http://www.wordnik.com/lists/a-mini-dictionary-of-unfamiliar-words.xml This mini-dictionary was inspired by the novel and imaginative use of language in the following publications: <br /> <br />The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown; The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart; Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk; The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger; Moon Dust by Andrew Smith; The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien. <br /> <br />In other words, when I came across a word with which I was unfamiliar, I looked it up and added it to this compilation - and yes, there were even words in The Da Vinci Code which stumped me! http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/sinecure Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:53:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sinecure http://www.wordnik.com/words/cloche Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:27:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cloche http://www.wordnik.com/words/recant Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:48:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/recant http://www.wordnik.com/words/antimetabole Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:44:08 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/antimetabole http://www.wordnik.com/words/lubricious Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:51:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lubricious http://www.wordnik.com/words/macrocephalus Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:49:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/macrocephalus http://www.wordnik.com/words/verisimilitude Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:48:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/verisimilitude http://www.wordnik.com/words/berm Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:38:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/berm http://www.wordnik.com/words/retinue Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:37:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/retinue http://www.wordnik.com/words/trite Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:37:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/trite http://www.wordnik.com/words/contrite Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:37:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/contrite http://www.wordnik.com/words/animus Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:36:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/animus http://www.wordnik.com/words/internecine Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:35:44 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http://www.wordnik.com/words/bucolic http://www.wordnik.com/words/attrition Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:03:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/attrition http://www.wordnik.com/words/micturate Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:33:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/micturate http://www.wordnik.com/words/vacillation Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:49:35 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/vacillation http://www.wordnik.com/words/egregious Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:04:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/egregious http://www.wordnik.com/words/weft Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:03:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/weft http://www.wordnik.com/words/excelsis Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:04:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/excelsis http://www.wordnik.com/words/opprobrium Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:03:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/opprobrium http://www.wordnik.com/words/avarice Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:33:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/avarice http://www.wordnik.com/words/spaghettification Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:26:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/spaghettification http://www.wordnik.com/words/paucity Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:00:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/paucity http://www.wordnik.com/words/acatalectic Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:50:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/acatalectic http://www.wordnik.com/words/factivity Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:46:51 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/factivity http://www.wordnik.com/words/mutandum Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:45:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mutandum http://www.wordnik.com/words/desideratum Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:44:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/desideratum http://www.wordnik.com/words/forenenst Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:08:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/forenenst http://www.wordnik.com/words/honorific Thu, 17 May 2007 06:07:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/honorific http://www.wordnik.com/words/hubris Thu, 17 May 2007 06:06:18 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hubris http://www.wordnik.com/words/euphonic Thu, 17 May 2007 06:04:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/euphonic http://www.wordnik.com/words/byzantine Wed, 09 May 2007 10:59:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/byzantine http://www.wordnik.com/words/garrulous Wed, 09 May 2007 10:58:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/garrulous http://www.wordnik.com/words/onanism Wed, 09 May 2007 10:57:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/onanism http://www.wordnik.com/words/interrogative Wed, 09 May 2007 10:56:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/interrogative http://www.wordnik.com/words/appertainment Wed, 09 May 2007 10:56:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/appertainment http://www.wordnik.com/words/non sequitur Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:44:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/non sequitur http://www.wordnik.com/words/self-effacing Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:41:42 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/self-effacing http://www.wordnik.com/words/wraithlike Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:58:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wraithlike http://www.wordnik.com/words/victuals Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:58:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/victuals http://www.wordnik.com/words/venerate Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:58:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/venerate http://www.wordnik.com/words/vehemence Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:57:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/vehemence http://www.wordnik.com/words/tumescent Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:57:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tumescent http://www.wordnik.com/words/transmogrification Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:57:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/transmogrification http://www.wordnik.com/words/supine Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:57:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/supine http://www.wordnik.com/words/sophism Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:57:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sophism http://www.wordnik.com/words/soixante-neuf Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:57:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/soixante-neuf http://www.wordnik.com/words/skein Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:56:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/skein http://www.wordnik.com/words/sepulchral Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:56:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sepulchral http://www.wordnik.com/words/redolent Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:56:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/redolent http://www.wordnik.com/words/prosaic Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:56:13 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/prosaic http://www.wordnik.com/words/pro forma Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:56:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pro forma http://www.wordnik.com/words/proclivity Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:55:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/proclivity http://www.wordnik.com/words/perfunctory Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:55:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/perfunctory http://www.wordnik.com/words/pejorative Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:55:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pejorative http://www.wordnik.com/words/pas de trios Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:55:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pas de trios http://www.wordnik.com/words/pantheism Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:55:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pantheism http://www.wordnik.com/words/pander Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:55:13 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pander http://www.wordnik.com/words/ostensible Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:55:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ostensible http://www.wordnik.com/words/nihilism Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:55:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/nihilism http://www.wordnik.com/words/neophyte Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:54:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/neophyte http://www.wordnik.com/words/moil Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:54:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/moil http://www.wordnik.com/words/milquetoast Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:54:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/milquetoast http://www.wordnik.com/words/mea culpa Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:54:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mea culpa http://www.wordnik.com/words/manqué Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:54:13 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/manqué http://www.wordnik.com/words/lascivious Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:54:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lascivious http://www.wordnik.com/words/jeu d'esprit Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:53:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/jeu d'esprit http://www.wordnik.com/words/indigent Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:53:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/indigent http://www.wordnik.com/words/grimoire Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:53:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/grimoire http://www.wordnik.com/words/fecundity Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:53:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fecundity http://www.wordnik.com/words/erudite Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:53:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/erudite http://www.wordnik.com/words/epater les bourgeois Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:53:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/epater les bourgeois http://www.wordnik.com/words/entresol Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:53:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/entresol http://www.wordnik.com/words/emancipate Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:52:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/emancipate http://www.wordnik.com/words/detumescent Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:52:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/detumescent http://www.wordnik.com/words/corpulent Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:52:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/corpulent http://www.wordnik.com/words/catechism Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:52:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/catechism http://www.wordnik.com/words/bordello Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:51:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/bordello http://www.wordnik.com/words/balustrade Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:51:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/balustrade http://www.wordnik.com/words/austere Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:51:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/austere http://www.wordnik.com/words/atrium Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:51:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/atrium http://www.wordnik.com/words/ascetic Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:50:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ascetic http://www.wordnik.com/words/armoire Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:50:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/armoire http://www.wordnik.com/words/apropos Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:50:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/apropos http://www.wordnik.com/words/aphorism Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:50:28 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/aphorism http://www.wordnik.com/words/antediluvium Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:50:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/antediluvium http://www.wordnik.com/words/anomie Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:50:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/anomie http://www.wordnik.com/words/abase Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:49:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/abase