Fifteen words that you may not have come across before...
Balter: Dancing clumsily without any particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment.
Cachinnate: To laugh very, very loudly.
Dontopedalogy: The are of putting one's foot in one's mouth.
Dromomania: Compulsive longing for travel.
Dysania: The state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
Expromission: Relieving another person's debt by taking it upon oneself.
Griffonage: Careless or illegible handwriting.
Osculate: To kiss.
Paresthesia: The prickly feeling when your limb 'falls asleep' – also known as pins and needles!
Plutolatry: Worship of wealth.
Ramage: The boughs or branches of a tree.
Septimanal: Weekly.
Transhumance: The seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes in the Mediterranean and in the Alps.
Xiphoid: Sword-shaped.
Zymotechnics: The art of fermentation.