words of the week.

[keryx]

I've been thinking about words more than usual lately (people keep asking me to define them, spell them, et cetera). And I have decided to temporarily institute a thing where you tell me cool words.

They don't have to be in English nor do they have to be vocabulary-expanding (sometimes words just taste and sound good to people, and that always interests me), but they do have to fit the theme of my whim.

This week's theme: time. Go to!

My word(s):
1) antemeridian (morning, generally adjective but a functional noun, too - it's AM, but few people actually say it)
2) postprandial (after lunch, an adjective)

Comments

[ehrgeiziges.livejournal.com]

prenocturne - from late afternoon to just after sundown.

[miffyness.livejournal.com]

Fortnight. It is only 'two weeks' or 'fourteen days' in the sense that a metre is a hundred centimetres. The length of a holiday deserves its own unit. Also aeon, with the a.

[orkid.livejournal.com]

crepuscular (of, pertaining to, or resembling twilight; appearing or active at twilight)

[cutegaychick.livejournal.com]

antediluvian -- technically "before the flood" but it means really old, antiquated or archaic.

[(Anonymous)]

callipygian - adjective meaning "having a nice ass"
concupiscent - adjective to describe thoughts of a sexual nature. Also, horny.
I also really like the words Ominous (foreboding) and lugubrious (mournful)

[arovd.livejournal.com]

ooo! back to my 12th grade science-fair project on the negative effects of rotating shifts on worker's performance!

circadian rhythm (n.)
A daily rhythmic activity cycle, based on 24-hour intervals, that is exhibited by many organisms.

diurnal (adj.)
-Relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period; daily.
-Ocurring or active during the daytime rather than at night: diurnal animals.
-Botany: Opening during daylight hours and closing at night.