http://www.wordnik.com/lists/in-which-the-reader-is-introduced-to-the-very-best-of-company.xml Wonderful words I (re)discovered while reading William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair, and would not likely discover elsewhere, especially not outside 19th Century British fiction. 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http://www.wordnik.com/words/cogitations http://www.wordnik.com/words/nosegay Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:42:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/nosegay http://www.wordnik.com/words/dragoon Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:42:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dragoon http://www.wordnik.com/words/invalided Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:41:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/invalided http://www.wordnik.com/words/dandified Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:41:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dandified http://www.wordnik.com/words/curricle Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:41:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/curricle http://www.wordnik.com/words/cannonading Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:41:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cannonading http://www.wordnik.com/words/coquet Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:40:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/coquet http://www.wordnik.com/words/paroxysm Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:39:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/paroxysm http://www.wordnik.com/words/lozenge Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:38:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lozenge http://www.wordnik.com/words/darkling Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:38:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/darkling http://www.wordnik.com/words/rusticated Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:38:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/rusticated http://www.wordnik.com/words/hymeneal Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:38:02 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hymeneal http://www.wordnik.com/words/fracas Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:37:26 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fracas http://www.wordnik.com/words/de retour Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:36:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/de retour http://www.wordnik.com/words/august Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:36:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/august http://www.wordnik.com/words/benighted Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:36:15 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/benighted http://www.wordnik.com/words/indefatigable Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:35:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/indefatigable http://www.wordnik.com/words/calash Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:35:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/calash http://www.wordnik.com/words/caffraria Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:34:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/caffraria http://www.wordnik.com/words/australasia Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:34:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/australasia http://www.wordnik.com/words/desert Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:33:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/desert http://www.wordnik.com/words/ejaculations Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:33:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ejaculations http://www.wordnik.com/words/oratorio Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:32:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/oratorio http://www.wordnik.com/words/rejuvenescent Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:31:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/rejuvenescent http://www.wordnik.com/words/alacrity Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:31:38 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/alacrity http://www.wordnik.com/words/remonstrance Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:31:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/remonstrance http://www.wordnik.com/words/gimcrack Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:29:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/gimcrack http://www.wordnik.com/words/tattoo Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:29:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tattoo http://www.wordnik.com/words/urchin Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:28:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/urchin http://www.wordnik.com/words/venerable Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:28:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/venerable http://www.wordnik.com/words/potentate Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:28:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/potentate http://www.wordnik.com/words/stalwart Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:27:15 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/stalwart http://www.wordnik.com/words/discomfiture Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:26:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/discomfiture http://www.wordnik.com/words/laic Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:26:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/laic http://www.wordnik.com/words/fagging Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:25:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fagging http://www.wordnik.com/words/sagaciously Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:25:37 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sagaciously http://www.wordnik.com/words/reprobated Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:24:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/reprobated