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10 April 2026

6 April 2026

  • 17:3517:35, 6 April 2026 Lentic (hist | edit) [898 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lentus#Latin lentus]'' (“slow”) + English suffix ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ic -ic]''. ===Adjective=== '''lentic''' (comparative more lentic, superlative most lentic) # Of or pertaining to, or living in still waters (such as lakes, ponds, or wetlands). ====Related terms==== * Hypernyms: ** [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aquatic aquatic] ** [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/limnic limn...")

5 April 2026

  • 00:2300:23, 5 April 2026 Hagiomania (hist | edit) [801 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hagio- hagio-]'' (“holy, saint”) + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-mania -mania]'' (“obsession, madness”). ===Transliteration=== * Katakana: ハギオマニア * Hangul: 하기오마니아 ===Noun=== '''hagiomania''' (uncountable) # An [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obsession obsession] with [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/saint saints] and [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sainthood saintho...")

4 April 2026

  • 17:4217:42, 4 April 2026 Not The Full Quid (hist | edit) [2,460 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From the phrase “the full quid,” meaning a complete or proper amount; with negation implying something lacking or incomplete. Compare Australian and British informal usage of ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quid quid]'' (“a pound sterling; by extension, a complete amount”). ===Pronunciation=== * IPA: /nɒt ðə fʊl kwɪd/ ===Phrase=== '''not the full quid''' # (chiefly Australia, informal) A person of below average intelligence,...")

3 April 2026

  • 20:0720:07, 3 April 2026 Incondite (hist | edit) [999 bytes] TechMorMurdoch (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== Borrowed from Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inconditus inconditus]'' (“unarranged, rude, unpolished”). ===Pronunciation=== * IPA (UK): /ɪnˈkɒndɪt/ ===Adjective=== '''incondite''' (comparative ''more incondite'', superlative ''most incondite'') # Badly arranged; ill-composed; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disorderly disorderly], especially of artistic or literary works. #* “I am now at liberty to confess, that much whi...")
  • 15:4015:40, 3 April 2026 Lascivious (hist | edit) [1,689 bytes] TechMorMurdoch (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From Latin ''lascīviosus'', from ''lascīvia'' (“sportiveness, lustfulness”). ===Pronunciation=== * Zhuyin (toneless): ㄌㄚ ㄙㄧ ㄈㄧ ㄜ ㄙ * Katakana: ラシヴィアス ===Adjective=== '''lascivious''' (comparative ''more lascivious'', superlative ''most lascivious'') # [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wanton wanton]; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lewd lewd]; driven by [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lust lust]; [https://en...")

31 March 2026

27 March 2026

  • 01:0201:02, 27 March 2026 Kiasu (hist | edit) [1,139 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== Borrowed from Hokkien [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A9%9A%E8%BC%B8 驚輸] (kiaⁿ-su, “afraid to lose out”). ===Pronunciation=== * /ˈkjɑːsuː/ (Singapore English) * Hyphenation: kia‧su ===Adjective=== '''kiasu''' # Afraid to [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lose_out lose out], especially due to being overly [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/competitive competitive]. #* 1985, Irene Hoe, ''The Straits Times'', 22 December, p. 20...")

22 March 2026

  • 12:5412:54, 22 March 2026 Egoing (hist | edit) [2,159 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ego ego] + -ing. ===Noun=== '''egoing''' (uncountable) # The act of behaving according to one’s [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ego ego]; a pattern of conduct driven by self-image or self-importance rather than grounded judgment. #* Often manifests as [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/insecurity insecurity], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comparison comparison], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fear fear...")
  • 11:0811:08, 22 March 2026 Salacious (hist | edit) [2,164 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From Proto-Indo-European *sel-. Derived from Latin [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salax salāx, salācis] (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious. ===Pronunciation=== * /səˈleɪ.ʃəs/ ===Adjective=== '''salacious''' # Promoting sexual desire or lust. #* utterly '''salacious''' # Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd. #* '''salacious''' gossip #* '''salacious''' details #* The newspaper published a '''salacious''' story about the scandal. #*...")

21 March 2026

  • 23:0223:02, 21 March 2026 Rattlepate (hist | edit) [1,316 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Alternative forms=== * rattle-pate ===Etymology=== From rattle + pate. ===Noun=== '''rattlepate''' (plural '''rattlepates''') # ''Archaic.'' A chatterbox; someone who talks a lot. # A volatile, unsteady, or whimsical man or woman. #* 1848, Charles Fenno Hoffman, "[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Greatest_Short_Stories_(P._F._Collier_%26_Son)/Volume_1/The_Man_in_the_Reservoir The Man in the Reservoir]", ''Greatest Short Stories'', Volume...")
  • 09:3009:30, 21 March 2026 Ursovector (hist | edit) [1,646 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From Latin ''ursus'' (“bear”) + ''vector'' (“carrier, bearer”). ===Noun=== '''ursovector''' (plural '''ursovectors''') # A person or thing that carries a bear; one who bears a bear. # {{lb|en|humorous|rare}} By extension, an agent or carrier associated with bears. ===Usage notes=== The formation reflects the Latin noun ''vector'' (“carrier”), which in English commonly appears in technical contexts (e.g., mathematics, physics) t...")
  • 07:5207:52, 21 March 2026 Selcouth (hist | edit) [2,539 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From Proto-Indo-European [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/*ǵneh₃- *ǵneh₃-]. From Middle English [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/selcouth#Middle_English selcouth], from Old English [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/selcūþ selcūþ] (“unusual, unwonted, little known, unfamiliar, novel, rare”), from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seld- seld-] (“rarely”) + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cūþ cū...")
  • 07:2107:21, 21 March 2026 Dendrophiliac (hist | edit) [716 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dendro- dendro-] (“tree”) + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-philiac -philiac] (“one who has an attraction to”). ===Pronunciation=== * デンドロフィリアック (Den-do-ro-fi-ri-a-kku) ===Noun=== '''dendrophiliac''' (plural '''dendrophiliacs''') # A person who is attracted to or has a strong affinity for [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tree trees]. ===See also=== * [https://en.wiktionary.o...")
  • 07:1107:11, 21 March 2026 Dendrophilia (hist | edit) [954 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dendro- dendro-] (“tree”) + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-philia -philia] (“love of”). ===Pronunciation=== * デンドロフィリア (Den-do-ro-fi-ri-a) ===Noun=== '''dendrophilia''' (uncountable) # The love of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tree trees]. ===See also=== * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dendrophile dendrophile] * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arborphile arborphile] ===Ca...")

20 March 2026

  • 05:2405:24, 20 March 2026 Angio- (hist | edit) [619 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Noun=== ''angio'' (uncountable and countable) # (medicine, informal) A shortened form of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/angiogram angiogram]. # (medicine, informal) A shortened form of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/angiography angiography]. # (medicine, informal) A shortened form of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/angioplasty angioplasty]. ===Note=== The combining form '''angio-''' means “blood vessel” (from Greek ''angeion'', “vessel”). {{#ev:youtube|kY...")
  • 01:5301:53, 20 March 2026 Thalamo- (hist | edit) [679 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Combining form=== '''thalam(o)-''' # Relating to the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thalamus thalamus], a structure of the forebrain that serves as a major relay center for sensory information. ===Etymology=== From Ancient Greek [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B8%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82 θάλαμος] (''thálamos'', “inner room, chamber”). ===Derived terms=== * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thalamocortical thalamocortical] * [h...")
  • 01:3001:30, 20 March 2026 -stomy (hist | edit) [521 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Alternative forms=== * -ostomy ===Etymology=== See [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stoma stoma]. ===Suffix=== # A [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/surgical surgical] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/procedure procedure] forming a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hole hole] for [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/access access], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nutrition nutrition], or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/waste waste] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki...")

18 March 2026

  • 03:2303:23, 18 March 2026 Frobly-mobly (hist | edit) [1,315 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Katakana Transliteration=== * フロブリー・モブリー (''furoburī moburī'') ===Adjective=== '''frobly-mobly''' (comparative '''more frobly-mobly''', superlative '''most frobly-mobly''') # Indifferently well; neither well nor unwell. #* ''1674 Eng. dial.'' — Used to describe a middling or ambiguous state of health or condition. ===Examples=== * ''"How are you feeling today?" — "Oh, just frobly-mobly, I suppose."'' * ''The patient reported f...")

16 March 2026

  • 08:1708:17, 16 March 2026 Ultracrepidarian (hist | edit) [2,812 bytes] WithGreatPraise (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== '''ultracrepidarian''' ===Etymology=== The term is attributed to [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126596 William Hazlitt], who used it in a letter to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gifford William Gifford] (see quotation below). It derives from the Latin proverb ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_supra_crepidam ne supra crepidam]'' or ''ne ultra crepidam'' meaning “not beyond the sandal.” The phrase originates from a story in [https://en.wiki...")
  • 06:3406:34, 16 March 2026 Hypnopompically horrified (hist | edit) [1,202 bytes] MurdochHarris (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hypnopompic hypnopompic]'' (“relating to the state of consciousness before becoming completely awake”) + ''-ally'' → ''hypnopompically'', and ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/horrified horrified]'' (“struck with horror”). ===Adverbial phrase=== '''hypnopompically horrified''' # Experiencing or expressing horror during the state of consciousness just before fully waking from sleep. #* ''Examp...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 00:2600:26, 16 March 2026 Aeropleustic (hist | edit) [614 bytes] MoribundMurdoch (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Adjective=== '''aeropleustic''' (not comparable) # ''Humorous.'' Of or pertaining to [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aerial aerial] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/navigation navigation]. ====Quotation==== * 1827 — George Pocock, ''The Aeropleustic Art; or Navigation in the Air by the Use of Kites, or Buoyant Sails''.") Tag: Visual edit: Switched

14 March 2026

  • 02:3502:35, 14 March 2026 Mocher (hist | edit) [1,250 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Alternative forms=== * mochre * mucher ===Etymology=== Apparently a variant of moger. Recorded in Scots dialect sources. ===Pronunciation=== * /ˈmɔxər/, /ˈmʌxər/ ===Verb=== '''mocher''' (third-person singular '''mochers''', present participle '''mochering''', past tense '''mochered''', past participle '''mochered''') # (Scots) To busy oneself with matters of little importance; to potter about; to work aimlessly, confusedly, or without clear...")
  • 02:2002:20, 14 March 2026 Tropoclastics (hist | edit) [1,264 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From Greek [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82 τρόπος] (''tropos'', “turn, manner, habit”) + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-clast -clast] (“breaker”) + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ics -ics] (“field of study or science”). Literally: “the science of breaking habits.” ===Noun=== '''tropoclastics''' (usually uncountable) # The science or systematic study of breaking habits, e.g. rou...")
  • 01:4701:47, 14 March 2026 Schnorrer (hist | edit) [1,003 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== Borrowed from Yiddish [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%90%D6%B8%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%A8 שנאָרער] or German [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schnorrer Schnorrer]. ===Noun=== '''schnorrer''' (plural: '''schnorrers''') # A beggar. #* (2000) David Golinkin, ''Responsa in a Moment'', volume 3, "Investigating the Charities To Which We Contribute", p. 51: #*: “A '''schnorer''' knocks on my door, holds out a letter signed by...")

13 March 2026

  • 20:1420:14, 13 March 2026 Stateside (hist | edit) [1,398 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From ''state'' + ''side''. ===Adjective=== # (chiefly outside the United States) In the United States. {{#ev:youtube|lIxQe1R5hs0|600|center}} #* Example: I'll be '''stateside''' for the next month. #* Example: You'll need a valid '''stateside''' motorcycle license. #* Example: They made their '''stateside''' debut in the late 1970s. #* Example (2018, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs Office, ''Sponsorship & Newcomers – FAQs''): #*:...")
  • 18:5518:55, 13 March 2026 Teratology (hist | edit) [1,811 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== '''Wikipedia:''' Teratology ===Etymology=== From the prefix '''terato-''' + the suffix '''-logy'''. Ultimately from Ancient Greek '''τέρας''' (téras, “monster”) + '''-λογία''' (-logía, “study of”). ===Pronunciation=== * Audio (US): [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-teratology.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-ter...")

9 March 2026

  • 16:0516:05, 9 March 2026 Hedonvalescence (hist | edit) [2,325 bytes] MoribundMurdoch (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Katakana transliteration=== ヒードンヴァレッセンス (hīdonvaressensu) ===Noun=== '''hedonvalescence''' (uncountable) # The process of emotional recovery or strengthening through the pursuit of pleasure, especially sensory or hedonistic experiences, typically following a period of loss or emotional distress. # A coping mechanism characterized by indulgence in pleasurable activities as a means to heal or regain well-being after hardship, such a...")
  • 14:4514:45, 9 March 2026 MorDictionary on SpaceHey (hist | edit) [1,826 bytes] MoribundMurdoch (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= MorDictionary on SpaceHey = Here is the MorDictionary wiki entry explaining our intentions on the SpaceHey platform and whatnot. The MorDictionary SpaceHey profile serves as a retro-social outpost for MorDictionary, featuring a peak Web 1.0–style presentation for the MorDictionary project. The page may include decorative images, custom CSS, profile screenshots, and other visual elements used to give the profile a distinct aesthetic identity. == Overview == MorDic...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 12:2012:20, 9 March 2026 Stop loss order (hist | edit) [1,123 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== '''See also:''' stop-loss order ===Alternative forms=== * stop-loss order ===Noun=== '''stop loss order''' (plural: '''stop loss orders''') # (stock market) A conditional order placed with a stockbroker (or similar) to close one's position if the market drops (or rises in some cases) to a specified price level. #* Synonym: stop order #* Coordinate term: buy stop order #* Example: The shares are currently trading at $4.40 an...")

8 March 2026

  • 14:3814:38, 8 March 2026 Costive (hist | edit) [446 bytes] MorAnime (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From Old French *costivé*, past participle of *costiver* ("to constipate"), ultimately from Latin *cōnstīpātus* ("constipated"). Related to English *constipate*. ===Katakana Transliteration=== * コスティブ (Ko-su-ti-bu) ===Adjective=== Costive {{#ev:youtube|6ehp6-lKdHA|width=560|height=315}} # See also: Constipated # Examples: #* Hollinghurst, US edition, page 346: "Melanie, who was used to Wani's 'costive' memos, and even to...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 12:2312:23, 8 March 2026 Mogging (hist | edit) [794 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== '''Mogging''' ''(slang)'' refers to the act of overwhelmingly outshining, dominating, or appearing significantly more attractive, fit, or socially impressive than another person, often in a way that highlights the contrast between the two. The term is commonly used in online culture to describe situations where one person visibly eclipses another in appearance, physique, status, or perceived desirability. ==Usage== The word is often used informally in inter...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched

2 March 2026

  • 08:3408:34, 2 March 2026 Amomaxia (hist | edit) [1,043 bytes] MoribundMurdoch (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From Ancient Greek ''ἅμα'' (''hama'', “together”) + ''-maxia'' (from Greek ''μάχη'', ''machē'', “battle, struggle”). By modern humorous formation, modeled after pseudo-classical compounds to denote a specific situational act. ===Pronunciation=== /ˌæməˈmæksiə/ ===Noun=== '''amomaxia''' (uncountable) Sexual intercourse occurring in a parked automobile. ===Notes=== A jocular or mock-classical coinage. Used humorousl...")

26 February 2026

  • 11:1611:16, 26 February 2026 Anomovagant Liminality (hist | edit) [1,945 bytes] MoribundMurdoch (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From ''anom-'' / ''anomo-'' (“unusual, abnormal, irregular”) + ''-vagant'' (from Latin ''vagans'', present participle of ''vagari'', “to wander”) + ''liminality'' (“the state of being at a threshold”). Literally: “irregular wandering at the threshold.” ===Pronunciation=== * /ˌænəmoʊˈveɪɡənt ˌlɪməˈnælɪti/ ===Noun=== '''anomovagant liminality''' (uncountable) # A condition of wandering through irregular, abnorm...")
  • 02:5502:55, 26 February 2026 Cacoethes (hist | edit) [3,598 bytes] MoribundMurdoch (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:cacoethes}} {{also|cacoëthes}} == English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ''cacoēthes'', from Ancient Greek ''κακοήθης'' (“ill-disposed”), from: * ''κακός'' (“bad”) * ''ἦθος'' (“disposition, nature”) === Pronunciation === * IPA: /ˌkækəʊˈiːθiːz/ * Hyphenation: ca·co·e·thes === Noun === ''cacoethes'' (plural ''cacoethes'') # Compulsion; mania; an often irresistible urge (especially toward something har...")
  • 02:1902:19, 26 February 2026 Autoscopic Rumination (hist | edit) [4,030 bytes] MoribundMurdoch (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From autoscopic (“relating to autoscopy; seeing oneself from the outside”) + rumination (“repetitive, often negative cyclic thought”). Literally: “self-observing repetitive thought.” ===Noun=== '''autoscopic rumination''' (uncountable) # A psychological state characterized by obsessive, repetitive thought in which an individual experiences their own emotional suffering from a detached or self-observing perspective. #*...")
  • 01:2701:27, 26 February 2026 Accubation (hist | edit) [1,327 bytes] MoribundMurdoch (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}} From {{bor|en|la|accubatiō}}, {{m|la|accubitiō}}, from {{m|la|accubō||to recline}}, from {{m|la||ad-}} + {{m|la|cubō||to lie down}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|en|/ˌɑ.kjuˈbeɪ.ʃən/|a=US}} * {{rhymes|en|eɪʃən|s=4}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|-}} thumb|'''Accubation''' (historical illustration). File:https://i...")

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