2/29/08

Words we probably won't hear much anymore

. . . now that William F. Buckley, Jr., is dead:

usurpatory
educe
meretricious
heptarchy
aleatory
captious
chieftaincy
intendment
declivitous
latency
disambiguate
efficacity
invigilate
euphony
fictile
insuperable
decoct
belletristic
fomentation
garrulity

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Also, "magniloquence."

Morisey said...

"Disambiguate?" I love it, why haven't I ever heard this word before? I've obviously been hanging out with the wrong types.