Name a word with a interesting meaning

[AngelicGirl]

for example: Paracosm is a word that describes the imaginery universe created inside one's mind...
Now you go!

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Hyperglycemia

Hyper meaning high, glyc- meaning glucose, and -emia meaning presence in blood.

H I G H G L U C O S E P R E S E N C E I N B L O O D

 

[SuicidalOrganism]

Autassassinophilia

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of absurdly long words.

 

[HarryCobean]

One I remember from school (it was in a poem we did in English): Steatopygious. It means (of a person) "having a big bottom".

 

[jar-baby]

sublunary—belonging to this world as opposed to a better or spiritual one.

akrasia—the state of mind in which someone acts against their better judgment through weakness of will.

anomie—lack of the usual ethical or social standards in an individual or group.

velleity—a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.

 

[sancta-simplicitas]

Technically a phrase, but I like deus ex machina: an unexpected and/or unlikely occurrence that's used as a plot device to solve unsolvable problems in fiction.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of absurdly long words.

The person who came up with that word comitted a very real act of sadism.

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

Hyperglycemia

Hyper meaning high, glyc- meaning glucose, and -emia meaning presence in blood.

H I G H G L U C O S E P R E S E N C E I N B L O O D

A fellow ChubbyEmu enjoyer <3

Lugubrious. Meaning sad or mournful in an exaggerated way.

 

[Dusk till dawn]

Dusk - the darker stage of twilight, it resembles the beginning of losing hope to me

Dawn - the opposite of dusk, no need for explanations, it resembles the end of dusk to me

 

[Forveleth]

niggardly (adjective)
1 Grudging and petty in giving or spending.
2 Meanly small; scanty or meager.
3 Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard

The sophisticated word that will instantly make you sound like a racist.

 

[pseudo_pseu]

Quixotic
kwɪkˈsɒtɪk
adjective
extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
- a vast and perhaps quixotic project

niggardly (adjective)
1 Grudging and petty in giving or spending.
2 Meanly small; scanty or meager.
3 Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard

The sophisticated word that will instantly make you sound like a racist.

Learnt this one from

One I remember from school (it was in a poem we did in English): Steatopygious. It means (of a person) "having a big bottom".

Haha I always thought Spanish culón/a had no 1-word English translation ))

 

[sserafim]

Seraphim

Technically a phrase, but I like deus ex machina: an unexpected and/or unlikely occurrence that's used as a plot device to solve unsolvable problems in fiction.

God from the machine

 

[jar-baby]

telos—an ultimate object or aim

 

[Mirrory Me]

Seraphim

Iris: in reference to the eye membrane, from Latin iris (plural irides) "iris of the eye; iris plant; rainbow,".

 

[CTB Dream]

Elegy

 

[Pluto]