100 Day Challenge: Words #12

Episode eleven (days 56 to 60) 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
56 Thursday 26 December selenocentric having relation to the centre of the moon or to the moon as a centre
57 Friday 27 December chambranle an ornamental frame around the top and sides of a door, window, or fireplace
58 Saturday 28 December circumjacent ** bordering on every side, surrounding
59 Sunday 29 December jumentous resembling that of a horse, specifically of urine
60 Monday 30 December quoiceneck grey shale or clay with an iridescent surface

** My favourite of the words presented.

Next episode in a few days!