Let's Get Smart - Let's Use the Dictionary

[CaptPhoebus]

loquacious: very talkative

next word: defenestrate

[Barbaraann]

My dictionary only has defenestration.

That definition is a throwing of a person or a thing out of a window.

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scow

[Ward]

scow (skou)
n. A large flatbottom boat with square ends, used chiefly for transporting freight.

Next word:

prestidigitation

[Barbaraann]

Ward, you get to pick the next word.

[Ward]

Originally Posted by Barbaraann

Ward, you get to pick the next word.

I did: prestidigitation. I put it in the same post above.

[Barbaraann]

Originally Posted by Ward

I did: prestidigitation. I put it in the same post above.

Oh, I apologize, I actually don't see that word, in your first entry.

Giving someone else a chance to look that one up.

[FrumiousBoojum]

pres·ti·dig·i·ta·tion
Pronunciation: "pres-t&-"di-j&-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from prestidigitateur prestidigitator, from preste nimble, quick (from Italian presto) + Latin digitus finger -- more at DIGIT
: SLEIGHT OF HAND, LEGERDEMAIN
- pres·ti·dig·i·ta·tor /-'di-j&-"tA-t&r/ noun

Next word:
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by FrumiousBoojum

Next word:
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

The fear of long words.

Obsequious

[Prudence]

Obsequious: marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness.

Actual word from my reading this weekend: Mulcted.

[FrumiousBoojum]

mulct
Function: transitive verb
1 : to punish by a fine
2 a : to defraud especially of money : SWINDLE b : to obtain by fraud, duress, or theft

Next:
Reciprocity

[Jennidisneyfer]

Mulcted: 1.) unished by a fine 2a.) swindled b.) obtained by fraud



mucilaginous

EDIT: damnit, too slow

[Ward]

reciprocity - n.,

1. A reciprocal condition or relationship.
2. A mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges, especially the exchange of rights or privileges of trade between nations.

mucilaginous - adj.

1. Resembling mucilage; moist and sticky.
2. Relating to or secreting mucilage.

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Next word:

Leptodactylous

[Barbaraann]

The words are getting so hard, I have to bring out the larger dictionary. Good thing I didn't ask you to use the word in a sentence.

Carry on.

[Hyperbole]

Lep`to`dac´tyl`ous


1.Having slender toes.

[Hyperbole]

Oops, here's my word:

onomatopoeia

Edited - I misspelled it, sorry.