Monday, October 26, 2026

WORD MAN: Bacchanal


WORDS FOUND RECENTLY

Bacchanal: a wild and drunken celebration; a priest, worshipper, or follower of Bacchus. (adjective) another term for bacchanalian.

Brigand: a member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.

Geodetic: relating to geodesy, especially as applied to land surveying.

Peculation: the act of illegally taking or using money, especially public money, that you are responsible for managing.

Polonium: a chemical element; it has symbol Po and atomic number 84. A rare and highly radioactive metal with no stable isotopes, polonium is a chalcogen and chemically similar to selenium and tellurium.

Psychotomimetic: 1. characterized by or producing symptoms similar to those of a psychosis. 2. a drug or other agent that has such effects; called also psychotogenic.

Sepulchral: relating to a tomb or interment; gloomy; dismal.

Spavined: affected with spavin, a condition that causes lameness in horses, or decrepit or worn out. 

Terpsichorean: relating to dancing.

Vulpine: relating to a fox or foxes. crafty; cunning.

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