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eigne -- (adjective) firstborn.
compradore -- agent of a foreign power.
eisteddfod -- a gathering for competitions of literature, music, dance etc.
nous -- mind, common sense, intelligence
plebiscite -- law enacted by plebians; direct vote -- or just public expression of common desires
bathos -- depth, lowest point, descent to anticlimax, comedown
teleology -- belief that things can be explained in terms of purpose or intention
misprision -- a misunderstanding, or a wrongful act of omission / interpretation
metropole -- the parent state of a colony, or just a chief city
seme -- a sign, a unit of meaning.
I'd encountered at least three of these before, but definitely not eisteddfodd or eigne. :-) I also tested myself today at http://www.testyourvocab.com, which may or may not be the most accurate test but whose second page will almost certainly provide dictionary fodder for anyone. What can I say... as an opsimath, I like looking up words.
compradore -- agent of a foreign power.
eisteddfod -- a gathering for competitions of literature, music, dance etc.
nous -- mind, common sense, intelligence
plebiscite -- law enacted by plebians; direct vote -- or just public expression of common desires
bathos -- depth, lowest point, descent to anticlimax, comedown
teleology -- belief that things can be explained in terms of purpose or intention
misprision -- a misunderstanding, or a wrongful act of omission / interpretation
metropole -- the parent state of a colony, or just a chief city
seme -- a sign, a unit of meaning.
I'd encountered at least three of these before, but definitely not eisteddfodd or eigne. :-) I also tested myself today at http://www.testyourvocab.com, which may or may not be the most accurate test but whose second page will almost certainly provide dictionary fodder for anyone. What can I say... as an opsimath, I like looking up words.
