Category: Word of the Week

The table was a jigsaw of cualacinos, knife-scratches and ink spots. cualacino (noun)  1. The mark left on a table by a cold glass.

A delightful frisson ran through her at the thought of Sherlock series 3. frisson (noun)  1. A shiver of pleasure

She would always remember their first kiss, sweet and true, in an ultramarine twilight. ultramarine (noun)  1. A brilliant, deep blue colour.

He’d hoped for a girlfriend possessing true kalon, but he ended up marrying Elen, who was a pig inside and out. kalon (noun)  1. Physical and moral beauty.

Tiffany’s crush wouldn’t answer any of her texts, and so she sank ever deeper into mulligrubs. mulligrubs (noun) [MUHL-i-gruhbz] 1. Despondency; low spirits; ill-temper.

Emmanuel cadged Mr. Beaky’s cadge; he was merely a servant and thus, not allowed to practise falconry.   cadge  1. ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled) (v) 2. a padded...

Bernard’s herigaut was surprisingly wrinkled today.   herigaut (n) 1. A gown-like garment worn in the 13th and early 14th centuries with hanging sleeves.

The Hardings’ picnic was bothered by a noisome cloud of flies. noisome (adj.) [NOY-sum] 1. Disagreeable or offensive

George was a crapulous layabout who eventually died in a strange accident involving three pints of coffee and a thousand pounds of oysters. crapulous (adj.) [KRAP-yuh-lus] 1. Characterised by gross excess in eating or...