hegira
/hɪˈdʒaɪrə/
noun
1 a flight, journey, or escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation…
juberous
Alteration of dubious.
It’d been many years since the divorce, and many more since his wife took their son Billy, and left for greener pastures…
solecism
[SOL-uh-siz-uhm]
noun
A breach of good manners or etiquette.
She took my blowing my nose into a cloth napkin as a solecism…
putative
/ˈpyutətɪv/
adjective
1 commonly thought or deemed. 2 supposed. 3 reputed…
jollification
A merrymaking; noisy festivity.
As a lover of revelry and general jollification, Sammy was particularly adept at keeping the night from closing down around him and his crew…
balneal
[bal-NEE-uhl]
adjective
Of or pertaining to baths or bathing.
The humidity in New York this summer is as balneal as a goddamned steam room in the gay part of San Fran.
ferly
[FER-lee]
noun
Something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
At first glimpse the vagina is something of a ferly, and investigation is necessary.