100 Day Challenge: Words #14

Episode 14 (days 66 to 70) 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
66 Sunday 5 January pubarche the first appearance of pubic hair
67 Monday 6 January quinticlave ** upright brass-wind instrument like a keyed bugle
68 Tuesday 7 January tentiginous lust-provoking
69 Wednesday 8 January wherret a sharp blow, particularly a box on the ear or slap on the face
70 Thursday 9 January labiomancy lip reading

** My favourite of the words presented.

Next episode in a few days!