Grandiloquent Dictionary (original) (raw)

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abacinate -( )

To blind by putting a hot copper basin near someone's eyes

abderian -( )

given to incessant or idiotic laughter

abecedarian -( )

A person who is learning the alphabet

abligurition -( )

Excessive spending on food and drink

ablutophobia -( )

A fear of bathing

acarophobia -( )

1.A fear of insects

acarophobia -( )

2.A fear of mites

acarophobia -( )

3. A fear of small things, especially bugs

accipitrine -( )

having a nose like a hawk's beak

accubation -( )

The practice of eating or drinking while lying down

acerbophobia -( )

See acerophobia

acerophobia -( )

The fear of sourness

achluophobia -( )

A fear of darkness or of the night

acouasm -( )

A buzzing or a ringing of the ears

acousticophobia -( )

A fear of noise

acrocephalic -( )

Having a pointy head

acronycal -( )

Occurring at sunset

acronyx -( )

An ingrown fingernail or toenail

adelphepothia -( uh-DEL-fi-PAH-thee-uh )

An incestuous desire for one's sister

adelphirexia -( uh-DEL-fi-REK-see-uh )

An incestuous desire for one's nephew

adelphithymia -( uh-DEL-fi-THY-mee-uh )

An incestuous desire for one's niece

adhocracy -( )

Rulership by committees and task forces

adoxography -( )

Skilled writing about an unimportant subject

aelurophobia -( )

See ailurophobia

aeolist -( )

A pompous windy bore who pretends to have inspiration

aeroacrophobia -( )

See aerophobia

aeromancy -( )

Divination using the air

aerophobia -( )

1. A fear of air

aerophobia -( )

2. A fear of flying

agapetae -( )

early church women who lived with celibate men

agathocacological -( )

Composed of both good and evil

agelast -( )

A person who never laughs

agenhina -( )

A guest at an inn, who is considered to be one of the family

agerasia -( )

The state of looking younger than one really is

agiotage -( )

Speculation in the stock market

aglet -( )

The plastic or metal tip on the end of shoelaces

agoraphobia -( )

A fear of open places

agraffe -( )

The wire that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne

agrizoophobia -( )

A fear of wild animals

agroof -( )

flat on your face

agyiophobia -( )

The fear of streets or crossing the street

ai -( )

A South American three toed sloth

aichmophobia -( )

A fear of pointed or sharp objects

aichmorhabdophobia -( )

A fear of being beaten with a pointed stick

aichurophobia -( )

The fear of being touched by a pointed object

ailuromancy -( )

Divination by studying a cat's jump

ailurophobia -( )

A fear of cats

albophobia -( )

The fear of white people

albuminuriaphobia -( )

A fear of kidney disease

alectryomancy -( )

Magic using corn

alektorophobia -( )

A fear of chickens

aleuromancy -( )

Divination using flour

algerining -( )

Prowling around with the intent to commit burglary

algology -( )

The study of seaweed or marine algae

algophobia -( )

A fear of pain

alieniloquent -( )

Speaking discursively or straying from one's point

alliaceous -( )

Smelling like garlic or onions

alliumphobia -( )

A fear of garlic

allodoxaphobia -( )

A fear of other people's opinions

allotheism -( )

The worship of strange gods

alopeciaphobia -( )

A fear of going bald

alopecist -( )

A person who claims to prevent baldness

alphamegamia -( )

The marriage between a young woman and an older man

alphitomancy -( )

Divination using barley meal

alterocentric -( )

Someone whose life revolves around other people

altiloquent -( )

Speaking pompously or in a high flown manner

altitonant -( )

Thundering from above or on high

altophobia -( )

A fear of heights or high places

alychiphobia -( )

The fear of failure

amathophobia -( )

A fear of dust

amaxophobia -( )

A fear of riding in automobiles

ambeer -( )

The spittle produced when chewing tobacco

ambiguphobia -( )

A fear of being misunderstood

ambulomancy -( )

Divination by walking

ambulophobia -( )

The fear of walking

amentia -( )

temporary insanity or a dazed trance

amomaxiaphobia -( )

A fear of making love in an automobile

ampherotokous -( )

Having both male and female offspring

amphigory -( )

A poem that seems profound but is really complete nonsense

amphigory -( )

A seemingly profound poem which is actually nonsense

amrita -( )

A drink which bestows immortality in Hindu mythology

amychophobia -( )

A fear of being scratched

anablepophobia -( )

A fear of looking at high places

anacardic -( )

Pertaining to a cashew nut

anadipsia -( )

excessive thirst

anasarkas -( )

*A condition in which a person is so swollen that they appear to have no muscles

androcracy -( )

A government consisting of men

androlepsia -( )

A kidnapping by a foreign government for political gain

androphobia -( )

A fear of men

anemophobia -( )

The fear of wind

angelocracy -( )

Rulership by angels

anginophobia -( )

A fear of choking or suffocating

anililagnia -( )

An attraction to older women

anklyosis -( )

The stiffness of immobility of a joint

ankylophobia -( )

A fear of joint immobility

anoegenetic -( )

Not producing new work or original knowledge

anonymuncle -( )

A petty anonymous writer

anopisthographic -( )

Having writing only upon one side

anserine -( )

Like a goose

anthomancy -( )

Divination using flowers

anthophobia -( )

A fear of flowers

anthracomancy -( )

Divination using burning coals

anthrophobia -( )

The fear of people

anthropoglot -( )

Any animal, such as a parrot, which is capable of copying human speech

anthropolatry -( )

Worship of a human as thought they were a god

anthropomancy -( )

Magic or divination using people, or foretelling the future using the entrails of a sacrificed person

anthropopathy -( )

Ascribing human feelings or traits to God or to the gods

anthropophobia -( )

See anthrophobia

anthroposcopy -( )

The art of determining personality or character from physical features

anthropotheism -( )

The belief that gods began as humans and are human in nature

antiscian -( )

A person who lives on the other of the world from you

antlophobia -( )

A fear of floods or flooding

anuptaphobia -( )

The fear of staying unmarried

anxiolytic -( )

Serving to reduce tension or stress

apanthropia -( )

A fear of people

apeirophobia -( )

A fear of infinity

aphephobia -( )

The fear of touching or being touched

apikoros -( )

A Jewish person who does not follow Jewish law

apiophobia -( )

A fear of bees

apocatastasis -( )

The belief that all people will be saved by God

apodyopsis -( )

The act of mentally undressing someone

apotheosis -( )

The elevation of a mortal to deity

apricate -( )

To spend time basking in the sunshine

aprosexia -( )

The inability to concentrate

aptronym -( )

An appropriate name for someone or something

aquaphobia -( )

The fear of water

arachibutyrophobia -( )

Fear of peanut butter

arachnivorous -( )

Eating spiders

arachnophobia -( )

The fear of spiders

arctophilist -( )

A collector of teddy bears

arietate -( )

To strike with a battering ram or to butt like a ram

aristology -( )

The science of dining

aristophren -( )

A person possesing a superior intellect

arithmophobia -( )

A fear of numbers

armomancy -( )

Divination involving the shoulder blades of animals

arrhenophobia -( )

A fear of male offspring

arrhenotokous -( )

Having only male offspring

arsle -( )

To move backwards or to retreat rapidly

ascian -( )

A person who has no shadow

aspergillum -( )

A device for sprinkling holy water, usually a perforated sphere

aspersorium -( )

A basin for holy water

assanka -( )

The number ten to the sixty-third power

astereognosis -( )

The loss of the ability to recognize shapes by touch

asthenic -( )

Being lean and frail

asthenophobia -( )

The fear of weakness

astragalomancy -( )

Divination using dice

astrapophobia -( )

The fear of thunder and lightning

astrophobia -( )

The fear of stars

ataxiophobia -( )

A fear of disorder

atelophobia -( )

A fear of defects or imperfections

atephobia -( )

A fear of rivers

atychiphobia -( )

A fear of failure

aubade -( )

A love song which is sung at dawn

augury -( )

Divination using bird's flight

aulophobia -( )

A fear of flutes

aureate -( )

Pertaining to the fancy or flowery words used by poets

aurophobia -( )

A fear of gold

austromancy -( )

Divination using the wind

autodeist -( )

One who believes they are a god

autodidact -( )

A person who has taught themselves

autodysomophobia -( )

A fear of one's own body odour

autohagiographer -( )

A person who speaks or writes in a smug way about their life and accomplishments

autolatry -( )

The worship of one's self

autology -( )

The study of oneself

automysophobia -( )

A fear of being dirty

autotheist -( )

One who worships themselves

autotonsorialist -( )

A person who cuts their own hair

autovoxiphillia -( )

Love of one's own voice

aval -( )

Pertaining to grand parents

avenage -( )

Oats paid to a landlord when the tenant could not pay the rent

avenage -( )

Oats that were paid to landlords in lieu of rent by the poor

averruncator -( )

A long stick with shears for cutting high branches

aviatophobia ()

A fear of flying

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