Word Journal

mottle

noun • 1) a spot or blotch of color. 2) a pattern or coloring of mottle. [plant mottle images]

#infsum: “C.T. has crossed his arms casually; their triceps’ flesh is webbed with mottle in the air-conditioned sunlight.”

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words wholly unrelated

• genius & ingenious: The former from gignere (to be born). The latter from ingenium (clever).
• sacrilegious & religious: The former from sacra legere (to purloin sacred objects). The latter from religare (to bind).

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caliginous

adjective • /kuh-LIJ-uh-nuhs/ • dark; misty; gloomy.

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abligurition

noun • (obsolete) Extravagant spending on food and drink.

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concupiscence

noun • /kənˈkjupɪsəns/

1. a strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
2. In Christian theology, selfish human desire for an object, person, or experience.

ORIGIN: Late Latin concupīscentia, from Latin concupīscere (to desire strongly)

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chthonic

adjective • /θɑ.nɪk/ • off or relating to the underworld; infernal.

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pharyngeal

adjective • 1) of or pertaining to the pharynx. 2) articulated with the pharynx, a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant. (phonetics)

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agnate

adjective • related or akin through males or on the father’s side

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wlate

noun • to loathe to the point of nausea

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holm

noun • a small island in a river or estuary

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