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Collection of Little Known Words

A baker's dozen of little known words for your edification.

Sign saying: Leave no lovely word unsaid.

Abibliophobia: The fear of running out of things to read.


Aglet: The little piece of plastic on the end of your shoelaces.


Annodated: Shaped like the letter S.


Ethologist: A zoologist who studies the behaviour of animals in their natural habitats.


Eutony: The pleasantness of a word’s sound.


Graupel: A small, white ice particle that falls as precipitation and breaks apart easily when it lands on a surface. Also called soft hail.


Leveret: A young hare in its first year.


Liberosis: The desire to care less about things.


Meraki: To do something with soul, passion, or love.


Novaturient: Desiring or seeking powerful change in your life.


Peregrinate: to travel or wander from place to place.


Tappen: The plug by which the rectum of a bear is closed during hibernation, probably to keep ants out.


Umbriferous: Providing shade


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