UNUSUAL WORDS C

Can you give a simple definition of these less-frequently-used words?

1. PURFLE

2. SCREED

3. EUGERIA

4. PRANDIAL

5. KICKSHAW

6. SALTATION

7. BAROUCHE

8. CARTOUCHE

9. MOUNTEBANK

10. THANATOPHOBIA

Answers:

 

1. PURFLE - An ornamental border

 

2. SCREED - Tirade; long, boring speech or piece of writing

 

3. EUGERIA - A happy, healthy old age

 

4. PRANDIAL - Related to a meal, especially lunch or dinner

 

5. KICKSHAW -Toy, trinket, gewgaw

 

6. SALTATION - Leaping or juming; a sudden change

 

7. BAROUCHE - 19th century four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage

 

8. CARTOUCHE - An oval or oblong frame containing Egyptian hieroglyphics, typically the name of a monarch

 

9. MOUNTEBANK - A swindler, fraud, charlatan

 

10. THANATOPHOBIA - An intense fear of death or dying