Thursday, August 31, 2017

Minatory

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

Or or relating to a Minotaur, perhaps?

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Dox

dox Audio Pronunciation
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 . . .

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Diacritic

diacritic Audio Pronunciation
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.

Friday, August 25, 2017

Synesthesia

synesthesia Audio Pronunciation
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.