spoony \SPOO-nee\ (adjective) - 1 : Foolish; silly; excessively sentimental. 2 : Foolishly or sentimentally in love.

"There is no doubt whatever that I was a lackadaisical young spoony; but there was a purity of heart in ...Read More

solipsism \sa-LIP-si-zehm\ (noun) - The view that only the self can be known or that the self is the only reality (egotism).

"When Catherine is writing, she falls into a solipsistic state impervious to the outside world...Read More

frisson \free-SOHN\ (noun) - A moment of intense excitement; a shudder; an emotional thrill.

"While Carol loved the frisson of watching movies where hapless ladies became victims through no fault of their own, she hated ...Read More

rebarbative \ree-BAR-buh-tiv\ (adjective) - Serving or tending to irritate or repel.

"Over the several hours of the party a lot of rebarbative, ulcerated and embittered people had been working hard at bedding their ...Read More

collude \kuh-LOOD\ (intransitive verb) - To act in concert; to conspire; to plot.

"Sadly, well-heeled contributors and interest groups that seek political power routinely collude with needy office-seekers to find new ...Read More

trencherman \TREN-chuhr-muhn\ (noun) - A hearty eater.

"Dr. Zollner was arranging his large lunch in front of him with the expertise of a real trencherman." -- Nelson DeMille, 'Plum Island'

Trencherman is from trencher, ...Read More