Since I'm a huge nerd, I thought I'd share with you guys some of my favourite words (which isn't weird at all). They mostly tend to be weird, wacky words that you can't often slip into everyday conversation without sounding strange.
The List:
Anathema - 1. something or someone that one vehemently dislikes; 2. a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine; 3. a strong curse
Antepenultimate - third-to-last
Mellifluous - sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
Pulchritudinous - having great physical beauty (only used with people)
Selcouth - strange, unusual, rare; marvelous, wondrous
Soporific - tending to induce drowsiness or sleep
Verisimilitude - the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
Vicissitude - 1. a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant; 2. alternation between opposite or contrasting things
(I might add to this list every once in a while. I'll keep a running list of these on another page of my blog for all of my fellow logophiles out there.)
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