mawkish

Main Entry: mawk·ish
Pronunciation: 'mo-kish
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English mawke maggot, probably from Old Norse mathkr -- more at MAGGOT
1 : having an insipid often unpleasant taste
2 : sickly or puerilely sentimental
- mawk·ish·ly adverb
- mawk·ish·ness noun

adumbrate

Main Entry: ad·um·brate
Pronunciation: 'a-d&m-"brAt, a-'d&m-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -brat·ed; -brat·ing
Etymology: Latin adumbratus, past participle of adumbrare, from ad- + umbra shadow -- more at UMBRAGE
1 : to foreshadow vaguely : INTIMATE
2 : to suggest, disclose, or outline partially
3 : OVERSHADOW, OBSCURE
- ad·um·bra·tion /"a-(")d&m-'brA-sh&n/ noun
- ad·um·bra·tive /a-'d&m-br&-tiv/ adjective
- ad·um·bra·tive·ly adverb

simulacrum

Main Entry: sim·u·la·crum
Pronunciation: "sim-y&-'la-kr&m, -'lA-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural sim·u·la·cra /-kr& /; also -crums
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from simulare
1 : IMAGE, REPRESENTATION < a reasonable simulacrum of reality -- Martin Mayer >
2 : an insubstantial form or semblance of something : TRACE

alembic

Main Entry: alem·bic
Pronunciation: &-'lem-bik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French alambic & Medieval Latin alembicum, from Arabic al-anbIq, from al the + anbIq still, from Late Greek ambik-, ambix alembic, from Greek, cap of a still
1 : an apparatus used in distillation
2 : something that refines or transmutes as if by distillation < philosophy...filtered through the alembic of Plato's mind -- B. T. Shropshire >

eructation

Main Entry: eruc·ta·tion
Pronunciation: i-"r&k-'tA-sh&n, "E-
Function: noun
: an act or instance of belching

incondite

Main Entry: in·con·dite
Pronunciation: in-'kän-d&t, -"dIt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin inconditus, from in- + conditus, past participle of condere to put together, from com- + -dere to put -- more at DO
: badly put together : CRUDE

anent

Main Entry: anent
Pronunciation: &-'nent
Function: preposition
Etymology: Middle English onevent, anent, from Old English on efen alongside, from on + efen even
: ABOUT, CONCERNING