claffie

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• Dr. Jamieson on Human Nature

  Unflattering Scots terms and nicknames for people and their perceived or imagined foibles, follies, and failings. Gleaned from Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.

  abbey-laird, donnat, donsie, doncie, braw-warld, falsar, gileynour, gilainger, gillet, gillflirt, gy, haniel and 105 more...

• Adjectival Arcana

  A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.

  unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...