4 definitions by Logolept

enneacontakaienneagon

a shape with 99 sides

Enneacontakaienneagon is a shape with 99 sides. (I really donno how to make a sentence out of this word lol)

by Logolept August 27, 2022

watergaw

a long patch of rainbow in the sky, but not a full rainbow. It is the subject of Hugh Mac Diarmid's poem "The Watergaw": "a watergaw wi' its chitterin' kucht ayont the on-ding". The word "iridule" is similar and refers to a small rainbow-colored patch of sky.

Look! A watergaw in the sky!

by Logolept August 27, 2022

word-grubber

a slang word for a sesquipedalian speaker or writer

Don't speak like an obnoxious word-grubber!

by Logolept August 26, 2022

nodgecomb

a sixteenth-century word for a fool or simpleton

Don't be such a nodgecomb! (Don't be so daft!)

by Logolept August 26, 2022