Episode eight (for days 46 to 50 – we’re halfway through!) 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
46
Monday 16 December
sindonology
the study of the Turin Shroud
47
Tuesday 17 December
gelada
an Ethiopian baboon, Theropithecus gelada, characterized by a heavy mane in the adult male, and by a tufted tail
Episode eight (for days 41 to 45) 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
41
Wednesday 11 December
varus
a physical deformity in which the foot is turned inwards; pigeon-toed
42
Thursday 12 December
flabelliform
shaped like a fan
43
Friday 13 December
langlauf
cross-country skiing; a cross-country skiing race
44
Saturday 14 December
polemarch **
Ancient Greek military commander or an official with certain civil or ritual duties
45
Sunday 15 December
shalloon
a closely woven woollen material chiefly used for linings
Episode eight (for days 36 to 40) 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
36
Friday 6 December
lissotrichous
smooth-haired
37
Saturday 7 December
plenicorn **
of a ruminant: having horns that are solid rather than hollow
Episode seven (for days 31 to 35) 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
31
Sunday 1 December
pourpointerie **
Quilted material with studs at the seams, worn in the Middle Ages as armour
32
Monday 2 December
pongee
A soft, usually unbleached kind of Chinese silk fabric, woven from uneven threads of raw silk
33
Tuesday 3 December
scoliograptic
Marked by oblique lines
34
Wednesday 4 December
zenana
The system of segregating women away from men in harems
Episode six (for days 26 to 30) 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.
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
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
As promised here’s episode two (covering days 6 to 10) of my latest 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
6
Wednesday 6 November
leucomelanous
having dark hair and eyes but fair skin
7
Thursday 7 November
ishan
a prehistoric Iraqi mound
8
Friday 8 November
traject
a place where boats cross a river, strait, or the like; a ferry
9
Saturday 9 November
hyetometrograph
an automatic instrument for registering the amount of rainfall during successive periods
Last Friday, 1 November, I started on a new 100 day challenge which will take us into early February. Each day I have to find a word I don’t know (aka. a new word). Nothing difficult; I don’t have to write a short story using the word or anything like that; I just have to find a word and understand its meaning. Oh and document it!
That last point is where this blog comes in. Every five days – rather than every week so no-one, including me, gets trapped in “it always happens on a Sunday” – I plan to document here the previous five days words. So here we go with the first five words.
Day
Date
Word
Meaning
1
Friday 1 November
xanthopsia
a visual condition where things appear yellow
2
Saturday 2 November
nevosity
the state of being speckled or spotted
3
Sunday 3 November
alphonsin
an instrument used to extract bullets from bodies
4
Monday 4 November
alopecoid **
of, or resembling, a fox
5
Tuesday 5 November
induviae
withered leaves which persist on plants
And in each post I shall asterisk ** my favourite of the words presented.
I’m trawling my words from the seabed using https://randomword.com/ and each day picking one that I find interesting.
Next episode in a few days!
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