Fallen London's delicious words!

Fallen London
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I could have sworn I saw a thread like this somewhere before, but I can’t find it, so I’m starting another one.

This is a thread in which to celebrate and enthuse over the delightful language in Fallen London! One of the things I love most about this world is that it often sends me searching for the meaning of a new word. Usually more than one or two a day. I LOVE learning them (even though I invariably forget them again in about an hour) and they are always such delicious, gnawable words.

Gnawable is a word, even though the spellcheck refuses to admit it. Amusingly, it also objects to &quotspellcheck&quot, but I digress.

New (or very, very old) words are exciting! I’m sure I can’t be the only one who enjoys stumbling across them. What new thing has delighted you today?

(I hate to include this, but I feel I must: Please, do not mock anyone for posting a new word you already knew the meaning of. Your disdain will not make you look clever. Rather, share in their delight! :heart:)

I’ll start

Today I was delighted by:
&quotsyncretic animism&quot (click them for definitions)

After I found the definitions, I spent a delightful hour or so following interesting related threads through wikipedia. I traveled through religions, and naming traditions, and ended up in the fairytale section. :heart:
edited by Inky Petrel on 12/18/2013

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Threnody. Esquivalience. Coruscate. Lagniappe. Ophidian.

So many delicious words. Such, dare I say, magnumient tomeration?

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[quote=Alexander Feld]Threnody. Esquivalience. Coruscate. Lagniappe. Ophidian.

So many delicious words. Such, dare I say, magnumient tomeration?[/quote]

And the best part is that most of these words are actual words, and not mere &quotfabularities&quot of the Masters:

In some ways the most interesting case is &quotesquivaliance&quot, which is a real-world fake word.

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That is absolutely wonderful :D rolls in the delicious wordplay as though it were autumn leaves

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I’ve bookmarked this post, so you must now fill it with tigrine glory. MUST.

Even simple things: vitrified sheen
edited by babelfishwars on 12/20/2013

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Ive found that im now using the words Nadir and Irrigo way to much. “Literate hooligan” is also high on my list.

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The real words are okay, but Mr. Pages adorattractable vocabulocutions are some of my favorite parts of the game.

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The text for getting Mr.Pages as the &quotSnow remover&quot master is pure comedy gold. Sadly its apperently really rare.[li]

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The text for getting Mr.Pages as the &quotSnow remover&quot master is pure comedy gold. Sadly its apperently really rare.[/quote]
It’s amazing. I just got it today. I actually hoped to get Mr Fires, as he is my favourite Master, but Pages is fine in this case. I don’t think I’ll ever learn how to pronounce &quotpurificaceous&quot, and I’m usually very good at pronouncing strange things.

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Check Karaeirs profile then. :D Pages is quite awesome. He’s the somewhat cynical,neutral and generarly not dickish master.

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The text for getting Mr.Pages as the &quotSnow remover&quot master is pure comedy gold. Sadly its apperently really rare.[/quote]
It’s amazing. I just got it today. I actually hoped to get Mr Fires, as he is my favourite Master, but Pages is fine in this case. I don’t think I’ll ever learn how to pronounce &quotpurificaceous&quot, and I’m usually very good at pronouncing strange things.[/quote]
…That is truly spectacular. Such a magnificent snarl of linguistic contortions. Mr Pages is truly the most fabuloquacious master.

And I think I know how to pronounce purificaceous. Try ‘purification’ mixed with ‘efficacious.’ Although etymological examination indicates that it means… resembling pure cheese.

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Cryptophilology remains dear to my heart.[li]

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Obstacudent. I’d love to acquire tomes of eldritch vocabulary within FL. Uncanny Incunabulums were the first top-tier items I processed, so they’re also precious to me. My One Brass Ring too, though its my presciousssssss for other reasons~[li]

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I think my favourite is “Foul chiropterophage!”

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[li]
Next time we’re asked for merchandising ideas - a quote of the day calender where every quote is from Mr. Pages.

Wish I’d thought of that earlier.

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Found another one that’s new to me: Lorgnette. I never knew the proper name for those :)
edited by Inky Petrel on 12/20/2013

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Today I got &quotintemperate mountebankery&quot in the &quota disgraceful spectacle&quot card[li]
edited by OScarletO on 12/20/2013

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Too lazy to find the original thread, but I’m the one who started it.
Also learned “coruscating” “palimpsest” and “oubliette” on top of the ones Alexander Feld already mentioned.

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[quote=KatarinaNavane]Too lazy to find the original thread, but I’m the one who started it.
Also learned &quotcoruscating&quot &quotpalimpsest&quot and &quotoubliette&quot on top of the ones Alexander Feld already mentioned.[/quote]

Ah! I thought I’d seen one! :D I do hope you don’t mind me starting it again. :heart:

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Cheers to both KatarinaNavane and InkyPetrel for starting these word threads.

My words: catafalque, marmoreal, whatever that word that means the outermost layer of a mushroom is, and everything having to do with Victorian transportation, like “sedan chair,” “hansom,” “phaeton.”