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PSALM
PRONUNCIATION: (sahm)
MEANING: noun: A sacred poem or song.
verb intr.: To sing a poem or song.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English psealm, from Latin psalmus, from Greek psalmos (plucking of strings), from psallein (to pluck). Earliest documented use: c. 450 CE.
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UPS ALM - government charity for the delivery company with the brown trucks
PSALOM - the son for whom King David wept when he heard of his death in battle
PSA-FM - a Public Service Announcement on the radio
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POINTILLAGE
PRONUNCIATION: (pwan-tee-YAZH)
MEANING: noun: A style of painting in which small dots are applied to the canvas. Also known as pointillism.
ETYMOLOGY: From French pointiller (to paint small dots), from Latin punctum (point), from pungere (to prick). Earliest documented use: 1887.
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PO IN VILLAGE - the river goes through the middle of town
PIN TILLAGE - the growing of golf holes
POINT ULLAGE - a promontory where liquid contents evaporate from bottles
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EUNOIA
PRONUNCIATION: (yoo-NOY-uh)
MEANING: noun:
1. A feeling of goodwill.
2. A state of good mental health.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek eunoia (well mind), from eu (well, good) + noos (mind, spirit).
NOTES: Eunoia is the shortest word in English with all five vowels.
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EU-NO-MI-A - my Italian acquaintance
REUNOIA - the return of the psychotic
PUNOIA - the satisfying feeling of having just made a good one
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SCRAUNCH or SCRANCH
PRONUNCIATION: (skrawnch)
MEANING: verb tr.: To crunch, crush, or grind.
ETYMOLOGY: Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1620.
NOTES: The word scraunched is the longest one-syllable word in the English language.
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S.C. RANCH - what they call a hacienda in Greenville
SCRUNCH - to squeeze together so as to take up less space, as on a sofa or car seat
S.C.R. LUNCH - midday meal in the cafeteria of the State Capitol Refectory
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LIMNOPHILOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (lim-NOF-uh-luhs)
MEANING: adjective: Fond of or living in inland bodies of water such as lakes, pools, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek limne (lake) + -philous (liking). Earliest documented use: 1855.
NOTES: The word limnophilous is one of the few words in English that have four consecutive letters of the alphabet in a row. Some everyday words are understudy and overstuff.
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LIMOPHILOUS - a devotion to travelling by luxury cars
LIMPOPHILOUS - a fondness for great gray-green greasy rivers
GIMNOPHILOUS - opposite of angiophilous
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PHARMACOPOEIA or PHARMACOPEIA
PRONUNCIATION: (far-muh-kuh-PEE-uh)
MEANING: noun:
1. A book listing approved drugs and related information.
2. A stock of drugs.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pharmakon (drug) + poiein (to make). Earliest documented use: 1618.
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PHARMACOPERA - a musical drama about ants
PARMA-COPE-IA - there's not enough cheese for the spaghetti, but I'll manage
P. HARM-A-COP ERA - 16. an unfortunate outgrowth of the Black Lives Matter movement
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OXYGEUSIA
PRONUNCIATION: (ok-see-GOO/GYOO-zee/zhee-uh, -zhuh)
MEANING: noun: An acute sense of taste.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek oxy- (sharp) + -geusia (taste). Earliest documented use: 1848.
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FOXYGEUSIA - "They never had such a supper in their life/And the little ones chewed on the bones, O...."
LOXYGEUSIA - the yummy taste of bagel and cream cheese and all the trimmings
OXYGE-U.S.A. - what we'll breathe when the CO2 level builds up too high
in this country
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HARK
PRONUNCIATION: (hark)
MEANING: verb intr.:
1. To listen attentively.
2. Hark back: to allude to or return to a previous topic, time, event, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English heorcian (to listen). Earliest documented use: 1175. A variant is hearken.
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MARK - the Muster who has three quarks, according to James Joyce
HAIK - when the Center snaps the football on the 5/7/4th syllable (that is, the count is missing its final syllable)
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TARN
PRONUNCIATION: (tarn)
MEANING: noun: A small mountain lake.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse tjǫrn (small lake). Earliest documented use: 1400.
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TO A RN - ode in appreciation of my nurse
STARN - plural of "Star" (German)
TARM - a short runway (or, one with no alternating current)
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TOPOS
PRONUNCIATION: (TOH-pohs/pahs)
MEANING: noun: A traditional theme, literary motif, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek koinos topos (common place) which also gave us the word topic. Earliest documented use: 1948.
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POPOS - what you pat 'em on after thy put their feet up
TOPOS - short for "topographical errors"
NOPOS - Should I attach this wire to the negative terminal?
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