Jabuticaba - noun.

The glossy, round, thick-skinned jabuticaba is the fruit of the jabuticabeira (Plinia cauliflora), aka the Brazilian grapetree. The fruit grows directly on the trunk as opposed to branches.


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Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2023

Junta (noun)
jun·ta [hoon-tuh, juhn-, huhn-]

Pronunciation note (go to the site to list to how it is pronounced)When the word junta was borrowed into English from Spanish in the early 17th century, its pronunciation was thoroughly Anglicized to [juhn-tuh]. The 20th century has seen the emergence and, especially in North ( Read more... )

Jentacular - adjective.

Rhyming with spectacular, jentacular (jen-TAK-yuh-luhr) is an archaic word with Latin roots to describe a very early breakfast-time. Some of you may enjoy a variety of jenctular activities!

Here are a couple examples:

• "A fashionable vice which leads only to squandering of money and misspending the morning in jentacular ( Read more... )

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Argle-bargle - (adj) copious but meaningless talk or writing

Deipnophobia - (n) a morbid fear of dinner parties

Finifugal - (adj) afraid of finishing anything

Jentacular - (adj) pertaining to breakfast

Quomodocunquizing - (v) making money in any way that you can

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Jocose - adjective

Sometimes I come across a face-palm kind of word in Words With Friends. Jocose? What does that mean, other than the bot teasing me by making jocoseness on the next turn. Try to outsmart me, huh? LOL!

Most of us are probably familiar with jocose's cousin, jocular--both words mean joking, humorous or playful actions and

jardinière, jardiniere [jahr-dn-eer, zhahr-dn-yair]

noun:
1  a: an ornamental stand for plants or flowers
    b: a large usually ceramic flowerpot holder
2  a garnish for meat consisting of several cooked vegetables cut into pieces

Examples:

Then there's the Japanese gilt and patinated bronze jardinière by Miyao. 'One great thing about being ( Read more... )

Jezails - noun.

Here's a perfectly cromulent word to zoom ahead on Scrabble or Words With Friends. A jezail or jezzail is a Pashtun word and name for a handmade, long-barrelled gun once popular with Pashtun tribes.


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Jentacular - adjective.

A jaunty word that refers to an early morning breakfast upon awaking. For example, I'm writing this post in a pre-jentacular state :-)

Julebukking - noun.

Julebukking is a Scandinavian tradition that you too may have also learned about through a Facebook post. It sounds similar to Halloween in North America--celebrants go door to door wearing costumes and masks. Sometimes the visitors sing and receive candy.

According to Wikipedia, the tradition may have originated in Norway ( Read more... )

Jesuitical, jesuitical [jezh-oo-it-i-kuh l; jez-oo-, jez-yoo-]
adjective:
1 of or concerning the Jesuits; a member of the Society of Jesus.
2 practicing casuistry or equivocation; using subtle or oversubtle reasoning; crafty; sly; intriguing.

Examples:

It may be too clever by half, but what sense is there in criticizing a Jesuit for ( Read more... )