Archive for New-to-me Words
hypocorism
spadroon
Mashrabiya
orography
The word orography comes from Greek words meaning hill and to write; hill-writing seems like an evocative image to me. But the word refers to, as Wikipedia describes it, “the study of the topographic relief of mountains.”
caliginous
Caliginous means misty or dark.
milk float
grawlix
These are words! I promise!
But probably don't try to use them in Scrabble just yet.