Cool Word of The Month

[banazir]

حكمة [transliterated hikma] (Arabic, noun) - "wisdom"

From Wikipedia:
The House of Wisdom (Arabic: بيت الحكمة‎; Bait al-Hikma) was a key institution in the Translation Movement - a library and translation institute in Abbassid-era Baghdad, Iraq. It is considered to have been a major intellectual center of the Islamic Golden Age. The House of

Comments

[borgseawolf]

Aww, not Twyndyllyngs? ;)

I'm still looking for a GREAT first Polish word

[banazir]

Twyndyllyng is more of a spelling flourish than a cool word. I want something that's either very controversial, or thought-provoking by dint of being evocative, colorful, possessed of a rich etymology, etc.

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Banazir