http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-list-from-a-notebook.xml I found several pages of words in an old notebook. By the looks of it, they were words I learnt some time ago (and subsequently wrote down) from books by Patrick O'Brian and China Mieville, two authors who use exceptionally scholarly and exotic language. http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/physiognomy Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:39:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/physiognomy http://www.wordnik.com/words/scatology Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:39:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/scatology http://www.wordnik.com/words/sciolist Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:38:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sciolist http://www.wordnik.com/words/imperious Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:38:37 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/imperious http://www.wordnik.com/words/ineluctable Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:38:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ineluctable http://www.wordnik.com/words/heliotype Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:37:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/heliotype http://www.wordnik.com/words/susurrus Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:36:28 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/susurrus 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11 Feb 2008 09:29:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/malversation http://www.wordnik.com/words/contumelious Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:28:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/contumelious http://www.wordnik.com/words/adumbration Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:25:08 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/adumbration http://www.wordnik.com/words/propitious Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:25:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/propitious http://www.wordnik.com/words/foment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:24:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/foment http://www.wordnik.com/words/abstemious Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:24:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/abstemious http://www.wordnik.com/words/dement Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:24:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dement http://www.wordnik.com/words/dropsical Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:22:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dropsical http://www.wordnik.com/words/fulsome Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:22:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fulsome http://www.wordnik.com/words/insalubrious Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:22:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/insalubrious http://www.wordnik.com/words/assizes Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:22:26 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/assizes http://www.wordnik.com/words/gammon Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:21:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/gammon http://www.wordnik.com/words/burgoo Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:20:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/burgoo http://www.wordnik.com/words/cully Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:20:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cully http://www.wordnik.com/words/vinous Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:20:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/vinous http://www.wordnik.com/words/anfractuosity Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:19:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/anfractuosity http://www.wordnik.com/words/flambeaux Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:19:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/flambeaux http://www.wordnik.com/words/fanfaronade Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:18:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fanfaronade http://www.wordnik.com/words/coxcomb Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:18:04 +0000 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http://www.wordnik.com/words/orlop Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:10:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/orlop http://www.wordnik.com/words/bilbo Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:10:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/bilbo