touchstone SYLLABICATION: touch·stone PRONUNCIATION: tchstn NOUN: 1. A hard black stone, such as jasper or basalt, formerly used to test the quality of gold or silver by comparing the streak left on the stone by one of these metals with that of a standard alloy. 2. An excellent quality or example t...

All is caducous

I'm kinda nosy about this word.

B.

Most polititians love to tread the proscenium, the fuller the parterre the better. And, if the parterre stands on ovation rathar than par terre, it is apotheosis.



B., what was your question again?

This is not the same as Arcticululate, which describes a North Pole creature that howls or wails loudly, mournfully, and incessantly. It's enough to make a banshee cover its ears. Or, for the matter, its opponent the Antarcticululate, reported dwelling not exactly juxtapositional with your Arcticul...

We're looking for win/win situations nowadays.

As an intermediate step, occasionally we could even settle for a ween/ween* situation, as a step forward from present whine/whine situations.

*expect, intend, hope (Archaic)

investiture SYLLABICATION: in·ves·ti·ture PRONUNCIATION: n-vst-chr, -chr NOUN: 1. The act or formal ceremony of conferring the authority and symbols of a high office. 2. An adornment or cover. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Medieval Latin investtra, from Latin investre, to clothe. See invest . inv...

For some imperscrutable reason, lately I have observed an abundance of Good Words associable with an electoral contest. :wink: Moving with this trend, let me propose another little everyday word with a respectable history. Win/winner PRONUNCIATION: wn VERB: Inflected forms: won ( wn), win·ning, wins...

Mind you, just a distant relative of mine, nothing more

Infact, just my contrary

A nice adjective for politicians, don't you think?

I don't think so.
In my opinion, polititians are an immutable breed.

triolet n.) A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being repeated as the eighth. G.K. Chesterton: I wish I were a jelly fish That cannot fall downstairs: Of all the things I wish to wish I wish I were a jell...

Word History: Middle English adapted today's word from the Anglo-Norman (French spoken long ago in England) brocour , a reduction of abrocour . Brocour was too foreign for English, so it was modified to broker , a more familiar word, a process known as 'folk etymology'. See also modern brocante and...

In nuce, I see nothing noxious in a word like nociferous.
But why this word, as well as many others, shows in the openining page of Alpha Dictionary but it is not showing in the Good Word forum, oftentimes not even the day after, and occasionally not even in the Good Word Dictionary listing?

Is uberty the thread, by any chance?

Reminding boastful cloak-and -dagger Captain Fracasse
here
and here

Did the kiss precipitate the fracas, or was it a reward for surviving the fracas?

Does it mean you want me to actually read a book ?!

Reminding boastful cloak-and -dagger Captain Fracasse
here
and here