So here’s episode four (for days 16 to 20) of my 100 day challenge to find words I don’t know. I’m scraping words from https://randomword.com/ and each day picking one that I find interesting and which is in the OED.
| Day | Date | Word | Meaning |
| 16 | Saturday 16 November | yeanling | A young lamb or kid |
| 17 | Sunday 17 November | yatzy | A dice game popular in Scandinavian countries (h/t Greta Thunberg) |
| 18 | Monday 18 November | zabernism | misuse of military authority; bullying |
| 19 | Tuesday 19 November | peristeronic | of, like, or pertaining to pigeons |
| 20 | Wednesday 20 November | bloomery ** | The first forge in an iron-works through which the metal passes after having been melted from the ore, and in which it is made into blooms |
** My favourite of the words presented.
Next episode in a few days!