Word of the day

[jd015]

well it turns out the spelling bee forum i started does quite match up with the competition im practicing for. Its actually a vocabualry contest, so if you want to play, post a word of the day, (or four words a day i dont care) with its definition. and check out the competition, in case you want in.. www.winwithwords.com

first word,

hobbledehoy \HOB-uhl-dee-hoy\, noun:
An awkward, gawky young fellow.

 

[davebodnar]

oblation;
an offering.

 

[Jarabara-]

hello

Ogygian....ancient, primeval

 

[honda12]

Craven

-adjective

-lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted

 

[itsleo]

explorer - a searcher of the unknown

from L. explorare "investigate, search out," said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "set up a loud cry," from ex- "out" + plorare "to cry."

Aiieeeee!! Blue screen again!!!!

Hmmmm... now we know...

 

[burbuild]

contumaciousness ....act of being stubborn or obstinant

 

[burbuild]

oik....lower class person. Together make a pretty good insult..as in 'dont be such a contumacious oik!'

 

[drragostea]

Acrimonious. :bitterness or spitefulness in speech.

 

[Sandypants]

bilirubin
noun

a reddish yellow pigment that occurs in the bile and blood that causes jaundice if accumulated in excess.

how was that

 

[Compugartener]

gee, thanks

:clown::banghead::buried:

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[drragostea]

Quite interesting, because both Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer showed a similar error. It also seemed to be a secure site (https). It could be possible that the site/server was taken down or no longer active.

 

[nanobanano]

spurious

Spurious = false

 

[boba3]

junket - a sweet, custurdlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet (I have tasted in Spain when I was in my friend's home)

 

[boba3]

tapioca - a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet, used in puddings as a thickener ( also tried in my friend's property in Spain here, but it is more asian dish)