Weird
Words Quiz
1
Michael
Quinion has a wonderful website and newsletter devoted to words,
World Wide Words - http://www.worldwidewords.org/
The mixed up clues and answers below come from the Weird Words section
of his site. Match each unusual word with its definition! (or perhaps
save some of the definitions for your next game of Balderdash!)
____
1. ASTROBLEME
____ 2. BATHYKOLPIAN
____ 3. CALLIPYGIAN
____ 4. DEIPNOSOPHIST
____ 5. FARB
____ 6. MALLEMAROKING
____ 7. PASTINACEOUS
____ 8. RASORIAL
____ 9. RHAPSODOMANCY
____ 10. RHINOTILLEXOMANIA
a. Deep-bosomed.
b. Relating to a bird that scratches the ground for food.
c. An eroded meteor impact crater.
d. The seeking of guidance through the chance selection of a passage
in literature.
e. An inauthentic re-enactor of battles.
f. Having well-shaped buttocks.
g. Habitual or obsessive nose-picking.
h. Of the nature of or relating to the parsnip.
i. The carousing of seamen on board Greenland whaling ships.
j. A master of dinner-table conversation.
Answers:
1c, 2a, 3f, 4j, 5e, 6i, 7h, 8b, 9d, 10g
Weird
Words Quiz
2
Michael
Quinion has a wonderful website and newsletter devoted to words,
World Wide Words - http://www.worldwidewords.org/ The mixed up clues
and answers below come from the Weird Words section of his site.
Match each unusual word with its definition! (or perhaps save some
of the definitions for your next game of Balderdash!)
____
1. ADIPOCERE
____ 2. BRUXER
____ 3. CALLITHUMPIAN
____ 4. DRACONTOLOGY
____ 5. FOUDROYANT
____ 6. GOWPEN
____ 7. OCTOTHORPE
____ 8. SMOUCH
____ 9. TREBUCHET
____ 10. ZENZIZENZIZENZIC
a. Counterfeit tea.
b. Relating to a band of discordant instruments or a noisy parade.
c. A double handful.
d. Of disease that comes on suddenly and severely; dazzling, stunning.
e. Post-mortem waxy fat.
f. The eighth power of a number.
g. Another name for the telephone handset symbol #.
h. A medieval military siege engine for hurling heavy missiles.
i. Someone who habitually and involuntarily grinds their teeth.
j. The study of lake animals unknown to science.
Answers:
1d, 2i, 3b, 4j, 5d, 6c, 7g, 8a, 9h, 10f
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