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Etymologies
- French, alteration (influenced by fait néant, does nothing) of Old French faignant, idler, from present participle of faindre, feindre, to feign; see feign. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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Knee Deep in Chic
Words, prose, bon mots, and literary styles that cause a contagious enthusiasm by its very existence. They can be muses to a story. rekindling the spark that went out. The cure-all elixir to a bla...
euphuism, quiddity, saudade, zugzwang, razbliuto, parti pris, oleaginous, crevasse, chantepleure, chiaroscuro, prestidigitation, dysphemism and 79 more...
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Valuseless
Of low worth or little importance.
Unwanted matter by drusky is a nice, related list.trivial, cheap, inutile, ineffectual, dross, floccinaucinihili..., gimcrack, frippery, invalidated, drivel, otiose, tripe and 91 more...
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The Medley of Me
A jumble of words, sometimes contradictory, that add up to me. I'll probably be adding to this list for some time, because I'm a very complex individual. ;P
male, long-haired, big-eyed, writer, artist, guitarist, songsmith, talespinner, pilot, wannabe barnstormer, gypsy, cuddlesome and 209 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Better alternatives for common words.
ex cathedra, screed, de rigueur, palpable, wheedle, piebald, incongruity, cassandra, xantippe, ebullient, exuberant, fainéant and 178 more...
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GRE
abase, abjure, abnegate, abrogate, abscond, acidulous, acrimonious, admonish, adumbrate, adventitious, ambagious, anathema and 344 more...
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random furrin borrowings
gaucherie, robot, eminence grise, hoi polloi, feuilleton, rapprochement, cherchez la femme, hors de combat, je ne sais quoi, laissez-faire, apparatchik, bolshevik and 53 more...
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Interesting
Words I didn't know that might come in handy one day...
muniment, underlock, stochastic, stertorous, turnsole, littoral, Lemniscate, fugacity, rodomontade, ambes-ace, Apophasis, folderol and 74 more...
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fardel, fastidious, febrifuge, febrile, fecund, felicitous, fifth column, fistula, fulguration, fustian, fractious, fainéant and 18 more...
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whichbe Given to do nothing, idle, lazy. May 12, 2008