Used in a sentence: “With his misguided macaronic mannerisms and absurdly affectatious attire, he fancies himself the very pinnacle of fashionable refinement, but strikes everyone else as considerably more flop than fop.”

Fop [fop] (n.) 1. A man concerned overmuch with his clothes and appearance in an affected way; a dandy. 2. A conceited fool. (v.) 1. To make a fool of; to deceive or dupe. 2. To act foolishly. From Late Middle English “foppe” or “fobbe” (fop, fool) from German “foppen” (to jeer)

Oeillade [oo-YAHD] (n.) An amorous, flirtatious, or suggestive glance or gaze. Use: “The coquettish Ms. Plumtree is forever attempting to capture the attention of Mr. Clingstone with a succession of shamelessly amorous oeillades, but her strabismus invariably alarms poor, unsuspecting passersby.”

I'm the same way. What's your ice cream of choice? I'm a Dutch Chocolate fan, mostly. But I do adore a drumstick or choco-taco as well.

Used in a sentence: “An abrodieticall of the first water, the young man regarded any sandwich with its crusts still intact as an affront to his breeding.”

Abrodieticall [ab-roh-dye-ET-ih-kul] (n.) A person who eats daintily or delicately; a fastidious or particularly refined eater. (adj.) Of or pertaining to a dainty eater or delicate person.

Used in a sentence: “Hugo's cha-cha choreography was widely praised for its passion, though the judges felt that defenestrating his partner during the final flourish was a tad excessive.”

Defenestrate [dee-FEN-uh-streyt] (v.) 1. To throw a person or thing out of a window. 2. To abruptly or forcibly remove someone from a position of power, authority, or office.

Used in a sentence: “For forty years, the Honorable Judge Withers, mugwump extraordinaire, had straddled the political fence, keeping his principles safely on one side and his prospects for inducements snugly on the other.”

Mugwump [MUG-wump] (n.) 1. A person who remains politically independent or refuses to adhere to a particular party or faction. 2. A person who remains neutral or undecided on a controversial issue; a fence-sitter. 3. A Republican who refused to support the party's presidential nominee in 1884.

Rhonchisonant [ron-CHIZ-uh-nent] (adj.) - Producing a snorting, snuffling, or snore-like sound. Used in a sentence: “Alas, that such nonpareil pulchritude should be countervailed by a rhonchisonant cachinnation more befitting a congested warthog!”

Scatches - Stilts worn to keep one's feet above mud, filth, or other unpleasant substances when walking through dirty places. “Every time we visit Uncle Clud, I feel obliged to don a pair of scatches merely to traverse the mountainous heaps of mullock that have accumulated about his premises.”

Used in a sentence: “Each night, a dreadful caterwauling arose from the abandoned nursery, although the last child to occupy it had been buried some forty years before.”

Caterwaul [KAT-er-wahl] (v.) 1. To utter loud, shrill, discordant cries or wails, particularly those resembling the yowling of a cat. (n.) 1. A loud, shrill, discordant howl or wail, especially one resembling the cry of a cat.

Wow, I admire that! I love it. I sit here at my desk surrounded by myriad dictionaries and other research material as well. My workspace is mad cluttered. I hate it being so jumbled, but it seems that this is my process.

Petrichor [PET-rih-kor] (n.) - The pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather. Use: "The petrichor of a sudden summer shower, mingled with the golden light of the setting sun, transported me straight back to my boyhood on an Iowa farm.”

Used in a sentence: “The inveterate xanthospeudist regards every yellow light not as a warning to stop, but as a swoopstake invitation to test the outer limits of his insurance coverage.”

From Greek “xanthós” (yellow) + “speúdein” (to hasten, hurry, accelerate) + “-ist” (denoting a person who practices or habitually performs an action)