Tag: Noun

Noun: Cockalorum (kah-kuh-LOR-um)Definition:1. A boastful and self-important person.2. Boastful talk.Sample sentence: No one believed Marty's cockalorum about being an expert pool player,...

Noun: Sylph (SILF)Definition:1. An elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits air.2. A slender graceful woman or girl.Sample sentence: The dancer...

Noun: Incunabulum (in-kyuh-Nab-yuh-lum)Definition:1. A book printed before 1501.2. A work of art or of industry of an early period.Sample sentence: The tiny college...

Noun: Atavism (AT-uh-viz-um)Definition:1. A recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to...

Noun: Epaulet (ep-uh-LET)Definition:1. Something that ornaments or protects the shoulder2. An ornamental fringed shoulder pad, formerly worn as part of a military uniform.3....

Noun: Quietus (kwye-EE-tus)Definition:1. Final settlement (as of a debt)2. Removal from activity: especially as in death.3. Something that quiets or represses.Sample sentence: The...

Noun: Diplopia (dih-PLOH-pee-uh)Definition: A disorder of vision in which two images of a single object are seen because of unequal action of the...

Noun: Putsch (PUTCH)Definition: A secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government.Sample sentence: German theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed...

Noun: Abeyance (uh-BAY-unss)Definition:1. A lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested.2. Temporary inactivity: suspension.Sample sentence:...

Noun: Henchman (HENCH-mun)Definition:1. A trusted follower: a right-hand man.2. A political follower whose support is chiefly for personal advantage.3. A member of a...