octe

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octe commented on the word pericynthion

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pericynthion
The point in an elliptical orbit around the moon that passes closest to the moon

October 5, 2025
octe commented on the word locus amoenus

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/locus_amoenus
A literary motif of an idealised place of safety or comfort, typically comprising a meadow, trees (for shade) and water; sometimes evoking connotations of Eden or Elysium.

October 5, 2025
octe commented on the word pulamiter

"Man!” cried his wife, "don’t be such a pulamiter!”
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)

September 12, 2025
octe commented on the word googing

…Dean stood googing around with a towel, so did Marylou.
Jack Kerouak

September 12, 2025
octe commented on the word matroneum

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/matroneum
A gallery on the interior of a building, originally intended to accommodate women.

September 9, 2025
octe commented on the word dunamis

Wiktionary: "Alternative form of dynamis"

May 2, 2025
octe commented on the word dulotic

See dulosis

May 2, 2025
octe commented on the word gramary

See gramarye

May 2, 2025
octe commented on the word nicodemite

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nicodemite

April 25, 2025
octe commented on the word pirlicue

Note - (Scotland) A summary, given at the end of an address or sermon, repeating its main points.

April 25, 2025
octe commented on the word oecumen

see ecumene

April 23, 2025
octe commented on the word bijoux

bijou

April 23, 2025
octe commented on the word makdom

Is it due to excess of poetry or of stupidity that we are never weary of describing what King James called a woman's 'makdom and her fairnesse'

April 23, 2025
octe commented on the word prebender

Obsolete, see prebend

April 23, 2025
octe commented on the word sudiferous

See sudoriferous

April 18, 2025
octe commented on the word tradent

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tradent

February 14, 2025
octe commented on the word paideia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paideia

February 14, 2025
octe commented on the word primigravidae

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/primigravida

February 14, 2025
octe commented on the word luteofulvous

tawny yellow - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luteofulvous

February 14, 2025

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