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14 June 2026

  • 15:1015:10, 14 June 2026 Monomaniacal endophylonoia (hist | edit) [2,140 bytes] MammonistMurdo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== English == === Etymology === From ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monomaniacal monomaniacal]'' (from ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mono- mono-]'' + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maniacal maniacal]'') + ''endophylonoia''. The term ''endophylonoia'' is a compound word constructed from three Ancient Greek roots: * '''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ἔνδον ἔνδον] (éndon)''': "inner, internal, within" * '''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/φυλή φ...")
  • 14:0214:02, 14 June 2026 Endophylonoia (hist | edit) [2,403 bytes] MammonistMurdo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Endophylonoia''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɛ|n|d|oʊ|ˌ|f|a|ɪ|l|oʊ|ˈ|n|ɔɪ|ə}}) is a neologism describing a specific insular or tribal state of mind. == Definition == # The condition wherein one holds an insular mindset unique to a specific tribe, clan, or tightly knit social group. # A shared, often unspoken worldview and spiritual disposition developed within an isolated or exclusive community; a "group-mind" that is impenetrable to outsiders. == Etymology == The t...")
  • 13:2813:28, 14 June 2026 Ochloanoia (hist | edit) [1,173 bytes] MammonistMurdo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From {{der|en|grc|ὄχλος|t=crowd, mob|tr=óchlos}} + {{der|en|grc|ἄνοια|t=lack of understanding, folly|tr=ánoia}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|en|/ˌɒk.loʊ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/}} * {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Ochloanoia.wav|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|en|ɔɪə|s=5}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|-|s}} # Collective mindlessness or irrationality that arises specifically within a crowd or mob, in which individual judgment dissolves into shared folly...")

9 June 2026

  • 02:0402:04, 9 June 2026 Chronophany (hist | edit) [2,668 bytes] MammonistMurdo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ==Etymology== From Greek χρόνος (chronos, "time") + -φάνεια (-phaneia, "appearance, manifestation"), modeled after words such as theophany and epiphany. ==Definition== # A manifestation, revelation, or perceptible appearance of time itself; a moment in which the passage, weight, depth, or structure of time becomes unusually tangible to human awareness. # (Literary & Musical Theory) A moment within a work of art, particularly music or poetry, wher...")

5 June 2026

  • 18:5618:56, 5 June 2026 Epistemology (hist | edit) [1,048 bytes] Sloptionary (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ''ἐπιστήμη'' (''epistēmē'', “science, knowledge”), from ''ἐπίσταμαι'' (''epístamai'', “to know”), and ''-λογία'' (''-logía'', “study” or “logic of”), from ''λόγος'' (''lógos'', “speech, language”). The term was introduced into English by James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864). === Transliteration Pronunciation === * Katakana: エピステモロジー * Hangul: 에...")

31 May 2026

  • 10:3710:37, 31 May 2026 Bibliopolist (hist | edit) [2,180 bytes] MammonistMurdo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== English == '''Bibliopolist''' ''noun''  |  /ˌbɪb.liˈɒp.ə.lɪst/ == Definition == A '''bibliopolist''' is a bookseller; a dealer in books. More specifically, it refers to someone who sells, trades, curates, or traffics in books as objects of knowledge, culture, collection, or commerce. == Sloptionary Definition == A '''bibliopolist''' is a book-merchant of the old lexical order: the person standing between the wandering reader and the dangerous pi...")
  • 10:2310:23, 31 May 2026 Amentia (hist | edit) [4,210 bytes] MammonistMurdo (talk | contribs) (Created page with " == Noun == == Definition == '''Amentia''' is a historical and medical term for severe mental impairment, senselessness, or a state of being “away from the mind.” In older English usage, it referred to intellectual disability or mental incapacity, especially as understood by older forensic, psychiatric, or medical writers. The term is now dated and should be used carefully, mainly in historical, lexical, or etymological contexts. == Sloptionary Definition == ''...")
  • 09:3009:30, 31 May 2026 Hedonvalescence (hist | edit) [4,234 bytes] MammonistMurdo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Hedonvalescence''' ''noun''  |  /ˌhiː.dɒn.vəˈlɛs.əns/ == Definition == '''Hedonvalescence''' is the process of emotional recovery, strengthening, or self-reconstruction through pleasure, especially sensory, social, romantic, aesthetic, or hedonistic experiences after a period of loss, grief, heartbreak, or emotional distress. It describes the strange healing phase in which a person attempts to become well again by returning to the world of sensat...")
  • 08:1908:19, 31 May 2026 Spurious nipponicity (hist | edit) [4,785 bytes] MammonistMurdo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= Spurious Nipponicity = '''Spurious Nipponicity''' is a neologism describing a false, exaggerated, or aesthetically hollow performance of “Japaneseness.” == English == '''Spurious Nipponicity''' refers to the use of Japanese cultural signs, visual tropes, language fragments, manners, or media clichés without meaningful cultural understanding, lived connection, or serious engagement with the tradition being imitated. More broadly, '''spurious Nipponicity''' desc...")
  • 06:1006:10, 31 May 2026 Autopleromancy (hist | edit) [3,221 bytes] MammonistMurdo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= Autopleromancy = '''Autopleromancy''' is divination by self-completion: the act of deriving answers, predictions, or apparent insight from a system that completes language from its own internal patterns. == Etymology == From Greek ''autos'', meaning “self,” + ''plēroō'', meaning “to fill,” “to fulfill,” or “to complete,” + ''-mancy'', meaning “divination.” Literally: '''divination by self-completion'''. == Definition == '''Autopleromancy'''...")
  • 00:4300:43, 31 May 2026 Stippled shadows (hist | edit) [1,740 bytes] MammonistMurdo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''stippled shadows''' ''noun phrase'' == Definition == Shadows rendered through many small dots, specks, flecks, or broken marks rather than smooth gradients or solid black areas. == Expanded Definition == A visual shading technique where darkness is built up by placing tiny marks close together. The denser the marks, the darker the shadow appears. In illustration, comics, engraving, manga, photocopied art, and retro print styles, stippled shadows create texture, ag...")

26 April 2026

  • 14:1014:10, 26 April 2026 -sepsis (hist | edit) [1,237 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== -sepsis == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis), from σήπω (sḗpō), "to make rotten, to putrefy". Entered English via New Latin medical terminology. ---- === Suffix === '''-sepsis''' # (pathology) Denoting poisoning, infection, or putrefaction of the blood or tissues by pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins. ---- === Derived terms === * wikt:sepsis|se...")
  • 12:1312:13, 26 April 2026 Debility (hist | edit) [2,623 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==debility== ===Etymology=== From Middle French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9bilit%C3%A9#Middle_French débilité], from Latin [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitas#Latin dēbilitās], from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilis#Latin dēbilis] ("weak, feeble"), from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/de-#Latin dē-] ("away from") + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/habilis#Latin habilis] ("able"). --- ===Pronunciation=== * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wik...")

14 April 2026

  • 04:2104:21, 14 April 2026 Zaftig (hist | edit) [1,297 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Alternative forms=== * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zoftig zoftig] * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zaftige zaftige] ===Etymology=== From Yiddish [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%90%D6%B7%D7%A4%D6%BF%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A7 זאַפֿטיק] (zaftik), cognate with German [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/saftig saftig] (“juicy”). Doublet of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sappy sappy]. ===Pronunciation=== * UK: /ˈzæf.tɪɡ/ * US: /ˈzɑf.tɪ...")

8 April 2026

7 April 2026

  • 20:3420:34, 7 April 2026 Astrolatry (hist | edit) [1,014 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From the Greek-derived elements [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/astro- astro-] (“star”) and [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-latry -latry] (“worship”). ===Noun=== '''astrolatry''' (uncountable) The worship of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/star stars]; reverence directed toward celestial bodies. #* See also: Star worship on Wikipedia ===Derived terms=== [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/astrolatrous astrolat...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched

2 April 2026

  • 11:4011:40, 2 April 2026 Sloptionary's Profile Image History (hist | edit) [887 bytes] MurdochMaxwell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Sloptionary's profile image history''' documents the avatars and profile images used by the AI-assisted lexicographical project '''Sloptionary''' across its various platforms. These images serve as the visual identity of Sloptionary, a dictionary aided by AI-generated content, positioned in active rivalry with the anthropocentric project MorDictionary. Where MorDictionary emphasizes human-crafted lexicography, Sloptionary embraces AI-generated music, art, text, etc.")

1 April 2026

  • 18:3318:33, 1 April 2026 Illth (hist | edit) [696 bytes] MurdochMaxwell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From the suffix "-th" added to "ill", coined by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin John Ruskin] as an opposite of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wealth wealth], in the sense of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ill ill] being the opposite of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well well]. ===Pronunciation=== * /ɪlθ/ ===Noun=== # The opposite of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wealth wealth]; that which, by its [https://en.wiktionary.or...")

24 March 2026

  • 08:2608:26, 24 March 2026 Louche (hist | edit) [2,160 bytes] MorMythos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==English== ===Alternative forms=== * louché ===Etymology=== Borrowed from French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/louche louche]. ===Katakana Transliteration=== ルーシュ (rūshu) ===Adjective=== '''louche''' (comparative '''loucher''') # Of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/questionable questionable] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taste taste] or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morality morality]; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/decadent decadent]. # Not [ht...")