palaver (en)

(noun) a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication / (noun) conference discussion / (noun) idle talk / (noun) misleading or beguiling speech / (verb) to talk profusely or idly / (verb) parley / (verb) to use palaver to; cajole

parlous (en)

(adjective) full of danger or uncertainty; precarious

peremptory (en)

(adjective) putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay / (adjective) not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply / (adjective) admitting of no contradiction / (adjective) expressive of urgency or command / (adjective) characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance / (adjective) indicative of a peremptory attitude or nature; haughty / (noun) a challenge (as of a juror) made as of right without assigning any cause

periphrasis (en)

(noun) use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression / (noun) an instance of periphrasis

prelapsarian (en)

(adjective) characteristic of or belonging to the time or state before the fall of humankind

proleptic (en)

(adj) anticipatory; a figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection to their own argument and then immediately answers it; also called procatalepsis

rebarbative (en)

(adjective) repellent irritating

scabrous (en)

(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; rough to the touch; as / (adjective) having small raised dots, scales, or points / (adjective) covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches / (adjective) dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes; salacious / (adjective) squalid

scherzo (en)

(noun) a sprightly humorous instrumental musical composition or movement commonly in quick triple time

stolid (en)

calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation

sumptuary (en)

(adjective) relating to personal expenditures and especially to prevent extravagance and luxury / (adjective) designed to regulate extravagant expenditures or habits especially on moral or religious grounds / sumptuary law = law restricting consumption (notable during middle ages)

superannuated (en)

(adjective) outmoded old-fashioned / (adjective) incapacitated or disqualified for active duty by advanced age / (adjective) older than the typical member of a specified group / (verb) to make, declare, or prove obsolete or out-of-date / (verb) to retire and pension because of age or infirmity / (verb) to become retired / (verb) to become antiquated

traduce (en)

(verb) to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation / (verb) violate betray

tralatitious (en)

1. : having a character, force, or significance transferred or derived from something extraneous : metaphorical, figurative. the primary and tralatitious meanings of a word. 2. : passed along as from hand to hand, mouth to mouth, or from generation to generation : handed down : traditional.

weltschmerz (en)

a feeling of melancholy and world-weariness; coined by German author Jean Paul