{"id":2614,"date":"2020-02-21T04:41:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T12:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2020-03-06T14:52:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T22:52:01","slug":"friday-vocabulary-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatedguesswork.com\/?p=2614","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. aelurophile<\/strong> \u2014 (also ailurophile<\/strong>) cat lover<\/p>\n

He had that one condition almost fatal to an <\/em>aelurophile: an allergy to cats.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. distrait<\/strong> \u2014 distracted, absent-minded<\/p>\n

I should have known something was wrong when Arthur seemed so <\/em>distrait at dinner that he ordered red wine with fish.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. polder<\/strong> \u2014 low land reclaimed from sea or lake, protected by dikes<\/p>\n

If the sea levels rise much more every <\/em>polder will be flooded and lost again to the water.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. skainsmate<\/strong> \u2014 (obsolete<\/em>) messmate; fellow, companion<\/p>\n

“Oh ho! my <\/em>skainsmate, you’ve been holding out on me this entire voyage!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. roquelaure<\/strong> \u2014 knee-length men’s cloak worn in the 18th Century<\/p>\n

The pirate stood waiting in his finery by the lonely oak tree, while Sir Beddows removed his feathered hat and his dark green <\/em>roquelaure, placing his duelling pistol into his belt.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. nankeen<\/strong> \u2014 naturally yellow cotton fabric from China; cotton dyed yellow; yellow or buff color<\/p>\n

His <\/em>nankeen trousers stank of tobacco and ale from his continual carousing within the drinking hells south of the river.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. esculent<\/strong> \u2014 edible<\/p>\n

The garden box at the back of the yard is devoted to <\/em>esculent roots including parsnips and radishes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. barbel<\/strong> \u2014 slender filament dangling from the mouths of certain fishes (such as the catfish), in which taste buds are located<\/p>\n

These fishes use their <\/em>barbels to hunt for food in the murky waters they inhabit.<\/em><\/p>\n

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(the below entry was discovered to be a duplicate of a word previously used in 2018)
\nsennight<\/strong> \u2014 (archaic<\/em>) seven days, week<\/del><\/p>\n

Jackson stopped by for dinner Sunday <\/em>sennight last, giving me news of your recent betrothal.<\/em><\/del><\/p>\n

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9. straw boss<\/strong> \u2014 member of work crew who acts as boss<\/p>\n

The weather wasn’t cooperating and we were way behind and the <\/em>straw boss was acting all high and mighty trying to force me and the boys to work harder when we was working as hard as we could, what with the weather and all.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. reremouse<\/strong> \u2014 (archaic<\/em>) bat<\/p>\n

We will quickly clip the wings of these <\/em>reremice that fly about only at night in defiance of my lord’s order of curfew.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British soldier’s slang)<\/p>\n

napoo<\/strong> \u2014 finished, used up, gone, no more<\/p>\n

There’ll be no shelling tonight ’cause there’s <\/em>napoo shells!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. aelurophile \u2014 (also ailurophile) cat lover He had that one condition almost fatal to an aelurophile: an allergy to cats.   2. distrait \u2014 distracted, absent-minded I should have known something was wrong when Arthur seemed so distrait at dinner that he ordered red wine with fish.   3. polder \u2014 low land reclaimed … <\/p>\n

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