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lepidopterology - Smart & Obscure English Words Defined 👁️🔊🗣🧠✅

I'm re-reading another Lilian Jackson Braun novel, The Cat Who Sang for the Birds. She occasionally uses unfamiliar words.

I found a mention of lepidopterology, the scientific study of moths and butterflies. (Spellcheck hates lepidopterology.)

I just encountered footpad, which means a highwayman operating on foot rather than riding a horse.

I also found bifurcated, which means divided into two branches or forks.

Also, glissandi, a continuous slide upwards or downwards between two musical notes.

Also, tabouret, a low stool or small table.

More, papilionaceous, relating to or denoting leguminous plants of a group (subfamily Papilionoideae or family Papilionaceae) with flowers that resemble a butterfly. (I knew there'd be a butterfly in there somewhere. Papillon is French for butterfly.)

More later.

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THE CALIFORNIA DOGFACE BUTTERFLY IS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK

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What does raillery mean?

I'm reading the novel The Cat Who Turn On and Off by Lilian Jackson Braun, and I came across the unfamiliar word raillery. It's a noun meaning good-humored teasing.

I just found supercilious, an adjective meaning behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

Next, I found convergent concominant strabismus, or esotropia. It is an eye misalignment where one or both eyes turn inward, often due to excessive convergence during focusing efforts.

I also found propinquity, which means the state of being close to someone or something; proximity.

Next came ineffable, which means too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

Then there was eleemosynary foundation. Eleemosynary relates to a charity.

The writer mentioned that someone had an ORV. It stands for off-road recreational vehicle, a motor-driven machine that can travel on various natural terrains.

Another one: A porte-cochère is a doorway or covered structure for vehicle passage to a building or courtyard. Learn about its history, examples, and distinction from a portico or carport.

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