Unusual Words and Their Uses

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Apodyopsis
english
origin: greek
(v.) The act of mentally undressing someone;
Imagining someone naked
Pronunciation | ap-O-dI-'op-sis

Cafuné
Portuguese
origin: germanic
(v.) the act of running ones fingers through anothers hair, specifically a lover.
Pronunciation | ka-'fU-nA (ka-foo-nay)


The moment he was looking forward to the most was the apodyopsis that they seemed to share when they together; the longing, lustful look of pure, relentless desire. She bites her lip from the corner, he stares longingly into her eyes, and a quick cafuné with a slight affectionate trace along the ear...and it happens; souls connect and what follows is nothing but pure ecstasy on the highest level.

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I want to start using a better vocabulary in my everyday life, as well in the few works that I have started writing. That being said, I want this discussion board to contain any unusual words, their definition and pronounciation, and a sentence or two (with imagery and feeling) on how it could be used in creative writing. I want this to not only be inspiring to myself, but also to other writers, so please keep that in mind when posting.


I'll start this off:

Tacenda
english
origin: latin
(n.) things better left unsaid; matters to be passed over in silence
Pronounciation | ta-'chen-da

A Tacenda passed between us; a thousand words brimming at our tongues, yet each other knew better than to speak the million bitter truths that lie ahead.

Malapropism

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