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JUICY WORD: Unctuous

Patricia Concodora September 14, 2015 June 30, 2016JUICY WORD OF THE DAY fatty, hypocritical, insincerely smooth, juicy word, oily, unctuous 0

  Today’s juicy word is UNCTUOUS as in fatty or oily; or insincerely smooth in speech or manner. Someone who is unctuous would feign sincerity. A hypocrite is a perfect example of someone who is unctuous. The politician unctuously promised to support gay rights knowing full well that he voted…

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JUICY WORD: Frisson

Patricia Concodora September 13, 2015 October 4, 2015JUICY WORD OF THE DAY frisson, juicy word, palpitation, shiver, shudder, thrill 0

FRISSON is today’s juicy word, a noun meaning a shiver, shudder, a palpitation, or a thrill. Yes, it can also be used as a verb. One of my favorite mystery authors, the late P.D. James, used this word frequently. It sounds so very British, don’t you think? With the frisson…

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Juicy Word: Bellicose

Patricia Concodora September 7, 2015 September 10, 2015JUICY WORD OF THE DAY aggressive, argumentative, Bellicose, juicy word 0

Today’s juicy word is BELLICOSE, an adjective meaning favoring or inclined to start arguments or wars. It is said that arguments are not started by the first one to speak. They are started by the second. The bellicose men in the picture demonstrate that it takes two to make an…

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JUICY WORD: Orotund

Patricia Concodora September 6, 2015 September 10, 2015JUICY WORD OF THE DAY adjective, belltower, juicy word, noun, orotund, pompous, sonorous, Tuscan landscape 0

The juicy word for today, OROTUND, is an adjective referring to being pompous or sonorous. It can also be used as a noun, as in orotundity. We have all known a few orotund people—you know the ones who assume their status in life makes them superior to other mortals. (The…

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