HoL Vocab 1

Since this is only covers the introduction, it's short.

deracinated:

• deracination - displacement: to move something from its natural environment
• deracination - extirpation: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

rood:
Rood has several distinct meanings, all derived from the same basic etymology. The two most significant are an obsolete English measure of area, and a term for a cross or crucifix, especially a large one in a church.

Maginot Line: (I really should know what this is but I needed a history refresher)
a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940

VD12- Final

900 sometime yesterday, FINISHED today sometime before 4 pm.
I've heard it's not unusual to be reeling, staggering after you finish. I flipped the book to the beginning and re-read the "Year of Glad" sections...there's something sinister/mysterious going on. Man. It's so weird to go back to the beginning with "all I know now."

Anyway. Vocab...which feels almost pointless to do now that it's all over.
My infinite summer ended a week before my actual summer.

blesser: Fr. to hurt, offend (www.french.about.com)

topology: Topology (Greek Τοπολογία, from τόπος, “place”, and λόγος, “study”) is a major area of mathematics that has emerged through the development of concepts from geometry and set theory, such as those of space, dimension, shape, transformation and others. (wiki)

phocomelic: the congenital absence or abnormal shortening of arms or legs, often with only short, flipperlike limbs projecting from the body (yourdictionary.com)

achondroplastic: achondroplasia - an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism (Princeton Word Net)

Zog: i.e., ZOG, for Zionist Occupation Government, the acronym coined by American neo-Nazi Eric Thomson (wallacewiki)

The Turner Diaries: Written by William Luther Pierce III (1933-2002), this is a neo-Nazi novel once called the "blueprint" for the Oklahoma City bombing. (wallacewiki)

sinsemilla: cultivated high potency marijuana (wallacewiki)

strabysmic: strabismus - abnormal alignment of one or both eyes (PWN)

prophylaxis: the prevention of disease (PWN)

hemoptypsis: coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs (PWN)

pertussive: pertussis- whooping cough: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane (PWN)

ghost word: A ghost word is a word that has been published in a dictionary, or has been adopted as genuine, as the result of misinterpretation or a typographical error. (wiki)

shillelagh: a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) (PWN)

fillip: A flick; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap; Something that excites or stimulates (wiki)

ICBM: intercontinental ballistic missile: a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another (PWN)

imprimatur: An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies; Any mark of official approval (wiki_=)

catadioptric: A catadioptric optical system is one where lenses and curved mirrors are used to form the Image-forming optical system. Catadioptric systems are commonly used in telescopes and in lightweight, long focal length lenses for cameras, where the term mirror lens is often used for them. (wiki)

sinciput: the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead) (PWN)

étagère: a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments (PWN)

delfts: a style of glazed earthenware; usually white with blue decoration (PWN)

kyphotic: crookback/hunchback- characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column (PWN)

gerontologic: gerontology- the comprehensive study of aging and the problems of the aged (www.merriam-webster.com)

koans: koan - a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning (PWN)

antigens: any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) (PWN)

piaffer: A dressage movement in which a horse trots in a stationary position while using high lifting of the legs (wiki)

Fourier Transforms: In mathematics, the Fourier transform (often abbreviated FT) is an operation that transforms one complex-valued function of a real variable into another. In such applications as signal processing, the domain of the original function is typically time and is accordingly called the time domain. That of the new function is frequency, and so the Fourier transform is often called the frequency domain representation of the original function. It describes which frequencies are present in the original function. (wiki)

mufti: civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform (PWN)

and finally

fuliginous: Pertaining to soot; sooty; dusky, gloomy (wiki)

VD11

Passed the 100-pages-left (!!!) mark about 6 pages ago. Feeling almost scared to go on; feeling unnerved by Hal's narration and experiencing the disconnect between himself and others.
And was struck with the thought that maybe the novel is annular as well...that as soon as you finish you begin again in a sort of ellipse.
I'll be curious to see if that is true.

quoins:

• quoin - expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
• quoin - the keystone of an arch
• quoin - corner: (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone (Princeton Word Net)

inguinal: of or relating to or near the groin (PWN)

sudoriferous: sweaty or sweating, bearing sweat (wiki)

civety: Civets are small, lithe-bodied, mostly arboreal mammals native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. Civet may also refer to the distinctive musk produced by the animal. (wiki)

cytological: cytology - the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells (PWN)

brody: Intentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile (wiki)

senescence:

• aging: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
• agedness: the property characteristic of old age (PWN)

quanta: You can read all about them here.

strigil: a grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc (wiki)

hulpil: A huipil (from the Nahuatl uipilli, meaning "blouse"`- "dress") is a form of Maya textile and tunic or blouse worn by indigenous Mayan, Zapotec, and other women in central to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and western Honduras, in the northern part of Central America. (wiki)

amphetaminic: relating to amphetamine- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression (PWN)

intubated: intubation- The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup (wiki)

huarache: sandal, pictured below


pleurisy: inflamed membranes around the lungs. (thank you children's center.org)

dextral: Of or pertaining to the right side (wiki)

Liebestod: An aria or duet performed in opera marking the suicide of lovers; a suicide (wiki)
or Liebestod (German, "Love's Death") is the title of a song from the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner. It is the final, dramatic song of the opera, as Isolde mourns over the body of Tristan. It opens with the famous lines "Mild und leise" ("fair and gentle"). (wiki also)

guilloche: an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands (PWN)

internecine: Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare; Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship (wiki)

cachinated: cachinnation-- loud convulsive laughter (PWN)

bupkus: bupkis, Yiddish-- absolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance (wiki)

terrazzo: Terrazzo is a faux-marble flooring or countertopping material (wiki)

ommatophoric: having eyes at the ends of stalks (wallacewiki)

synovial inflammation: inflammation of or pertaining to the fluid that lubricates the joints (wallacewiki)

somnolent: drowsy (wallacewiki)

Banfis: a sort of fancy shoe company. Google image "Banfis shoes" for an idea.

VD10(!)

When you read until you can't read no more, it's time for a more soothing, mechanical activity.
Like defining.

veronica: a bullfighting maneuver where the matador swings his cape away from the charging bull (wallacewiki)

sartorially: Relating to good clothing or skilled tailoring (wiki)

coffre d'amas: Fr. waste basket (wallacewiki)

Donc: d'accord, Fr. okay (wallacewiki)

frappe: Fr. punch or kick (wallacewiki)

Leur Rai Pays:

Bof: an interjection in French expressing lack of interest (wallacewiki)

de coeur: Fr. of the heard (wallacewiki)

sybaritically: in the manner of one who engages in sensual pleasure (wallacewiki)

mordant: black: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" (Princeton Word Net)

oeuvre: A work of art; The complete body of an artist's work (wiki)

katexia: Wallace wiki has something to say on a definition that is NOT meant here.

restenotic: refers to restenosis, or the re-narrowing of blood vessels after initial stenosis (stenosis: The abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage or opening, such as a blood vessel.)
(thank you rianvision.com)

chanteur fou: Fr. crazy singer (wallacewiki)

protrusive: thrusting outward (PWN)

gonions: the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw (PWN)

armamentarium: the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine (PWN)

brachiatishly: something to do with brachia? or brachiate (To move around in trees by arm-swinging from branch to branch) (ADW)

lalating: ?

heuristic:

• a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
• of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation (PWN)

parturient: of or relating to or giving birth; "parturient pangs"; "the parturient uterus" (PWN)

thanatoptic: thanatopsis: a meditation upon death (answers.com)

olla podrida: A stew of highly seasoned meat and vegetables; A mixture; a hodge-podge (wiki)

VD9

Just passed page 700. YES.
I'm now fairly certain I will finish before I return to school.

prima facie: a Latin term meaning “at first sight”; used to describe a fact that is presumed to be true unless disproved by contrary evidence (thank you www.manitobacourts.mb.ca/definitions.html )

Bröckengespenstphänom: "German: Boulder-ghost-phenomenon, as best I can tell; the umlauts are incorrect" (wallacewiki; I remember reading something about this before but can't recall what it was.)

transmural infarction: heart attack (wallacewiki)

plura: a misspelling (likely) of "pleura," which is a thin membrane enclosing the lungs (wallacewiki)

jape: a joke; to jest; to play tricks; to jeer; to mock; to trick (wiki)

anaclitic: denoting a person whose choice of love-interest arises from the dependence of the libido on another instinct (e.g. hunger); pertaining to an acute emotional dependence on another person or persons (wiki)

monilial: apparently related to yeast infections. (amalgamated from google results)

furcated: forked or branched (wiki)

perspicuous: limpid: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable (Princeton Word Net)

punitive: inflicting punishment (PWN)

vermiform: looking like a worm (wallacewiki)

pule: a plaintive whine (wiki)

pariah: outcast; a person who is rejected (from society or home) (PWN)

deuteragonist: in literature, the second most important character after the protagonist (wiki)

epicene:

• bisexual: having an ambiguous sexual identity
• hermaphrodite: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
• effeminate: having unsuitable feminine qualities (PWN)

emetics: emetic - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting (PWN)

hanuman-faced: hanuman - a monkey held sacred in India (wallace wiki); therefore, monkey-faced

cognoscenti: people having superior knowledge (wallacewiki)

novenas: A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession (wiki)

verger: a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies (PWN)

lapsarian: A person who believes in this doctrine; Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall (wiki)

CONTRARIA SUNT COMPLETMENTA: "Opposites are complementary" (http://blog.kyleoliver.net/2007/12/bohr-identity.html)

VD8

Somewhere solidly in the 600s. Oh yes, with 19 days left until I go back to school.

eubliette: a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling (Princeton Word Net)

adtorsion: a turning inward of both eyes. (thank you medical-dictionary.com)

ailanthus: any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus (PWN)

collops: rolls of fat (wallacewiki.com)

nostrums: nostrum - A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects (wiki)

coprolaliac: coprolalia- the obsessive use of scatological language. (dictionary.com)

phylogenic: Based on evolutionary development. (thank you www.releasechimps.com-- yes, that's the name of the site)

verdigrised: Coated with a deposit of copper, usually greenish or bluish in color. (wiki)

coruscant: aglitter(p): having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes" (PWN; and yes, three/four definitions on the googledefine concerned the glittery planet of Star Wars origin)

carminative: medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing (PWN)

buttinski: buttinsky-- one who butts in, interrupts, where he or she is not welcome (wiki)

R.H.I.P: "rank has its privileges"

saltire: St. Andrew's cross: a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length (PWN)

tektitic: tektite-- Any of numerous generally small, rounded, dark brown to green glassy objects that are composed of silicate glass and are thought to have been formed by the impact of a meteorite with the earth's surface. (dictionary.com)

colposcope: a form of endoscope used to examine the tissues of the vagina and cervix (wiki)

olla: a pot for making stew, or stew itself (wallacewiki)

tsimmes: a fruit and vegetable casserole (wallacewiki)

VD7

I feel sorry for whatever person is reading this blog and happens to wade through my vocabdump posts instead of just skipping them.
Currently in the 580's or 9o's of the novel...it remains astounding to me that I'm over halfway through. While reading IJ it really does feel infinite and the idea of it ending seems foolish.

Anyway.

escutcheon:

• finger plate: a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
• (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
• a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms (Princeton Word Net)

cyanosis: a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning) (PWN)

sinistral:

• of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish ...
• preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; "sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye" (PWN)

Q.v. : quod vide used in books, etc, to make reference to other material (wiki)

raison-d'être:

• reason for being
• the purpose that justifies a thing's existence

ital: italic type (wallacewiki)

brisance: a measure of the rapidity with which an explosive develops its maximum pressure. (wiki)

reseau:

• a net or mesh foundation for lace
• a network of fine lines used by astronomers as a reference for measurements on star photographs (PWN)

diverticulitis: inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation (PWN)

ambit: The sphere or area of control and influence of something; A circuit, or a boundary around a property; A span of actions, thoughts, or words (wiki)

cathexis: the concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea (PWN)

threnody: dirge: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person (PWN)

traversion: apparently to Schtitt-- character is traversion.

anomic: class-alienating

VD6

mysticetously: in the manner of a baleen whale (wallacewiki)

crèche-type : Nativity scene, a group of figures arranged to represent the birth of Jesus Christ (wiki)

propinquous: nearness or proximity, similarity or affiliation (wiki)

finial: an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis (Princeton Word Net)

stelliform: shaped like a star (wiki)

cerise-gloved: gloves that are red like the color of ripe cherries (PWN)

teratoid: An abnormal tumor similar to a teratoma; A mutant; Monster-like, exhibiting abnormal development (wiki)

patina: (in this context) a sheen on wooden furniture (wiki)

culcate: Page 488, 10 lines from bottom: culcate, doesn’t appear to be a real word, but inculcate means to impress upon somebody’s mind; to fix something in somebody’s mind through frequent and forceful repetition. The latin root, inculcare, means literally “to stamp in”, from its root calcare, meaning “to step on or press in”. In this sense, culcate might mean to impress upon somebody’s mind but without the frequent and forceful repetition. (View from the Cage, another Blogspot blog)

inguinal canal: The inguinal canal is a passage in the anterior (toward the front of the body) abdominal wall which in men conveys the spermatic cord and in women the round ligament. The inguinal canal is larger and more prominent in men. (wiki; creepers that broomstick was shoved all the way down there?!)

palisade: A palisade is a steel or wooden fence or wall of variable height, usually used as a defensive structure. (wiki)

metastisate: sic- metastasize: the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body (PWN)

dihedral triangle: A right triangle is one whose largest angle is 90º. Dihedral means "having two sides." (thank you wallacewiki)

ebullient: joyously unrestrained (PWN)

Powell's "Peeping Tom": Michael Latham Powell (1905-1990) was a British filmmaker, and Peeping Tom was one of his films. (wallace wiki)

anechoic: not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent; "an anechoic chamber" (PWN)

catalepsy: a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli (PWN)

anhedonia: an inability to experience pleasure (PWN)

styptic: contracting tissue (wallacewiki)

samizdat: a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature (PWN)

jongleur: French wandering minstrels (which included musicians, acrobats, jugglers, and clowns), usually from the lower class (www.renaissancemagazine.com)

pantalone: is a stock character that is classified as one of the vecchi (old men) in Commedia dell'arte. He is a miserly and often libidinous character who is portrayed as a Venetian and often speaks in the Venetian dialect. (wiki)

VD5

I haven't read IJ since...last Tuesday, but I MUST do a vocab recap before I go any further.


Uberad: Like a "super" ad. (wallacewiki.com)

The Sherman Act: The Sherman Antitrust Act (Sherman Act, July 2, 1890, ch. 647, , ) was the first United States Federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies. (wikipedia)

declivity: descent- a downward slope or bend (Princeton Word Net)

mafficking: Noisy rejoicings of a multitude (wiki. and AWESOME)

cuirass: medieval body armor that covers the chest and back (PWN)

vig: A commission taken for certain bets by the house. (crapspit.org)

Kafka-esque rules: (interesting enough that I'll copy the whole thing. Wiki)

"Kafkaesque" is an eponym used to describe concepts, situations, and ideas which are reminiscent of the literary work of Prague writer Franz Kafka, particularly his novels The Trial and The Castle, and the novella The Metamorphosis.

The term, which is quite fluid in definition, has also been described as "marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity: Kafkaesque bureaucracies"^[1] and "marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger: Kafkaesque fantasies of the impassive interrogation, the false trial, the confiscated passport ... haunt his innocence" — The New Yorker.^[2]

It can also describe an intentional distortion of reality by powerful but anonymous bureaucrats. "Lack of evidence is treated as a pesky inconvenience, to be circumvented by such Kafkaesque means as depositing unproven allegations into sealed files ..." Another definition would be an existentialist state of ever-elusive freedom while existing under unmitigatable control.

The adjective refers to anything suggestive of Kafka, especially his nightmarish type of narration, in which characters lack a clear course of action, the ability to see beyond immediate events, and the possibility of escape. The term's meaning has transcended the literary realm to apply to real-life occurrences and situations that are incomprehensibly complex, bizarre, or illogical.

cordite: A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives: nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine used in some firearm ammunition (wiki)

yutz: Yutz is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in northeastern France. (wiki)

OR from the Yiddish, it means ditz, clutz, dumkoft, ninny, nincompoop, socially incompetant boob, twit, dumbass. (urbandictionary.com)

orts: the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. (wiki)

acromegalic: marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face; "a protruding acromegalic jaw" (PWN)

tract house: Tract housing (also known as cookie-cutter housing) is a style of housing development in which multiple identical or nearly-identical homes are built to create a community. (wiki)

genuflecting: genuflect - bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image (PWN)

revenant:

• a person who returns after a lengthy absence
• of or relating to or typical of a revenant; "revenant shrieks and groans"
• someone who has returned from the dead
• recurring: coming back; "a revenant ghost" (PWN; how many times have I had to look this up?)
• Hal, according to Schtitt.

picric: Designating a type of bitter yellow acid (wiki; and you thought it was "picnic" misspelled.)

Gaugin-motif:
Here is a painting by Gaugin called "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" (wiki commons)


morendo: musical term- fading away in tone or tempo (wiki)

misprision: neglect or wrongful execution of official duties; misinterpretation or misunderstanding (wiki)

spic: Spic is an ethnic slur used in English speaking countries for a person of Hispanic descent. (wiki; I love that I have to look up ethnic slurs. Egad.)


Finished for now.
Gonna dive in even though I can't even dive in real water.

Vocab dump FOUR

Eventually I will have other posts that don't appear to be dalliances with Google define.
I should move up to a fling with the OED.

confluential: confluence - a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" (Princeton Word Net)

apr'es-garde: "after guard"--- DFW-derived, referring to J.O. Incandenza's filmic category. (Google shenanigans)

atavism: (how many times have I defined this?) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic (PWN)

abstruse: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge (PWN)

chyme: a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum (PWN)

William Blake: visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827) (PWN) (apparently Patti Smith likes him too.)

sucrotically: something to do with sugar?

hats:

1. toque:

2. aigrette: I believe it is the feathery part that is in fact the aigrette.


3. sallet:



4. calpac:



5. harquebus

Apparently is also spelled arquebus: an obsolete firearm with a long barrel (PWN)
Couldn't find an image of a hat by this name.

6. calotte:



7. shako (I have a note that says "bearskin" next to it):




amanuentic: amanuensis- One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts; A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe (wiki)

agnation: patrilineage: line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family (PWN)

jingoist: One who is overly patriotic or nationalistic (wiki)

muftipants: motorcyclewear?


jejune:

• insubstantial: lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
• adolescent: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
• insipid: lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel" (PWN)

fulgurant: dazzling: amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; (PWN)

glabrous: having no hair or similar growth; smooth; "glabrous stems"; "glabrous leaves"; "a glabrous scalp" (PWN)

hagiography: a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) (PWN)

turpitude: Inherent baseness or depravity; corruptness and evilness; An act evident of such a depravity (wiki)

sigmoid:

• curved in two directions (like the letter S)
• of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine (PWN)

panatela: a long slender cigar (PWN)

Merry Widow : A strapless corset with long garters and half cups for the breasts (wiki)

dirndls: a type of traditional dress worn in southern Germany, Liechtenstein and Austria, based on the historical costume of Alpine peasants. Dresses that are loosely based on the dirndl are known as Landhausmode. (wiki)

infarction: localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply

aspersion: a) an unfavorable or damaging remark; slander b) the act of defaming or slandering 2. a sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense 3. [rare] a sprinkling with holy water, as at a baptism (thank you http://www.gdiproductions.net/srdamd/)

saprogenic: causing or resulting from putrefaction

faute-de-mieux: For want of something better; for lack of an alternative. OR A loose, practical or formal method of proof. (wiki)

Tyrolean-hats: county of Tyrol in the Austrian Alps (wiki)



bien sur: French for "well" (google)

brinkmanship: Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point (wiki)

imbroglio:

• an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
• a very embarrassing misunderstanding (PWN)

pique:

• tightly woven fabric with raised cords
• cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"
• a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" (PWN)

catastatic: catastasis - In classical drama, the third and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe (wiki)

M.O. :

Modus operandi (often used in the abbreviated forms M.O. or simply Method) is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as "method of operating".^[1] The plural is modi operandi ("methods of operating"). The term is used in English to describe someone's habits or manner of working, the method of operating or functioning. It is often used in a criminal sense, to profile the methods employed by individuals during the execution of a crime, and may also be used in offender profiling,^[2] where it can also be used to find clues to the perpetrator's psychology.^[3] It largely consists of the methods used to execute the crime, prevent detection, and facilitate escape.^{[1] (wiki, of course)}

^{meme: French--}

1. same
2. actual
3. selfsame

Vocab dump 3

It's thundering and lightning-ing outside, but my library slip is now completely stuffed with words that need defining, if only for my own benefit.

thanatopic: thanatosis - The act of feigning death (wiki)

advertorial: an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report (Princeton Word Net, PWN...the irony of which I think just hit me)

microcephalic: having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain; "a nanocephalic dwarf" (PWN)

finski: a five dollar bill (urbandictionary.com)

eminence grise: (French) a secret or unofficial decision-maker ; the power behind the throne (wiki)

Kertwang: A term used in the novel Infinite Jest roughly meaning to insult or mess with someone. It can be used as a noun, e.g. Bobby felt his third nipple was an existential kertwang. Or a verb, e.g. God enjoyed kertwanging Bobby by sending gusts of wind to blow up his shirt to reveal his third nipple. (thank you AllExperts.com)

solander: A box, in the form of a book, used for keeping botanical specimens etc (wiki)

imbricate: place so as to overlap; "imbricate the roof tiles" (PWN)

peritonitis: is an inflammation of the lining of the body cavity and the surface of organs within it. Ruptured ulcers lead to peritonitis when the gut wall is no longer intact. There is seepage from the gut into the body cavity and adhesions may form. (www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/pigs/4449.html)

nephritis: an inflammation of the kidney (PWN)

Balaclavan: A wool hood covering the head and neck, first worn by troops in the Crimean War. Balaclava (or Balaklava) was the focal point of the "Charge of the Light Brigade."
(thank you www.civilwarhome.com)

prognathous: having a projecting lower jaw (PWN)

enuresis: inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination (PWN)

onanism:

• masturbation: manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure
• coitus interruptus: a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
  (PWN; this brings whole new levels of irony to the organization O.N.A.N.)

coprophilia: a marked interest in excrement; especially the use of feces or filth for sexual excitement (wiki)
coprophagia: eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity (PWN)

fremitic: fremitus - a sensation felt by a hand placed on a part of the body (as the chest) that vibrates during speech (thank you www.history.navy.mil/library/online/influenza_terms.htm)

magisculed: Majiscule- uppercase (www.reference.com)

cunctations: procrastination: the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time (PWN. ... That sounds so dirty.)

venulated: ?

aphasiac: someone who has: Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease. (thefreedictionary.com)

schlep:

• schlepper: (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
• shlep: pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; (PWN)

The end. FOR NOW.

Moar vocab

This seems to help me remember the words better. And no one reads this (that I know of, sneaker mcsneakersons) so it'll only annoy me when it comes time to scroll.

proviso: a stipulated condition (Princeton WordNet, hereafter known as PWN)

breviary: RCC - a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders (PWN)

gynecopia: DFW-constructed. Use your imagination.

solecistic: solecism- a grammatical mistake or absurdity. (wiki)

lissome: flexible (Webster)

cui bono: "to whose benefit?" is a Latin adage that is used either to suggest a hidden motive or to indicate that the party responsible for something may not be who it appears at first to be. (wiki)

falcate: shaped like a sickle (wiki)

Anchluss: (German for "link-up"), also known as the '''''', was the 1938 incorporation of Austria into Greater Germany by Nazi Germany. (wiki. Don't know what's going on with those wild air-quotes)

blepharoprothesis: prothesis for the eyelid (South Plains College Biology)

corticate: sheathed in bark or in a cortex (wiki)

mucronate: having an abruptly tapering point (wiki)

hyperfloriate: floriate : made of or decorated with floral ornamentation. (dictionary.com)
Over flowered?

attenuate: reduce in strength (PWN)

a-clef : ? does the context have anything to do with music? I can't remember.

ablate:

• wear away through erosion or vaporization
• remove an organ or bodily structure (PWN)

redemised: Reconveyed, as an estate. (Webster's 1828 dictionary)

Gaudeamas Igitur : De Brevitate Vitae (on the Shortness of Life), more commonly known as the Gaudeamus, is a popular academic commercium song in many European countries, mainly sung or performed at University graduation ceremonies. Despite its use as a formal graduation hymn, it is a jocular, light-hearted composition that pokes fun at university life. The song dates back to 1287[1], and was already known by the time of the founding of the alma mater of all European universities, the University of Bologna. It is in the tradition of carpe diem (seize the day), with its exhortations to enjoy life. (thank you wiki)

frisson: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
(PWN, I must start using this word)

Periodic vocab dump

Just to make things more fun for me, here are words and definitions from unknown palabras from DFW's Infinite Jest.
Also, I don't know which page these begin on--I'm just starting from where I left off on my list.

subrosa: The Latin phrase sub rosa means "under the rose" and is used in English to denote secrecy or confidentiality, similar to the Chatham House Rule. (source: wikipedia)

selvage: the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray (Princeton Wordnet)

trumbrel: a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution / instruments of social humiliation or censure (wikiPrincetonpedianet)

hack: Among other things, a kick on the arms. (PWN) I wish I could remember the context of the sentence in which I found this particular use of "hack."

asperity: harshness of manner (PWN)

afflatus: a strong creative impulse, "divine inspiration" (PWN)

labile: A susceptibility to change; instability (wiki)

annular: shaped like a ring (PWN)

bathetic: effusively or insincerely emotional (PWN) I must use this when insulting my enemies.

acclivated: possible misspelling of acclimated?

apotropaic: having the power to prevent evil or bad luck (PWN) I did make a note of the context for this one. "apotropaic barn signs"

micturation (sic)/ micturition: fancy word for urination (wiki)

lacuna: a blank gap or missing part, also an extended passage in a musical work in which no music is played (PWNwiki)

telemarchy: ? Telemachy? Homer, anyone? First four books of the Oddessey?

telemetry: automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means (PWN)

ad hoc: often improvised or impromptu / for one specific case (PWN)

coccyges: pl. of coccyx, i.e. the human tailbone (wiki)

embolism: occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle) (PWN)

revenant: a person who returns after a lengthy absence / someone having returned from the dead (PWN, no "spice of life," eh?)

transom: architectural-- a window over a door or other window or something having to do with the stern of a ship. Lots of definitions...google it for clarification.

reticulate: to form a net or network (PWN)

kibitz: make unwanted and intrusive comments (PWN)

nictitate[d]: to wink or blink (wiki)

egregulous: I think is a derivative of "egregious"

tremens: Delirium tremens (DT) is a potentially fatal form of ethanol (alcohol) withdrawal

mokus: apparently, "squirrel" in Hungarian. (google)

suppurating: producing pus (wiki)

nystagmic: nystagmus--rapid involuntary eye movement, usually lateral (wiki)

levantine: from the Levant (the eastern Mediterranean at large) (wiki)

lordotic: of or related to lordosis; having an abnormal backwards curvature of the spine (wiki)

"Tenabrae Factae Sunt" : Fifth of the nine responsories for Matins of Good Friday. (wiki)

anthracnose: Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees (wiki)

strabismic: strabismus - abnormal alignment of one or both eyes (WPN)

Actaeon: Dude stumbles upon Artemis bathing in the woods, amazed by her naked beauty, she is angry, tells him he'll turn into a stag if he speaks, he ends up speaking when he calls for his hunting party, his dogs turn upon him and tear him to bits. (wiki)

avuncular: being or relating to an uncle (PWN)

phylogenic: something having to do with the evolutionary history of an organism? (wiki)

ascapartic: Ascapart or Ascupart was an enormous giant, thirty feet high, who carried off sir Bevis, his wife Josian, his sword Morglay, and his steed Arundel, under his arm. Sir Bevis afterwards made Ascapart his slave, to run beside his horse. The effigy of sir Bevis is on the city gates of Southampton.—rayton: Polylbion, ii. (1612). (many thanks to kathy who commented on a blog post on The Ill Quill)

aegis: auspices (PWN)

neurasthenic: a person suffering a nervous breakdown (PWN)

Zuckung: twitch (German) (germanwikigoogletrans)

candent: incandescent (PWN)

eustacian: duh, like the tubes in your ears!

felo de se: Latin "felon of himself", suicide

detente: relaxing or easing (French) (wiki)

dentition: teething (WPN)

paucity: scarcity (wiki)

maunder:

• wander aimlessly
• mumble: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
• chatter: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly (WPN)

That's all I have for now.
And more than enough for you the invisible reader, isn't it?