Word Of The Day. 9/3/12-9/7/12

 1. Ramose

1.

Having many branches.

2.

Branching.

Origin:

Ramose  is derived from the Latin word rāmōsus  which meant "full of boughs."

Trees are full of ramoses.

 2. Cacology

1.

Defectively produced speech; socially unacceptable diction.

Origin:

Cacology  comes from the root caco-  meaning "bad." This prefix occurs in loanwords from Greek. Similarly the suffix -logy  is a combining form used in the names of sciences and bodies of knowledge.

When a speaker on TV, your mom, husband or friend fail in getting their point across due to a mal choice of words or silly pronunciation you can tell yourself (or them) that “this was a bad case of cacology right there..”

3. Piceous 

1. Inflammable; combustible.
2. Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.
3. Zoology. Black or nearly black as pitch.
Origin:
Piceous stems from the Latin word piceus meaning "made of pitch."


 4. Rollick

1.

To move or act in a carefree, frolicsome manner; behave in a free, hearty, gay, or jovial way.

Origin:

Rollick  is a portmanteau of "frolic" and "romp." It arose in the 1820s.
Rollicking adventure is underway.