Episode five (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 also in the OED.
Day | Date | Word | Meaning |
21 | Thursday 21 November | pigsconce | A foolish or pigheaded person; blockhead |
22 | Friday 22 November | cabasset | A light iron helmet |
23 | Saturday 23 November | tephra | Dust and rock fragments that have been ejected into the air by a volcanic eruption |
24 | Sunday 24 November | novena | A devotion consisting of special prayers or services on nine successive days |
25 | Monday 25 November | chiru ** | Tibetan antelope with a thick, reddish-brown woolly coat, and (in the male) very long straight horns |
** My favourite of the words presented.
Next episode in a few days!