Cibol - noun.

I contemplated changing my mind about cibol. My fear as wordsmith is that I don't fully understand something when I share it.

However, cibol is just one of many names for Allium fistulosum, the Welsh onion, although you may know is as a spring onion. It's a tasty ingredient and pretty ornamental plant. Cibol is the historical name ( Read more... )

Hireath - noun.

I want to try and include at least one non-English word a month, just to keep things interesting! Today's word is hireath, a Welsh word meaning nostalgia, homesickness, longing or regret.

is a Welsh word for homesickness or nostalgia, an earnest longing or desire, or a sense of regret.

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balderdash [bawl-der-dash ]
noun:
1. Senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense.
2. (obsolete) A muddled mixture of liquors.

Examples:

Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias." (Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)

Then there’s Donald Glover, ( Read more... )

Pikelet - noun.

It's possible to confuse a pikelet with a pancake or a crumpet, but there are key differences. All three can be made in a frying pan, but a crumpet is made with a ring to keep the circular shape. A pikelet is thicker and less flat than a pancake.

Pikelet is an Anglicized version of the Welsh for "pitchy bread", bara pyglydI ( Read more... )

metheglin (muh-THEG-lin) - n., any of several varieties of spiced or medicated mead ( Read more... )

can·on [ˈkænən]:
origin: (13th Century) Greek; kanōn= rule", Latin; canonicus= one living under a rule

noun
Dr. Who as personal jesus, stories falling outside the accepted episodic happenstance are to be properly labeled "alternate universe" or AU. "Headcanon" as concepts existing only in one's brain or desire. "Retcon" short for retroactive ( Read more... )

cock·en·thrice [ˈkɒkˈɛnˈθraɪs]:
origin: (15th Century) Welsh Tudors, cock= bird, thrice= three


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Bug·bear (ˈbʌgˌbɛər):
origin: Obsolete, 1570-80, hobgoblin (Middle English = bugge), possibly Welsh = bwg

noun
1. an imaginary creature used to induce fear (folklore).
2. a source, real or imaginary, of dread.
3. an ongoing point of irritation.

Though children can be taught to behave by warning of Krampus at Christmas, the April bugbear of audits ( Read more... )

More Words With No English Equivalent!

11. Faamiti (Samoan) 
To make a squeaking sound by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child.

12. Glas wen (Welsh) 
A smile that is insincere or mocking. Literally, a blue smile.

13. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
The experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from ( Read more... )