#orbuculum

Anecdoche – A neologism from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows which describes it as “a conversation in which everyone is talking but nobody is listening”

Avocation – as opposed to a vocation, something you do for enjoyment, such as a hobby, or a secondary occuption

Avulse – to remove or take away forcibly

Balbutiate – to stammer

Bicameral – (of a legislative body) having two chambers “Westworld” recently had an episode titled The Bicameral Mind, after a psychological hypothesis known as bicameralism

Cafuné. – a borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese meaning to run one’s fingers through a lover’s hair

Digitigrade – an animal such as a cat or dog that walks on its toes (digits) without the heels touching the ground

Egregore – from the Greek word meaning watching, it has come to mean a collective group mind

Factotum – handyman, household servant with many duties, employer with varied duties, jack of all trades

Froward – not to be confused with forward. Someone who is difficult to deal with, a contrary person

Mateloge – Discussions around Starz TV show “Black Sails” have brought renewed interest to the term Matelotage, which was a civil partnership between two male pirates

Mondaine – of fashionable society, wordly, also can refer to a fashionable woman

Orbuculum – another name for a crystal ball

Precariat – a social class of people living without predictability or job security and often in severe deprivation – read more

Stillicide – nothing to with killing despite the cide suffix, this refers to a continual dripping. In Scottish Law, the right of a householder to allow rainwater from their roof to drip onto a neighbour’s premises.

Sumptuary laws – laws intended to restrict and reduce consumption and extravagance especially in terms of dress, luxury items, and household goods, and meant to uphold religious beliefs and morals as well as class division