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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In entomology, giving out light; phosphorescent: formerly used of the head of the lantern-fly and certain allied insects, from the erroneous supposition that this is luminous at night.
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Gone, But Not Forgotten...Yet
Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day. -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)
Obsolete, rare, and obscure words culled from my Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabi...rouzie-bouzie, knuckylbonyard, ferrups, defease, malahane, accinge, venundate, pinguidity, preterlapsed, wlatsome, emuscation, atbraid and 427 more...
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Glow On
Halos, arcs, and other glowy phenomena.
gegenschein, nightglow, dayglow, airglow, afterglow, icebow, moonbow, fogbow, rainbow, sundog, parhelion, anthelion and 35 more...
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There's a word for that? The Mother N...
glin, virga, freshet, petrichor, psithurism, apricity, plenilunary, parhelion, ombrophobous, nemophily, lychnidiate, mizzle and 31 more...
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