What is a Griffonage?

Definition of griffonage
: careless handwriting : a crude or illegible scrawl.
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How do you use Griffonage in a sentence?

Griffonage is careless or ineligible handwriting. I know that you are sometimes in a rush, but try not to have griffonage; it makes it harder for everyone else! An example of its use in a sentence: “That whole page is just griffonage!”
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What is Crapulence?

Definition of crapulence

1 archaic : sickness occasioned by intemperance (as in food or drink) 2 : great intemperance especially in drinking.
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What does Overmorrow mean?

adverb. on the day after tomorrow: If we leave overmorrow, we should not miss a day of the festival.
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Is Griffonage a noun?

GRIFFONAGE (noun) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary.
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What does griffonage mean?



How many Contronyms are there?

From our full list of 75 contronyms, you can tell that there are many examples of contronyms in the English language that we use in everyday conversation.
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Is Yesternight a correct word?

Don't use 'yesternight'. It's a word, but nobody uses it. It makes you sound like a character in a Shakespearean play. 'Yesterday night' isn't entirely wrong, and I'm personally okay with it, but some people would find it incorrect since 'yesterday' usually refers to the previous day, not night.
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Is Ereyesterday a real word?

Ereyesterday definition

(obsolete) The day before yesterday. (obsolete) On the day before yesterday.
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What is the meaning of Ereyesterday?

ereyesterday (uncountable) (archaic) The day before yesterday.
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What is a wamble?

wamble. noun. Definition of wamble (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : a wambling especially of the stomach. 2 : a reeling or staggering gait or movement.
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What is the definition of a Ninnyhammer?

noun. a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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What is Cingulomania?

cingulomania (n.) a strong desire to hold a person in one's arms.
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What is the origin of the word Snollygoster?

'Snollygoster', a word for "an unprincipled but shrewd person," might derive from the word 'snallygaster', which is used to describe a mythical creature from rural Maryland that is half reptile and half bird.
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What is the meaning of Agelast?

Definition of agelast

: a person who never laughs And in the Essay on Comedy he did at least remind us that in scholarship and in literature, or indeed in any of the circumstances of our mortal careers, the final word should not be with the agelast, the one who never laughs.—
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Why did we stop saying Overmorrow?

Overmorrow: on the day after tomorrow.

Why: Overmorrow was in Middle English but fell out of the language. So instead of having this word, we have the wordy "day after tomorrow." German still has this very useful word: übermorgen.
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Is Overmorrow obsolete?

Overmorrow is obsolete in English. The latest citations in the OED are from the 16th century. It's alive and well under the guise of übermorgen in German. Undermorrow would be the day before tomorrow.
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How do you pronounce Nudiustertian?

Phonetic spelling of nudiustertian
  1. nude-iest-tert-shun.
  2. nude iest tert shun.
  3. noodious-ter-zhin.
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What does yestermorrow mean?

Noun. yestermorrow (plural yestermorrows) A day in the sequence of days from past to future, emphasizing the connection between past and future events. quotations ▼ A time outside of time; A time that cannot be fit into the normal timeline, possibly due to relativistic effects.
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Is Yestermonth a word?

Yestermonth definition

Last month; a few months ago.
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What is every fortnight means?

Definition of fortnight

: a period of 14 days : two weeks They stayed with us for a fortnight.
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Can you just be Chalant?

A: No, there's no “chalant,” just “nonchalant.” Only the negative form of the word has found a home in English. As the Oxford English Dictionary explains, “nonchalant” was borrowed from French sometime before 1734.
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Why do we have Contronyms?

Sometimes, a contronym develops because we conflate two homographs which are not actually related.
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What are examples of Contronyms?

10 Confusing English Contronym Examples
  • Apology. A statement of contrition for an action, or a defense of one. ...
  • Bill. A payment, or an invoice for payment. ...
  • Bolt. To secure, or to flee. ...
  • Cleave. To adhere (physically or figuratively), or to separate. ...
  • Dust. To add fine particles, or to remove them. ...
  • Fix. ...
  • Finished. ...
  • Give out.
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