destrier
noun
4/20/25
a medieval knight's warhorse.
catamite
noun
4/14/25
a boy kept for homosexual practices.
chary
adj
4/13/25
cautiously reluctant to do something.
tress
noun
4/12/25
a long lock of a woman's hair.
chiastic
adj
3/30/25
having a structure in which words are repeated in reverse order.
fianchetto
noun
3/28/25
a chess move where a bishop is developed onto the second rank of the adjacent knight's file.
straw purchase
noun
3/27/25
a criminal act where something is bought by a person on behalf of someone who can not legally do so.
mullock
verb
3/26/25
to make something dirty or messy.
thigmotropism
noun
2/24/25
the turning of a plant or organism in response to touch.
verboten
adj
1/31/25
forbidden, especially by authority.
amanuensis
noun
1/30/25
one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript.
ululate
verb
1/15/25
to produce a loud, usually protracted, high-pitched, rhythmical sound as an expression of sorrow, joy, celebration, or reverence.
tetchy
adj
9/17/24
bad-tempered and irritable.
ricasso
noun
9/17/24
an unsharpened length of blade just above the guard/handle on a dagger or sword.
quillon
noun
9/17/24
an arm on a cross guard of a sword.
codicil
noun
9/15/24
an addition to a will that modifies, explains or revokes.
faulds
noun
9/10/24
pieces of plate armor worn to protect the waist.
genuflect
verb
9/5/24
to lower one's body briefly by bending one knee; usually during worship.
rictus
noun
9/5/24
a fixed grimace or grin.
insalubrious
adj
9/4/24
unhealthy (usually refers to a climate or locality).