I'm glad to see that unibrow made it in. All of my letters to Merriam-Webster have finally paid off. http://www.m-w.com/info/new_words.htm A Sampling of new words and senses from the new 2006 update of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition Below you'll find a sample of the nearly 100 new words and senses from the 2006 copyright version of the best-selling Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition—available this fall in bookstores everywhere. How many of these words are already a part of your vocabulary? Technology and Computers mouse potato ringtone spyware Science and Medicine avian influenza biodiesel gastric bypass Pop Culture soul patch supersize Entertainment and Leisure labelmate wave pool The Human Condition drama queen unibrow International manga qigong Business and Industry agritourism big-box Nature aquascape coqui Miscellaneous polyamory sandwich generation
I heard about this on the radio this morning. Wasn't "google" added too? I thought I heard that. Who knows, I'm still not completely awake right now. Anywho, here's a list of the words that were "new" in 1806 A Glossary of New Words Introduced in A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language (1806) LAW advocate verb: to defend, plead in favor of appellate adjective: belonging to appeals decedent noun: one dead lot noun: a share or division of land, a field SCIENCE and MATHEMATICS aeriform adjective: having the form of air, as gas caloric adjective: pertaining to the matter of heat decahedron noun: a figure of ten sides deliquesce verb: to dissolve or soften in air electrician noun: one versed in electricity foliar adjective: pertaining to or growing from a leaf galvanism noun: the name given to effects resembling electricity, produced by metallic substances ignescent adjective: yielding fire or sparks lignify verb: to become or convert into wood nutrient noun: that which feeds or nourishes psychology noun: the doctrines of spirit or mind sebaceous adjective: fat, pertaining to fat vaccine noun: the cow pox, kine-pox vaccinate verb: to inoculate with the virus of the cow pox vaporize verb: to convert into vapor by heat GOVERNMENT amendatory adjective: containing an amendment caucus noun: cant name of secret meetings for electioneering purposes census noun: an enumeration of inhabitants, a register of people, etc. constitutionality noun: the state of being agreeable to the constitution, or of affecting the constitution presidential adjective: pertaining to a president selectman noun: a town official in New England AGRICULTURE and INDUSTRY flume noun: a channel or passage for water folder noun: a flat instrument to fold sheets of paper gin verb: to clean cotton of its seeds by a gin unmalleable adjective: not capable of being hammered into a plate PLANTS and ANIMALS accipiters noun: an order of fowls with hooked bills butternut noun: an American tree with an oblong nut, also the nut cervine adjective: pertaining to the deer conchology noun: the science of shellfish cordiform adjective: in form of a heart dendroid adjective: resembling a shrub hickory noun: a tree, a species of walnut opossum noun: a quadruped which carries her young in a bag under her belly porcine adjective: pertaining to swine scarious adjective: dry and rough to the touch skunk noun: a quadruped remarkable for its smell winterkill verb: to kill by means of winter, as grain BUSINESS debit noun: a debt, the debtor side of an account deliverable adjective: that may or ought to be delivered unmarketable adjective: not saleable or fit for the market FOOD and DRINK chowder noun: a dish of fish boiled with biscuit, etc. hommony noun: food made of maiz broken but coarse and boiled succotash noun: a mixture of new soft maiz and beans boiled whiskey noun: a spirit distilled from grain MISCELLANEOUS Americanize verb: to render American caddy noun: a small box for tea checkers noun pl.: a game chore noun: a small job, domestic work demoralize verb: to corrupt, undermine or destroy moral principles emphasize verb: to pronounce with a stress of voice energize verb: to give strength or vigor flytrap noun: a trap to catch flies hydrant noun: a pipe to conduct and deliver water immigrant noun: one who removes into a country inapproachable adjective: not to be approached inexact adjective: not exact or precise insubordination noun: disobedience or want of submission to authority leanto noun: the part of a building that appears to lean upon another notice verb: to see, regard, observe, attend orthoepy noun: the art of just pronunciation penmanship noun: the act, art, or use of writing pry verb: to look into with close inspection, to raise with a lever publicity noun: a public state, notoriety sectarian adjective: pertaining to a sect skittles noun: a game like ninepins slang noun: vulgar language, cant phrases [low] slat noun: a thin piece of timber connecting larger ones slatternly adjective: negligent in dress, sluttish snowshoe noun: a light frame to walk with on snow spry adjective: nimble, brisk, quick in action surf noun: waves or swell of the sea breaking on shore velveteen noun: a cloth made of cotten and linen
