VocabInAction

A word I've never encountered before! dik·tat dikˈtät/ noun an order or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent. "a diktat from the Bundestag" Found in: Should your baby share your bed? Akshat Rathi & Jenny Anderson April 13, 2016 Quartz

quo·tid·i·an kwōˈtidēən/ adjective of or occurring every day; daily. "the car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic" ordinary or everyday, especially when mundane. "his story is an achingly human one, mired in quotidian details" synonyms: daily, everyday, day-to-day, diurnal Found in: ADHD Is Different for Women by Maria Yagoda The Atlantic

de·mesne diˈmān/ nounhistorical plural noun: demesnes 1. land attached to a manor and retained for the owner's own use. 2. LAW possession of real property in one's own right. Found in: Welcome to the Future: Middle-Class Housing Projects BY NATHAN HELLER The New Yorker

Double from the BBC Culture! syb·a·rit·ic ˌsibəˈritik/ adjective fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent. "their opulent and sybaritic lifestyle" synonyms: luxurious, extravagant, lavish, self-indulgent, pleasure-seeking, sensual, voluptuous, hedonistic, epicurean, lotus-eating, libertine, debauched, decadent "she regretted having left her homespun past for this sybaritic life with Lanzo" Byz·an·tine ˈbizənˌtēn,ˈbizənˌtīn/ adjective 1. of or relating to Byzantium, the Byzantine Empire, or the Eastern Orthodox Church. 2. (of a system or situation) excessively complicated, typically involving a great deal of administrative detail. "Byzantine insurance regulations" noun 1. a citizen of Byzantium or the Byzantine Empire. Found in: Did American Psycho predict the future? By Nicholas Barber BBC Culture

au·toch·tho·nous ôˈtäkTHənəs/ adjective (of an inhabitant of a place) indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists. GEOLOGY (of a deposit or formation) formed in its present position. Found in: The Economist, Jan 2016

mi·lieu milˈyo͞o,milˈyə(r)/ noun a person's social environment. "he grew up in a military milieu" synonyms: environment, sphere, background, backdrop, setting, context, atmosphere; More Found in: Nature Review, November 2011

pec·ca·dil·lo ˌpekəˈdilō/ noun plural noun: peccadilloes a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin. synonyms: misdemeanor, petty offense, indiscretion, lapse, misdeed "I'm sure we can overlook a few peccadilloes" Found in: Slate.com

re·bar·ba·tive rəˈbärbətiv/ adjectiveformal unattractive and objectionable. "rebarbative modern buildings" Found in: Bringing Up Bébé, by Pamela Druckerman I really love when a word is introduced as interesting vocabulary and defined directly in the text. In this instance, it's the same Google.com dictionary definition I have found.

o·ti·ose ˈōSHēˌōs,ˈōtēˌōs/ adjective serving no practical purpose or result. "he did fuss, uttering otiose explanations" archaic indolent; idle. Found in: The Economist

Found in: The Vampire Lestat, by Anne Rice

A made-up word from one classic novel proves useful in another. Pronunciation is uncertain, since the original language is spoken by rabbits. Lapine language Tharn is a word in a fictional Lapine language used to describe an animal frozen in terror. Wikipedia Found in: The Stand, by Stephen King

Found in: The Stand, by Stephen King

Yo Meg, make a profile!! And submit me some fun words.

in·cor·ri·gi·ble inˈkôrəjəb(ə)l/ adjective 1.(of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed. Found in: The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde

ac·rid ˈakrəd/ adjective having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell. Found in: Dracula, by Bram Stoker

To be documented here, by me, for my own amusement.