MICHE
[verb]
British Dialect: to lurk out of sight.
Etymology: from Middle English mychen, michen < Old French muchier, “to hide”.
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THRENETIC
[adjective]
pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful; lamentation.
Etymology: from Greek thrēnos (dirge).
PORPHYROGENITIC
[adjective]
of royal birth.
Etymology: from Greek porphyrogénnētos, literally “born in the purple”.
SENTINEL
[noun]
1. a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
2. a soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack.
[verb]
3. to watch over or guard, as a sentinel.
Etymology: from Middle French sentinelle < Italian sentinella, derivative of Old Italian sentina, “vigilance”, from Latin sent(īre), “to observe”.
DERF
[adjective]
Scottish: bold; daring.
Etymology: from Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse djarfr, “bold”; akin to Old English deorfan, “to labour, perish”, Old Saxon derƀi, “strong”, Old Frisian derve, “bold”, Armenian derbuk, “rough, stiff”, Lithuanian dìrbti, “to work”.
CRYSTALLOMANIA
[noun]
an obsession with crystals and other crystalline objects.
Etymology: from Old English cristal, “clear ice/mineral”, from Latin crystallum, “crystal, ice”, later reinforced from Anglo-Norman cristall, Middle French cristal, from Latin crystallum, from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “clear ice”), from κρύος (krúos, “frost”), from the Proto-Indo-European *krus-, *kru-, “hard, hard outer surface, crust”.
LUCUBRATOR
[noun]
one who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations.
Etymology: from Latin lūcubrātus, perfect passive participle of lūcubrō (“work by candlelight”), from lūx (“light”).
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PORTENT
[noun]
1. an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
2. threatening or disquieting significance.
3. a prodigy or marvel.
Etymology: from Middle French portente, from Latin portentum, “a sign, token, omen; monster, monstrosity”.
DIMEROUS
[adjective]
having parts arranged in groups of two; divided in two.
Etymology: from New Latin dimerus < Greek dimerḗs, “bipartite”.
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