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vega has added 2493 words, 50 lists, 27 comments, and 0 tags.

...a list from a notebook...

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I found several pages of words in an old notebook. By the looks of it, they were words I learnt some time ago (and subsequently wrote down) from books by Patrick O'Brian and China Mieville, two authors who use exceptionally scholarly and exotic language.
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physiognomy   has been listed 28 times with 2 comments
scatology   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
sciolist   has been listed 10 times with 4 comments
imperious   has been listed 19 times with 2 comments
ineluctable   has been listed 62 times with 1 comment
heliotype   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
susurrus   has been listed 76 times with 1 comment
xenian   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
epigone   has been listed 19 times with 5 comments
outré   has been listed 10 times with 1 comment
louche   has been listed 46 times with 3 comments
detumescent   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
harridan   has been listed 35 times with 2 comments
termagant   has been listed 44 times with 1 comment
costermonger   has been listed 15 times with 0 comments
psoriatic   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
klaxon   has been listed 18 times with 4 comments
bistoury   has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
gimbals   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
curricle   has been listed 6 times with 2 comments
alopecia   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
mort   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
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malversation   has been listed 15 times with 0 comments
contumelious   has been listed 13 times with 1 comment
adumbration   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
propitious   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments
foment   has been listed 33 times with 1 comment
abstemious   has been listed 63 times with 0 comments
dement   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
dropsical   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
fulsome   has been listed 43 times with 2 comments
insalubrious   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
assizes   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
gammon   has been listed 13 times with 0 comments
burgoo   has been listed 6 times with 1 comment
cully   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
vinous   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
anfractuosity   has been listed 13 times with 4 comments
flambeaux   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
fanfaronade   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
coxcomb   has been listed 31 times with 1 comment
contusion   has been listed 11 times with 1 comment
pawl   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
pellucid   has been listed 65 times with 7 comments
mazed   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
tenaculum   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
trocar   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
commodious   has been listed 18 times with 1 comment
patrimony   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
chirurgical   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
purblind   has been listed 16 times with 3 comments
chesstree   has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
davit   has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
prating   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
inveteracy   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
impugn   has been listed 34 times with 1 comment
hecatomb   has been listed 14 times with 4 comments
fleam   has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
pursuant   has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
inanition   has been listed 13 times with 1 comment
compendious   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
exigent   has been listed 32 times with 0 comments
gravamen   has been listed 11 times with 1 comment
gremial   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
cogent   has been listed 54 times with 1 comment
ourn   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
bibulous   has been listed 28 times with 1 comment
binnacle   has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
trephine   has been listed 5 times with 1 comment
stertor   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
costiveness   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
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interlocutor   has been listed 17 times with 2 comments
loblolly   has been listed 19 times with 7 comments
cistus   has been listed 2 times with 2 comments
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flemish   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
mammothrept   has been listed 10 times with 1 comment
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holothurian   has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
clyster   has been listed 7 times with 2 comments
flummery   has been listed 36 times with 0 comments
sillabub   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
predilection   has been listed 49 times with 0 comments
concatenation   has been listed 34 times with 3 comments
climacteric   has been listed 10 times with 2 comments
homelyn   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
catena   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
epicene   has been listed 32 times with 0 comments
nacelle   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
paederast   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
strake   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
luff   has been listed 13 times with 4 comments
patarero   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
musketoon   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
orlop   has been listed 6 times with 1 comment
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6 months ago reesetee said:

Great list, vega!

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