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Mirabilia is a plural noun that means miraculous events or things that inspire marvelous wonder and awe. Mirabilia seems a quite fitting term for this season of miracles, since even though every se…

Xertz — (v) to gulp down quickly and greedily

'Biblichor Smell of BooksWord Nerd' by Kit Cronk. Biblichor is the smell of old books if that sounds like heaven to you then you need to get one of these!

Querencia means home, a favorite spot. Querencia can also mean the part of a bullring where the bull takes its stand, however I much prefer the metaphysical concept. Querencia derives from the Span…

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Pulchritude is great physical beauty. Pulchritude derives from the Latin adjective pulcher (beautiful). Various forms of pulchritude include the verb pulchrify (which means beautify) and the adject…

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Auld Lang Syne means the good old times. Auld Lang Syne is Scottish and literally translates as “old long since”. Auld Land Syne was popularized as a poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, though it…

Draíocht (which is pronounced DREE-oct) is an Irish word for magic. Draíocht once specifically denoted the secret lore and arts of the druids of pre-Christian Ireland, however now it is used to des…

I think it'd be great if the word's language was included in the picture, like in the bottom left or something. I know it's in the tags, but if there are a lot of tags in can be hard to see on my...