Today’s Words are:
galumph \guh-LUHM(P)F\ , intransitive verb:
1. To move in a clumsy manner or with a heavy tread.
Origin:
Galumph is probably an alteration of gallop. It was coined by Lewis Carroll in the nonsense poem “Jabberwocky.”
confabulation \kon-FAB-yuh-lay-shuhn\ , noun:
1. Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
2. (Psychology) A plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.
Origin:
Confabulation comes from Late Latin confabulatio, from the past participle of Latin confabulari, “to talk together,” from con-, “together, with” + fabulari, “to talk.” It is related to fable, “a fiction, a tale,” and to fabulous, “so incredible or astonishing as to resemble or suggest a fable.”
turbid \TUR-bid\ , adjective:
1. Muddy; thick with or as if with roiled sediment; not clear; — used of liquids of any kind.
2. Thick; dense; dark; — used of clouds, air, fog, smoke, etc.
3. Disturbed; confused; disordered.
Origin:
Turbid comes from Latin turbidus, “confused, disordered,” from turba, “disturbance, commotion.”
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As always, be well
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As always, be well
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