Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘witzelsucht’.
-
Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
-
How SchizoTypical of You...
Ever think you were just like everyone else? Anything like anyone? Maybe even a little Average?
What if it Was just all in your head... . .
double~edged sWordsrationalization, moralality, motivated, reluctant, mature, unconditional love, prudent, unique, empowered, energetic, honest, working on myself and 14 more...
-
Tricky Words from German
Loanwords from German -- some established, some wet behind the ears -- that are difficult to spell, pronounce, or remember.
Torschlusspanik, Fräulein, weltanschauung, Weltschmerz, sprachgefühl, schadenfreude, katzenjammer, Radfahrer, gemütlich, zeitgeist, gesellschaft, gemeinschaft and 48 more...
-
sick
"Sick" is probably not the right word, but this is where I put diseases, problems and abnormalities until I find a better way to sort them.
atavism, pareidolia, apophenia, echolalia, glossolalia, alogia, dysthymia, euthymia, synesthesia, Stendhal syndrome, cryptomnesia, analgesia and 356 more...
-
sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
-
Random
These are just some random words that I might find a list for someday.
troglodytism, chinkle, vasculum, sabz, cucullus, tricornigerous, cuboctahedron, eruca, gamp, pilum, taha, angelhood and 244 more...
-
C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
-
Tawkward
Verbal 'wtf' exchanges; odd moments of conversation and socializing.
somniloquy, bafflegab, syllepsis, sesquipedalian, whinge, divulge, anacoluthon, anaphora, sumpsimus, persiflage, eristic, overtones and 198 more...
-
5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
-
2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
-
miscellanea
antimacassar, snootful, sessile, glagolitic, marrowsky, farrago, keel, calumny, rheum, talisman, tally, awry and 508 more...
-
jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
-
Favorite Foreign Words
cacahuatl, soixante, betelgeuse, tchotchke, tsetse, eau, que, aufgezeignet, xocoatl, quetzalcoatl, prosek, da and 82 more...
-
Close to home
sometimes too close
apophenia, synaesthesia, idiosyncrasy, foible, sangfroid, argumentum ad nau..., macaronic, kufesque, portmantologist, organotroph, lucubration, sciamachy and 5 more...
-
orarian's list
alopecia, aeaeae, defenestration, facinorous, flagitious, galactophage, hebetate, lallation, limaceous, necromimesis, obambulate, quisquos and 8 more...
-
Loanwords - Lehnwörter
List of German words in the English language, not necessarily with the same meaning. For times you want to sound über-smart.
foosball, witzelsucht, zeitgeist, wunderkind, shlep, angst, Götterdämmerung, hinterland, ersatz, gestalt, schnauzer, Weltschmerz and 34 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for witzelsucht.

chelster From Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 22nd edition (1972): "a morbid tendency to pun, make poor jokes, and tell pointless stories, while being oneself inordinately entertained thereby." The word comes from the German witzeln, to affect wit, and sucht, mania. — The Orthoepist Sep 15, 2010
chained_bear Wow, this has some great mouthfeel! Oct 19, 2009
jmjarmstrong JM tried saying 'witzelsucht' to make himself laugh but it didn't work. Oct 17, 2009
jmjarmstrong JM reckons witzelsucht sux Feb 24, 2009
whichbe Uncontrollable punning. Dec 25, 2008
orarian an emotional condition characterized by futile attempts at humor
-Peter Bowler May 5, 2008