Word of the Day...

**michal** · June 17th, 2009

Sorry guys, but I'm afraid not being a native English speaker I am light years behind you... I'm still trying to grasp walking and you are running...

**poisonbat** · June 17th, 2009

Gravid \GRAV-id\ , adjective:
Being with child; heavy with young or eggs; pregnant.

The woman in the market was obviously gravid. She looked like she was due any day.

**Perse Jr.** · June 17th, 2009

Originally Posted by michal

Sorry guys, but I'm afraid not being a native English speaker I am light years behind you... I'm still trying to grasp walking and you are running...

All languages are welcome here! Why not post some of your favorites in your native language? Maybe with an English definition too?

**Perse Jr.** · June 18th, 2009

occiput: \AHK-sih-put\ (noun) : the back part of the head or skull

Example Sentence: During the disaster at the Gotham Cafe, Steve wondered if Guy
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penetrated Humboldt's occiput as well as the front of his head when he sunk his butcher knife into his skull.

"So let me suggest that everyone put away their pitchforks and firebrands and stop trying to 'bury the hatchet' by planting it in the other fellow's occiput." (Allan Falk, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, May 7, 2007)

**poisonbat** · June 19th, 2009

nimiety \nih-MY-uh-tee\ The state of being too much; excess.

The buffet was a nimiety.

**Cowboy** · June 19th, 2009

Originally Posted by poisonbat

Gravid \GRAV-id\ , adjective:
Being with child; heavy with young or eggs; pregnant.

The woman in the market was obviously gravid. She looked like she was due any day.

Many of the women in the workplace where I work appear to be gravid, but I believe it just an illusion.
Methinks this word will stick with me for a while.

**jenboxer77** · June 19th, 2009

caterwaul (KAT-er-wol) — 1. to utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time. 2. to utter a similar sound; howl or screech. 3. to quarrel like cats
I love the sound of the word, as well as the emotional connotations ... it's haunting.

**Haunted** · June 21st, 2009

ebullient \ih-BUL-yuhnt\, adjective:

1. Overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; high-spirited.
2. Boiling up or over.

A large group of members of the Stephen King Message Board were ebullient that he was going to have a book signing tour for his new book Under the Dome.