Words I Know Thanks to Fallen London
Acicular
Needle-shaped.
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Aeolian
Relating to the wind.
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Amanuensis
A clerk, secretary, or scribe. One who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts. One who can sign documents on behalf of another.
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Canthigaster
A genus of pufferfish.
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Caper
Not the vegetable. A playful jump, practical joke, or crime such as an elaborate heist.
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Chicanery
Trickery, subterfuge.
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Chytrid
Fungi from the division Chytridiomycota, from the Ancient Greek word meaning "little pot".
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Eolith
A crude stone artifact.
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Euphonium
A kind of brass instrument.
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Fascicle
A bundle, or a division of a book published in parts.
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Ferity
Ferality, barbarity.
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Hagiography
A biography of a saint.
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Inculcate
To teach and impress through repetition
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Incunabulum
An incunable. A book printed before 1501.
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Insouciant
Light-hearted, nonchalant. Carefree or careless.
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Lagniappe
A gift to the customer from a merchant during a purchase.
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Landau
A type of carriage with sections that can be folded or removed.
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Lapsarian
Relating to a fall, or a fall of innocence.
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Mulligatawny
A Tamil curry soup popular in the 18th century, and often with British modifications.
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Mondaine
A woman from fashionable society.
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Numismatics
The study or collection of currency.
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Nuncio
A papal diplomat.
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Ostentatious
Showy, pretentious, excessive.
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Provost
A senior academic administrator.
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Sacerdotal
Relating to priests and priesthood.
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Scrimshander
A scrimshaw (carved baleen or whale ivory), or creator of scrimshaws.
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Shriving
Shrift. Confession, especially a sacramental one. The freeing of guilt.
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Spate
Torrent, flood.
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Velocipede
A bicycle or tricycle.
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