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Valse has added 795 words, 19 lists, 160 comments, and 45 tags.

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Much overdue...I hope to be as selective as possible with this. In short, the prettiest, strangest, funniest words.
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peckish   has been listed 31 times with 9 comments

serendipity   has been listed 331 times with 15 comments

jinx   has been listed 34 times with 1 comment

procrustean   has been listed 32 times with 1 comment

woolgathering   has been listed 23 times with 1 comment

pontificate   has been listed 79 times with 4 comments

chutzpah   has been listed 76 times with 2 comments

fiend   has been listed 30 times with 0 comments

absquatulate   has been listed 74 times with 15 comments

wistful   has been listed 55 times with 0 comments

ectoplasm   has been listed 20 times with 2 comments

curmudgeonly   has been listed 21 times with 0 comments

smithereens   has been listed 35 times with 2 comments

disemvowel   has been listed 8 times with 2 comments

gadfly   has been listed 30 times with 0 comments

troglodyte   has been listed 120 times with 3 comments

frothy   has been listed 25 times with 2 comments

flabbergasted   has been listed 67 times with 2 comments

happenstance   has been listed 57 times with 1 comment

iconoclast   has been listed 77 times with 0 comments

phantasmagoria   has been listed 113 times with 4 comments

mellifluous   has been listed 311 times with 19 comments

squelch   has been listed 38 times with 2 comments

mollycoddle   has been listed 62 times with 3 comments

fabulist   has been listed 24 times with 5 comments

betwixt   has been listed 71 times with 6 comments

psychopomp   has been listed 45 times with 7 comments

tartuffery   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments

tatterdemalion   has been listed 91 times with 2 comments

tendril   has been listed 40 times with 1 comment

antediluvian   has been listed 203 times with 9 comments

aficionado   has been listed 29 times with 0 comments

unobtainium   has been listed 9 times with 4 comments

abdominous   has been listed 5 times with 2 comments

nepenthe   has been listed 82 times with 8 comments

vertiginous   has been listed 50 times with 4 comments

viscera   has been listed 28 times with 0 comments

chthonic   has been listed 97 times with 7 comments

circuitous   has been listed 45 times with 0 comments

gadzooks   has been listed 30 times with 4 comments

chimera   has been listed 138 times with 3 comments

mercurial   has been listed 161 times with 7 comments

imbroglio   has been listed 119 times with 3 comments

greenhorn   has been listed 10 times with 1 comment

milquetoast   has been listed 104 times with 3 comments

bunbury   has been listed 11 times with 6 comments

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over 2 years ago reesetee said:

I know what you mean, Valse. I have a "curio" list myself, and it's one of my favorites to work on.

over 2 years ago Valse said:

Thanks for the list love, reesetee and spicolli. It's often the curiosities and oldies that draw me into this business of word-collecting. If there are few opportunities to use them in everyday speech (or at least if you run the risk of people glancing at you sideways), that increases their value to some extent. Plus, older literature and the like.

over 2 years ago reesetee said:

Nice list, Valse!

over 2 years ago spicolli said:

I love this list. Lots of great old-fashioned, Victorian era words that surprise in everyday use.

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