Minatory

minatory

adjective [min-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
1. menacing; threatening.

Or or relating to a Minotaur, perhaps?

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Dox

dox

verb [doks]
1. Slang. to publish the private personal information of (another person) or reveal the identity of (an online poster) without the consent of that individual: The professor was doxed by a bitter student who failed her class. Several players doxed the programmer because the final version of the game disappointed them.

And here I thought this was a pixie in Harry Potter . . .

A New Book

Diacritic

diacritic

noun [dahy-uh-krit-ik] 1. a mark, point, or sign added or attached to a letter or character to distinguish it from another of similar form, to give it a particular phonetic value, to indicate stress, etc., as a cedilla, tilde, circumflex, or macron. Also called diacritical mark. adjective 1. diacritical. 2. diagnostic.

Book Cubby

Synesthesia

synesthesia

noun [sin-uh s-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh]
1. a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.

Reading List

Lacuna

Lacuna matata, lacuna matata . . .

lacuna

noun [luh-kyoo-nuh]
1. a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
2. Anatomy. one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells.

Book Bedspread

Latitudinarian

latitudinarian

adjective [lat-i-tood-n-air-ee-uh n, -tyood-] 1. allowing or characterized by latitude in opinion or conduct, especially in religious views. noun 1. a person who is latitudinarian in opinion or conduct. 2. Anglican Church. one of the churchmen in the 17th century who maintained the wisdom of the episcopal form of government and ritual but denied its divine origin and authority.

The More That You Read

Kerfuffle

kerfuffle

noun [ker-fuhf-uh l]
1. Chiefly British Informal. a fuss; commotion.

The Bar

Leporine

See, I would have guessed leopard.

leporine

adjective [lep-uh-rahyn, -rin]
1. Zoology. of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.

Mr. Darcy

Setentious

sententious

adjective [sen-ten-shuh s] 1. abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book. 2. given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.

The Death of Reading

The Death of Reading

An interesting article about reading going by the wayside. From the Washington Post.

Compathy

compathy

noun [kom-puh-thee]
1. feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.

Bacon

Rebarbative

rebarbative

adjective [ree-bahr-buh-tiv] 1. causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.

Dinner With Editor

Rampike

rampike

noun [ram-pahyk]
1. Chiefly Canadian. a dead tree, especially the bleached skeleton or splintered trunk of a tree killed by fire, lightning, or wind.

A Few Pages

Mensch

mensch

noun [mench]
1. Informal. a decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.

Books Make Me Happy

Inveterate

inveterate

adjective [in-vet-er-it]
1. settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic.

Book Bag

Kenning

kenning

noun [ken-ing] 1. a conventional poetic phrase used for or in addition to the usual name of a person or thing, especially in Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon verse, as “a wave traveler” for “a boat.”

Dessert Island

Chatoyant

chatoyant

adjective [shuh-toi-uh nt] 1. changing in luster or color: chatoyant silk. 2. Jewelry. reflecting a single streak of light when cut in a cabochon.