Words
heteroclite: adj: abnormal or irregular n: abnormal thing or person, an irregularly declined word, especially a Greek or Latin noun. (‘clite’ from ‘klitos’ — inflected)
bosky: covered by trees or bushes; wooded.
usufruct: the right to enjoy the use and advantages of another’s property short of the destruction or waste of its substance.
aphetism: the loss of an initial unstressed vowel in a word, as squire for esquire.
saponified: the chemical reaction that occurs when a vegetable oil or animal fat is mixed with a strong alkali. The products of the reaction are two: soap and glycerin.
doughty: brave and persistent (archaic, humorous).
panegyric: public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
dithyrambist: a writer or performer of dithyrambs (dithyramb: a wild choral hymn of ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysus; a passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing).