virtu
[vuhr-TOO]
noun
Love of or taste for fine objects of art.
I secretly filmed myself having sex with various women and when questioned I told them it was all in the name of virtu.
edify
/ˈɛdəfaɪ/
verb
1 a to instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge…
imago
[ih-MAH-goh]
noun
An idealized concept of a loved one.
Maybe it was just the dirty, dirty sex talking, but we always thought of each other as imagos.
pica
[PAHY-kuh]
noun
An abnormal appetite or craving for substances that are not fit to eat.
My Boston Terrier, Rik, has a pica for his own feces.
serendipity
/ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti/
noun
1 discovery of things unsought. 2 the happy faculty or luck of finding, by “accidental sagacity,” interesting or agreeable things…
oenophile
[ee-nuh-fahyl]
noun
A person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
My mother claimed to be an oenophile, but oenophiles don’t drink Sutter Home wine coolers by the truck full.
docent
A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
“Today we are the lucky recipients of a private, after-hours tour,” Ed said, as he knocked on the ‘staff only’ door at the back of the Natural History Muesum…