Word origins

• mythusSynonym of mythos.
• nepotationprodigal, dissolute, or uproarious behavior
• NicolaiteA Nicolaitan.
• noctivagantWalking or wandering in the nighttime, nightwandering.
• nonageThe state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor.
• notoryPertaining to magical signs or symbols.
• octateuchA collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament.
• omnipotencyOmnipotence.
• omnisciencyOmniscience.
• ovulumAn ovum.
• palilogyEmphatic repetition of a word or phrase.
• panduraAn Ancient Greek stringed instrument, a kind of lute with three strings that were stopped with a fingerboard to alter the tone, and with either a mandolin- or banjo-like shape.
• paragogeThe addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word, either through natural development or as a grammatical function.
• pari passuSimultaneously; likewise, equally.
• patheticalArousing sympathy; pathetic.
• pedunculateHaving a peduncle or stalk.
• perfervidExtremely, excessively, or feverishly passionate; zealous.
• pericopeA section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
• perimetriumThe outer serosa layer of the uterus.
• perioecusSomeone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis.
• peripeteiaA sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.
• peristerionThe herb vervain (Verbena officinalis).
• phantasmaticPhantasmal, incorporeal.
• pharisaicalOf or pertaining to the Pharisees.
• pharisaismThe doctrines and practices, or the character and spirit, of the Pharisees.
• -phobicUsed to form adjectives indicating a fear of a specific thing.
• pignoratitiousOf, like, or pertaining to pignoration.
• plagalDesignating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form.
• plagio-Slanted, oblique.
• plethoricSuffering from plethora; ruddy in complexion, congested or swollen with blood.
• poena damniThe pain caused by a sense of loss.
• polychroniouslong-lasting; chronic.
• postfurcaOne of the apodemes of the sternum of an insect, to which the hind legs are attached.
• postilA Bible commentary written in its margins.
• preambulousPertaining to a preamble; preliminary, preambular.
• precatoryExpressing a wish.
• prelatyThe system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.
• presentativePresenting, or able to represent, an idea in the mind.
• presentialIn-person, on-premises, face-to-face (that is, not involving online, virtual or remote interaction).
• primageA payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
• protasisThe first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced.
• provocatoryprovocative
• pyreeAn ancient Persian temple devoted to fire.
• pythonessA female soothsayer
• q.e.d.Used to indicate that an argument or proposition is proved by the existence of some fact or scenario.
• quadrageneAn indulgence from 40 days of fasting or similar abstinence, especially during Lent; (later) various equivalent indulgences against punishment in Purgatory.
• radioleThe spine of a sea urchin.
• recusativeRefusing; denying; rejecting of the norm.
• reluctationResistance, struggle.
• reminiscentialOf or relating to remembering; reminiscent.
• reptitiousSynonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
• rerageMoney owed; overdue payment.
• rinatrixA type of water snake formerly thought to poison water.
• sacramentarianOne of the German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy Eucharist.
• sacristA sacristan.
• salvifyinggiving salvation
• scappleTo work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
• scholiastA scholar who writes commentary on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators on classical authors.
• sciolistOne who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding.
• scissureA longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
• secundineThe second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine.
• sericteriumA silk gland, as in the silkworms.
• sexangularHaving six angles; hexagonal.
• Sino-XenicRelated to pronunciations for reading Chinese in Japan, Korea and Vietnam, originating in medieval times and the source of large-scale borrowings of Chinese words into Japonic, Koreanic and Vietnamese languages, none of which are genetically related to Chinese (excluding Sinitic topolects).
• spagyricPertaining to alchemy; alchemical, especially regarding medicine.
• sporangiumA case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.
• stannaryOf or pertaining to tin mining, especially in Cornwall.
• stapedotomyA surgical operation in which a tiny hole is made in the footplate of the stapes, and a prosthesis is placed to touch this area with movement of the tympanic membrane.
• strophulusAn eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy
• struthonianA person like an ostrich; someone who ignores facts or reality or someone who lacks responsibility.
• subalternalSubordinate.
• supererogationAn act of doing more than is required.
• suppedaneuma foot-support for a crucified person, projecting from the base of the cross
• syntaxisSyntax.
• theurgyA form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.
• traducianOne who believes that a child's soul is inherited from its parents.
• trinaryA trinary star.
• triobolarMean; worthless.
• tropologyThe use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech).
• tunica albugineaLayer of connective tissue covering the testis.
• unitionUnion; the act of uniting, or the state of being united.
• univocityThe state or essence of being univocal.
• usufructuaryOf or pertaining to a usufruct.
• viridescentGreen or greenish.
• vomitiveInducing vomiting