immanent \I-meh-nehnt\ (adjective) - 1 : Permanently in-dwelling, inherent. 2 : Mental, subjective, residing in the mind only. Antonym: transcendent "beyond human knowledge."

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sartorial \sah(r)-TOR-i-yehl\ (adjective) - Related to tailors and tailoring and, more broadly, to clothes.

"Molly couldn't imagine even the Duke of Wales bedecked in more sartorial splendor than Thomas wore that ...Read More

nympholepsy \NIM-feh-lep-see\ (noun) - Frenzied emotions resulting from being captured by nymphs or, for weaker souls, simply seeing them. Hence, emotional anxiety brought on by attempts to attain the unattainable.

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gauntlet /GANT-let/ (noun) - 1 : The glove of a suit of armor. 2 : Two lines of tormentors with flailing sticks between which someone must run as punishment or initiation.

"To get to Maude's wonderful dinner we had to run...Read More

preponderate \prih-PON-duh-rayt\ (intransitive verb) - 1 : To exceed in weight. 2 : To incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; to be weighed down. 3 : To exceed in influence, power, importance, number, amount, etc. ...Read More

And now some questions about etymology ... or should I say entomology?

Q: I know you must be as busy as a bee at apple blossom time, but my 13-year-old grandson, Lucas, would like to know the origin of "spelling bee." -...Read More