Tish

Tish (Tish)


Tish's recent words:

Hobson's choice

the choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all

morton's fork

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asseverate

state categorically

risible

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meretricious

based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious p...

gloaming

the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

nebbish

(Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton

contumely

a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "t...

Ockham's razor

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vellicate

irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp poi...

imbricate

used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles † overlap; "The roof ti...

cerebrate

use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solutio...

meiosis

understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "sayi...

callithump

a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple † a noisy boisterous p...

cathect

inject with libidinal energy

quiescence

quiet and inactive restfulness † a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted...

chicanery

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

maffick

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obdurate

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most...

desideratum

something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"