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SOLIVAGANT
[adjective]
1. wandering alone.
[noun]
2. a solitary wanderer.
Etymology: Latin solivagus - wandering alone.
[Tony Sandoval]
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LAMBITION
[noun]
the act of licking or lapping.
[Cyril Rolando]
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STORM IN A CUP
[idiom]
tempest in a teapot (American English), or storm in a [tea]cup (British English), is an idiom meaning a small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion. There are also lesser known or earlier variants, such as tempest in a teacup, storm in a cream bowl, tempest in a glass of water, storm in a wash-hand basin, and storm in a glass of water.
[Adrian Madrid]
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INGANNATION
[noun]
deception; the act of causing to believe what is not true; mislead.
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MELODESIDERATUM
[noun]
Informal: the desire to hear a song; the desire to listen to music.
Etymology: Latin melos - ‘song’, dēsīderāre - ‘desire’.
[PkLklMike]
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COGNITION
[noun]
1. the act or process of knowing; perception.
2. the product of such a process; something thus known, perceived, etc.
3. knowledge.
Etymology: late Middle English cognicioun < Latin cognitiōn- (stem of cognitiō), equivalent to cognit(us), past participle of cognōscere, variant stem of gnōscere, nōscere - to learn.
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BIBLIOPOESY
[noun]
the making of books.
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VICAMBULATE
[verb]
to walk around in the streets.

This sounds so much better than “messing around”. Google and etymonline fail to provide an etymology, though. Ideas?

Hi there,
Looks like I lazily forgot to include the etymology. Vicambulate is a neologism combining the following Latin terms vīcus (street; quarter; row of houses village; hamlet) and ambulatus, a past participle of ambulō (to walk; travel).
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ACHERONIAN
[adjective]
1. dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades.
2. devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; gloomy.
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