Monday, March 7, 2011

words

ar·ma·men·tar·i·um/?ärm?m?n'te(?)re?m/
Noun:

The medicines, equipment, and techniques available to a medical practitioner.
The resources available for a certain purpose: "the entire armamentarium of electronic surveillance".

coruscate (v.) 1705, from L. coruscatus, pp. of coruscare "to vibrate, glitter," of unknown origin. Related: Coruscated; coruscatin

Jeremiad

Embarrassment

Occasionally

Harassment

Reduplicative - (e.g. hello hello = hullabaloo,Hanky-Panky,  Hodge-podge, hob-nob, boogie-woogie, helter-skelter,  higgledy-piggledy)




murmuration - 1/ a flock of starlings 2/ an instance of murmuring

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