Since we have a little boy in the house, we are currently overrun with alphabet books of the usual kind: “As is for apple” with the appropriate picture attached. All very short and concrete. Well there’s only so much that a logophile can take, and I’ve had enough. We need more abstraction and obfuscation in our alphabet lists. So I’m declaring a little series of contests. First up: adjectives. Give me your best list.
Here are the rules:
- English only.
- All the words in your list must be valid adjectives.
- Three syllables, minimum.
- No neologisms.
- No dictionary use (on your honor!)
- Beg, borrow, or steal your entry from anyone, and anyone else’s list.
- Multiple submissions accepted.
Post your list in the comments section, or on your own site with a trackback here. The list with the most obscure entries (as judged by me) wins. I’ll announce a winner in a separate post.
To get the ball rolling, here’s my list below:
- is for abstemeous.
- is for beautific.
- is for cephalous.
- is for deleterious.
- is for egregious.
- is for fatuous.
- is for garrulous.
- is for hephestian.
- is for isotonic.
- is for jungian.
- is for keretinous.
- is for laconic.
- is for munificent.
- is for nefarious.
- is for onerous.
- is for pusillanimous.
- is for querulous.
- is for restitutionary.
- is for sardonic.
- is for typological.
- is for ubiquitous.
- is for vascular.
- is for wesleyan.
- is for xenological.
- is for Yugoslovian.
- is for zephyrous.
This is fun for everyone, but the following are officially tagged:
My mom, Valerie’s uncle John, Josh Jones, and Mark at pseudopolymath.com The rest of you… tag at will.