Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words
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- Omphaloskepsis: meditation while gazing at one’s navel.
- Pickedevant: a Van Dyke beard.
- Malneirophrenia: depression following a nightmare.
- Lissotrichous: having straight hair.
- Junkettaceous: frivolous, worthless.
- Sinciput: the forehead.
- Whigmaleery: a knickknack or a geegaw; a whim.
- Cuggermugger: whispered gossiping.
- Goubemouche: a gullible person (literally, one who swallows flies).
- Kakkorhaphiophobia: fear of failure.
- Nibby-jibby: narrow margin; a close call.
- Anaphalantiasis: the falling out of the eyebrows.
- Quakebuttock: a coward.
- Humdudgeon: an imaginary illness or pain; a loud complaint about nothing.
- Floccinaucinihilipilification: the categorizing of something as worthless trivia.
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