Flagitious

Flagitious
Adjective: Wicked, villanous, infamous.

Ultracrepidarian

Ultracrepidarian
Noun: One who gives advice or opinions that are beyond their knowledge.

Qanat

Qanat
Noun: A gently sloping tunnel made to lead water to a village below.

Pilgarlic

Pilgarlic
Noun: A person with very little contempt or pity for others.

Balderdash

Balderdash
Noun: Senseless, exaggerated.

Galimatias

Galimatias
Noun: Complete nonsense.

Hasenpfeffer

Hasenpfeffer
Noun: A seasoned stew that usually includes rabbit meat.

Logorrhea

Logorrhea
Noun: A tendency to be excessively wordy.

Once you visit this website enough, you might suffer from a bit of logorrhea.

Haggard

Haggard
Adjective: Looking exhausted or tired.

After running for a few hours I always feel haggard.

Frigorific

Frigorific
Adjective: Producing coldness

Refrigerators are known to be quite frigorific.

Copacetic

Copacetic
Adjective: Going extremely well

Was your day copacetic?

Ataraxy

Ataraxy
Adjective: Relating to a drug or other agent that has a tranquilizing effect.

Cacology

Cacology
Noun: The bad choice of words

I think this site is a good contender for cacology.

Dapocaginous

Dapocaginous
Adjective: mean; heartless

Many people are quite dapocaginous, don't you think?

Quadragenarian

Quadragenarian
Noun: Someone who is between the ages of 40 and 49.


I'm pretty sure a lot of you know some quadragenarians. Why don't you tell them this word and get weird looks from them?

Jurimetrics

Jurimetrics
Noun: The study of law and science

I don't think anyone actually knows of a person that studies jurimetrics.

Paedophage

Paedophage
Noun: One who eats children.

I don't know when you will ever use such a word. Maybe in a movie?

Amblygon

Amblygon
Noun: A triangle with an obtuse angle.

You could use this, and nobody would understand, or you could just call it an obtuse triangle like everyone else does.

Mungo

Mungo

Noun: Someone who goes into a dumpster to extract things from the trash.

Next time someone goes through your trash bin you know what to call them.

Cruciverbalist

Cruciverbalist
Noun: A fan of crosswords.

Hey fellow cruciverbalist! How was the last crossword that you solved? Any good?

Yeah, no.

Austringer

Austringer
Noun: One that keeps goshawks.


Goshawks are birds.


I will never meet a single person that would ever use such a word.

Chthonic

Chthonic
Adjective - Relating to the underworld.


Ex: Chthonic gods often encourage the malevolence of others.


Good luck trying to pronounce that.

Chinkers

Chinkers
Noun: Coins

Example: When I was young, I spent all my chinkers at the arcade machines.

Chinkers. What does that remind you of? Asians?

Sure.

Diffibulate

Diffibulate
Verb: To unbutton, unfasten, or unbuckle.

Example: I have to diffibulate my jacket if I want to take it off.


This word is completely useless. It sounds ridiculous to say in real life. Why would anyone even bother using such a thing? It's pointless. Any of the above three words for the definition can even fit the damn thing, and it is far more specific.

It's useless. Don't use it.

Neuralgia

Neuralgia

Noun: Intense, typically intermittent pain along the course of a nerve, esp. in the head or face.

Example: Neuralgia often leads to a loss of sensory functions.




"Oh fuck I'm suffering from neuralgia!"


Nobody around you will understand.

Introductions

This is a place where you can get random words and random definitions.

You will probably never use them in your daily life.

Think of it as the useless dictionary.

However, you may learn some interesting words.