Mrs. Byrnes Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words: Omphaloskepsis: meditation while gazing at one’s navel. Pickedevant: a Van Dyke beard. Malneirophrenia: depression following a nightmare. Lissotrichous: having straight hair. Junkettaceous: frivolous, worthless. Sinciput: the forehead. Whigmaleery: a knickknack or a geegaw; a whim. Cuggermugger: whispered gossiping. Goubemouche: a gullible person (literally, one who swallows flies). Kakkorhaphiophobia: fear of failure. Nibby-jibby: narrow margin; a close call. Anaphalantiasis: the falling out of the eyebrows. Quakebuttock: a coward. Humdudgeon: an imaginary illness or pain; a loud complaint about nothing. Floccinaucinihilipilification: the categorizing of something as worthless trivia.
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