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Douglas Mazanec
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grimoire - origin / from French grimoire; from gramaire (grammar; conjurer, magician), from Latin grammatica (grammar; philology), from Greek grammatikós (knowing one's letters; concerned with textual criticism), from grámma (that which is drawn or written; letter; book, writing)
January 9, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Such a deal!! Perhaps this will help me transmogrify my vocabulary.
January 6, 2026 at 10:16 PM
cadency - n / (Heraldry) any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family.
December 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
catadromous - adj / of fishes such as the eel, living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn / running down; applied to fish which descend streams to the sea to spawn; opposite of anadromous / [origin] from Greek cata- (down) + dromos (running)
December 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
rundle - n / a curve, coil, or spiral / [origin] variant of roundel, rondel
December 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
boscage - n / a mass of trees or shrubs, thicket, boskage / [origin] from ME busk or bosk (shrub)
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
bosque - n / a small wooded area
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM