serendipity \se-rehn-dip-i-tee\ (noun) - The act of making a fortunate discovery by capricious or quixotic accidence or such accidence (fortuity) itself.

"Rick had not breathed a word about his plans to learn C++ and yet ...Read More

bridewell \BRYD-wel\ (noun) - A prison

"Men arrested for crimes such as trespass, public intoxication, lewdness, and domestic violence could be confined to the demiprison of the bridewell."

After a prison that formerly ...Read More

lackaday \LAEK-eh-dey\ (adverb) - An archaic interjection used to express disapproval or regret.

"We got James's grades in the mail this afternoon. Lackaday, but that boy is lackadaisical about his studies."

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landloper \LAND-lo-puhr\ (noun) - A wanderer; vagabond; vagrant ; also landlouper and landleaper

"Through a series of games and dreamlike fantasies, the dynamic of the lead character's struggle between good and evil ...Read More

immanent \I-meh-nehnt\ (adjective) - 1 : Permanently in-dwelling, inherent. 2 : Mental, subjective, residing in the mind only. Antonym: transcendent "beyond human knowledge."

"Steven felt that he might be guilty of an ...Read More

sartorial \sah(r)-TOR-i-yehl\ (adjective) - Related to tailors and tailoring and, more broadly, to clothes.

"Molly couldn't imagine even the Duke of Wales bedecked in more sartorial splendor than Thomas wore that ...Read More