Jottings I: Panoply of Fragments From Nephro- to the Emu-shagger

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Jottings I: Panoply of Fragments – From Nephro- to the Emu-shagger (MoribundMurdoch)

Overview

Jottings is a series in which MoribundMurdoch revisits old notebook fragments and riffs on vocabulary, slang, cultural references, and loosely connected concepts.


Nephr/o-

Type

Combining form (medical)

Definition

Relating to the kidney.


Fitta

Type

Noun (Swedish, vulgar)

Definition

A vulgar Swedish term referring to the female genitalia.


Verbigerate

Type

Verb

Definition

To repeat a word or phrase obsessively or without meaningful purpose.


Pananthrophile

Type

Noun

Definition

A person who loves all of humanity; one who feels affection toward humankind as a whole.


Logorrhea

Type

Noun

Definition

Excessive or uncontrolled talkativeness; an outpouring of words.


-pexy

Type

Suffix (medical)

Definition

Denoting surgical fixation or suspension of an organ.

Froward

Type

Adjective

Definition

Willfully contrary or difficult to deal with; disobedient or perverse.


Umbratile

Type

Adjective

Definition

Fond of shade; accustomed to retirement or seclusion.


浴室

Type

Noun (Chinese)

Definition

Bathroom; bathing room.


Caud/o-

Type

Combining form (medical)

Definition

Relating to the tail or posterior part of the body.


Zyg/o-

Type

Combining form (medical)

Definition

Relating to a yoke, junction, or pairing; often referring to the zygomatic (cheek) region.


-assay

Type

Suffix / Verb-forming element

Definition

To attempt, test, or examine.


-plasty

Type

Suffix (medical)

Definition

Denoting surgical repair, reconstruction, or molding of tissue.


Septoplasty

Type

Noun (medical)

Definition

Surgical correction of a deviated nasal septum.


-facient

Type

Suffix

Definition

Producing or causing; making.


Liquefacient

Type

Adjective

Definition

Causing something to become liquid.

Choleric

Type

Adjective

Definition

Easily angered; bad-tempered; prone to irritation.


Irascible

Type

Adjective

Definition

Easily provoked to anger; quick-tempered.


Shirty

Type

Adjective (informal, chiefly British)

Definition

Irritated, annoyed, or bad-tempered.

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