simple past tense of swink.

swink

[swingk] British Archaic.

verb (used without object), swank or swonk, swonken, swinking, noun

1. labor; toil.

Origin

before 900; Middle English swinken, Old English swincan; akin to swing1

Related forms

swinker, noun

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8 July 2016

gasconade

[gas-kuh-neyd]

noun

1. extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
verb (used without object), gasconaded, gasconading.
2. to boast extravagantly; bluster.

Origin of gasconade

French

1700-1710; < French gasconnade, derivative of gasconner to boast, chatter. See Gascon, -ade1

Related forms

gasconader, noun

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Examples from the Web for gasconade

Historical Examples

Colonel Carr, with a cavalry division, was sent to the line of the gasconade, to watch the movements of the enemy.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field
Thomas W. Knox

But the officers who lead the troops do not allow their enemies the monopoly of gasconade.
Romantic Spain
John Augustus O’Shea

My gasconade delighted the old lady and she gave me a heap of sweetmeats to recover her place in my good graces.
Trafalgar
Benito Prez Galds

Anagram

adages con
aced a song
can dosage
a snag code

7 July 2016

larruping

[lar-uh-ping]

adverb, Chiefly Western U.S.

1. very; exceedingly:
That was a larruping good meal.

Origin of larruping
1900-1905, Americanism; larrup + -ing2

larrup

[lar-uh p]

Spell Syllables

verb (used with object), larruped, larruping.

1. to beat or thrash.

Origin

1815-25; perhaps < Dutch larpen to thresh with flails

Related forms

larruper, noun

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Examples from the Web for larruping

Historical Examples

Blame my buttons, if I don’t always hate to pronounce that larruping long name Blennerhassett!
A Dream of Empire
William Henry Venable

I gave him a glass of my choicest rum, when all he deserved was a larruping.
The Maid of Sker
Richard Doddridge Blackmore

They was a-making tracks along hereaway, sartain, sure; larruping them hosses to a keen jump, lickity-split.
The Master of Appleby
Francis Lynde

Anagram

lunar grip
rural ping

6 July 2016

benighted

[bih-nahy-tid]

adjective

1. intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened:
benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
2. overtaken by darkness or night.

Origin of benighted

1565-1575; benight (be- + night ) + -ed2

Related forms

benightedly, adverb
benightedness, noun

Synonyms

1. backward, primitive, crude, uncultivated.

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Examples from the Web for benighted

Contemporary Examples

Colonial rhetoric was often virtuous: colonizers would bring civilization to benighted Africans.
Why Africa’s Turning Anti-Gay
Jay Michaelson
March 30, 2014

I knew immediately where to locate my benighted family and growing restlessness.
In A Very Deep Way: Remembering Rabbi David Hartman
Bernard Avishai
February 20, 2013

In our benighted moment, that modest self-definition rose to mythic proportions.
A Man More Heroic Than Sully
Lee Siegel
March 4, 2009

Anagram

debt hinge
get behind
gent be hid

5 July 2016

nob (1)

[nob]

noun

1. Slang. the head.
2. Cribbage.. Sometimes, his nobs. the jack of the same suit as the card turned up, counting one to the holder.

Origin of nob(1)

1690-1700; perhaps variant of knob

Can be confused

knob, nob.

nob (2)

[nob]

noun, Chiefly British Slang.

1. a person of wealth or social importance.

Origin

1745-55; earlier knabb (Scots), nab; of uncertain origin

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Examples from the Web for nob

Contemporary Examples

Open since 1912, it is a counter with 20 or so seats situated on a busy street in between nob Hill and Russian Hill.
The Easygoing Flair of San Francisco
Jolie Hunt
April 9, 2010

Historical Examples

Then Saul sent for Ahimelech the priest, and all his family and the priests who were in nob ; and all of them came to him.
The Children’s Bible
Henry A. Sherman

Hob or nob is explained by him to mean “Will you have a glass of wine or not?”
Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853
Various

4 July 2016

jocular

[jok-yuh-ler]

adjective

1. given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious:
jocular remarks about opera stars.

Origin of jocular

Latin

1620-1630; < Latin joculāris, equivalent to jocul (us) little joke ( joc (us) joke + -ulus -ule ) + -āris -ar1

Related forms

jocularly, adverb
overjocular, adjective
overjocularly, adverb
semijocular, adjective
semijocularly, adverb

Can be confused

jocose, jocular, jocund, jovial (see synonym study at jovial )

Synonyms

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Examples from the Web for jocular

Contemporary Examples

When he ran into Sperling at a congressional dinner at the White House a couple of weeks later, the encounter was jocular.
Democrats’ Negotiator in Chief
Lloyd Grove
May 18, 2011

Yet she never wanders far from the defining characteristics of her writing: it’s all jocular observation of herself or others.
Nora Ephron on Her Life, Loves, and Disappointments
Claire Howorth
November 5, 2010

3 July 2016

colligate

[kol-i-geyt]

verb (used with object), colligated, colligating.

1. to bind or fasten together.
2. Logic. to link (facts) together by a general description or by a hypothesis that applies to them all.
Origin of colligate

Latin

1425-1475 for obsolete adj. sense “bound together”; 1535-45 for def 1; < Latin colligātus (past participle of colligāre), equivalent to col- col-1+ ligā- (stem of ligāre to bind) + -tus past participle ending

Related forms

colligation, noun

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Examples from the Web for colligate

Historical Examples

Granting the validity of the evidence, the hypothesis appears to colligate the facts.
Magic and Religion
Andrew Lang

That one cause would explain, and does colligate, all the facts.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1
Andrew Lang

Perhaps there is something amiss in the working of our system in relation to colligate ministries.
Congregationalism in the Court Suburb
John Stoughton

Anagram

collage it
clog a tile
logic tale

2 July 2016

natant

[neyt-nt]

adjective

1. swimming; floating.
2. Botany. floating on water, as the leaf of an aquatic plant.

Origin of natant

Latin

1700-1710; < Latin natant- (stem of natāns), present participle of natāre to swim; see -ant

Related forms

natantly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for natant

Historical Examples

She stood rigid, listening with a natant, sickening consciousness that something terrible hung at her back.
The Red Debt
Everett MacDonald

Anagram

ant tan

1 July 2016

specious

[spee-shuh s]

adjective

1. apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible:
specious arguments.
2. pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
3. Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair.

Origin of specious

Middle English, Latin
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin speciōsus fair, good-looking, beautiful, equivalent to speci (ēs) (see species ) + -ōsus -ous

Related forms

speciously, adverb
speciousness, noun
nonspecious, adjective
nonspeciously, adverb
nonspeciousness, noun

Can be confused

specie, species, specious.

Synonyms

1. See plausible. 2. false, misleading.

Antonyms

1, 2. genuine.

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Examples from the Web for specious

Contemporary Examples

Resist the easy comforts of complacency, the specious glitter of materialism, the narcotic paralysis of self-satisfaction.
David McCullough at Wellesley Commencement: ‘You Are Not Special’ (Video)
The Daily Beast
June 8, 2012

While the public gasped at this specious statement, the defense took over for cross examination.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man
John Lardner
May 16, 2014

I can only conclude that this reasoning is specious at best, for none can see the future of paths we do not take.
War Is the New Peace: American Vets Reflect on Syria
John Kael Weston
September 9, 2013

Anagram

ice soups
copies us
us so epic
i scope us

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