crotchet \KRAH-chet\ (noun) - A highly individual and eccentric opinion or preference. Originally, a small hook or hooked instrument although that sense is now archaic.

"Guacamole on ice cream is just one of Jason's ...Read More

histrionic \his-tree-AHN-ik\ (adjective) - Exaggerated or melodramatic in behavior or speech, extremely theatrical.

"Every time Jason fails to get his way, he flies into a histrionic diatribe about how he is undervalued...Read More

boondocks \BUN-dahks\ (noun) - A remote, wild, unexplored region; rural, isolated area.

"You should move to the city; you will never find yourself a husband living out there in the boondocks."

Borrowed from Tagalog (...Read More

hoghenhine \HAH-gehn-hIn\ (noun) - (English Medieval Law) A legal member of one's own family; a visitor who remains past the third night or the third night of a visit itself in someone else's home.

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wrought \rat\ (adjective) - Worked, crafted, done.

"The antiqued knotty pine shelf was wrought by my freat-grandfather back when 'wrought' was the only participle for 'work.'"

Middle English wroght, Old English geworht,...Read More

oscitancy \AH-si-tehn-si\ (noun) - 1 : Yawning or a yawn, hence 2 : the drowsiness or dullness associated with yawning.

"Jack insisted that his oscitancy came more from lack of sleep than from lack of interest."

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