altiloquent
adjective
Lofty or pompous in speech; high-sounding.
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scise
verb
To make a deep cut, to make an inscision, to penetrate.
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flesh-tailor
noun
A surgeon, 19th century slang.
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evitable
adjective
Which may be avoided.
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novitious
adjective
Newly invented.
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white night
A sleepless night; from the French phrase, passer une nuit blanche.
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a’n’t
The ‘correct’, philologically logical, original shortening of am not, especially in a’n’t I?
(Amn’t is considered ugly, ain’t is considered illiterate.)
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anteloquy
noun
Preface, or the first turn in speaking. A stage actor’s “cue”.
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cunctatious
adjective
Prone to delay; addicted to delaying. From the latin cunctari, to delay.