Adventures in Logophilia

Adventures in Logophilia began in the summer of 2012 when Jillian decided to put her lexicon to creative use.  Below are the words on which she has blogged in alphabetical order.  Each word will link to its original post.  Enjoy!

a

ab initio
abysmal, abyss, abyssal
acedia
adamantine
adumbrate
advent
alien
amanuensis
amaranth, amaranthine
anthropomorphic
antipodes
apogee
aureate
auteur, auteur theory

b

bajiggity
beatific
belles lettres, belletrist
bellwether
bete noire
bildungsroman
blackthorn winter
blunderbuss
boffin
brackish
burgeon

c

cabal
cacography
camber
carapace
chimera
chthonic
chupacabra
cipher
circumlocution
coif
congeries
corybantic

d

diaspora
disembogue
dither
doff
dogsbody
downwelling
dreamwork
duende

e

earwig, eavesdrop
echolalia
efflorescence
elflocks
ellipsis
elucubrate
entropy
ephemera, ephemeral
espirit de l'escalier
ether
eyeshine

f

factotum
fell
fermata
fey
fleer
fluke
folly
frisson
funambulism
fustian

g

gainsay
gamine
gamut
gedankenexperiment
germane
gloaming
golem
grimalkin
Guy Fawkes Day

h

hackneyed
halcyon
harpy
hegemony
hermetic
hobbledehoy
homonculus
hub
hubris
huggermugger

i

iceblink
ignis fatuus
imbroglio
incunabulum
indomitable
insentient
insipid
insular
intercalate
intrepid
iota

j

jabberwocky
jejune
jiggery-pockery
journeyman
juggernaut
juvenescence

k

katzenjammer
ken
keyway
knackered

l

lambent
lashings
lemniscate
leptodactylous
lickspittle
lissom(e)
lodestar
luciferin
lycanthropia, lycanthrope

m

mackerel sky
maladroit
marplot
Maundy Thursday
meander
melliferous
mercurial
mettle, mettlesome
mews
Michaelmas
microcosm
milquetoast
mirth
moonset
mull
mystical

n

nacre
necropolis
nepenthe
nephology
Niobe
noel
novel
nubbin
nychthemeron

o

oeuvre
ombrifuge, ombro-, ombrogenous
oneiromancy
orrery
osculate
ossuary

p

panache
paraselene
patina
persiflage
petrichor
pippin
pluvial
polyonymous
pomaceous
pridian
prolix
puckish

q

quaint
quicksilver
quiddity
quidnunc
quincunx
quinquennium
quixotic

r

remora
renascent
repose
retrousse
reverie
rhapsody
risible
rowel

s

Saint Luke's summer
Saint Martin's summer
saturnine
shilly-shally
silly season
silver thaw
Sisyphean
skullduggery
smokescreen
sprite
Sturm und Drang
stymie
surfeit
sundry
susurrus
sylph

t

tantamount
temerity
tenterhooks
terminus
tessera
tetralogy
thole
threshold
tommyrot
twee

u

unctuous
undertow
univocal

v

vade mecem
vector
verglas
verisimilitude
verso
vim
virga
volant

w

waif
watershed
wellspring
wend
whinge
whirligig
widdershins
will-o'-the-wisp

y

yeasty
Yule

z

zeitgeist
zenith