A.W.A.D. - 14-Letter Words, 14-Letter Definitions
Back in 1994, when I founded Wordsmith.org on a Pi Day (March 14), I had no idea that one day we'd be celebrating its quadridecennial. Here's what the last 14 years look in numbers:
So far we have sent out 3,782 unique words and 297 AWADmail compilations to 640,000 present subscribers in 200 countries, that is more than 1.6 billion pieces of email. Well, this week we're seeing all things 14. We'll feature words that are 14 letters long, and define each of them in 14 letters.
acritochromacy
(uh-KRIT-o-kro-muh-see) noun
Color blindness.
[From Greek akritos (undistinguishing) + chroma (color).]
tintinnabulate
(tin-ti-NAB-yuh-layt) verb intr.
To ring; to tinkle.
[From Latin tintinnabulum (bell), from tintinnare (to jingle).]
tinctumutation
(tinkt-myoo-TAY-shuhn) noun
Change of colour.
[From Latin tinctus (a dyeing) + mutation (changing).]
Brobdingnagian
(brob-ding-NAG-ee-uhn) adjective
Of gigantic size.
[After Brobdingnag, the fictional region where everything was enormous, in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels.]
circumbendibus
(sur-kuhm-BEN-duh-buhs) noun
Circumlocution.
[From Latin circum- (around) + English bend + Latin -ibus.]
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