Vocabu-fun #1

From Wordsmith.org‘s “Today’s Word” rss feed.

• looby – An awkward, clumsy, lazy fellow.
• frowzy – 1. Unkempt, slovenly. 2. Having a musty odor.
• rangy – 1. Slim and long-limbed. 2. Inclined to roaming.
• fussbudget – One who is fussy about unimportant things.
• yestreen – Yesterday evening.
• hesternal – Of yesterday.
• verso – 1. A left-hand page. 2. The back of a page.
• sprachgefuhl – A feeling for language or a sensitivity for what is correct language.
• mogigraphia – Writer’s cramp.
• prufrockian – Marked by timidity and indecisiveness, and beset by unfulfilled aspirations.
• poindexter – An extremely intelligent but socially inept person.
• frisson – A sudden, brief moment of excitement or fear; thrill, shudder.
• somnific – Causing sleep.
• shenanigan – A deceitful trick or a mischievous act; a prank.
• apian – Of or relating to bees.
• woebegone – Affected with, or exhibiting, woe.
• nychthemeron – A full period of a day and night: 24 hours.
• accismus – Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.