opprobrium (en)

(noun) something that brings disgrace / (noun) public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious / (noun) contempt reproach

ordoliberal (en)

the German variant of social liberalism that emphasizes the need for the state to ensure that the free market produces results close to its theoretical potential

ordure (en)

(noun) excrement / (noun) something that is morally degrading

orgone (en)

(noun) a vital energy held to pervade nature and be a factor in health in the theories of Wilhelm Reich

orotund (en)

(adjective) marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound; sonorous / (adjective) pompous bombastic

orphic (en)

concerning the ancient Greek poet Orpheus

osculating (en)

(verb) kiss

osiers (en)

(noun) any of various willows (especially Salix viminalis) whose pliable twigs are used for furniture and basketry / (noun) a willow rod used in basketry / (noun) any of several American dogwoods / (noun) red osier / (noun) a common shrubby North American dogwood (Cornus stolonifera syn. C. sericea) with reddish-purple twigs, small white flowers, and globose blue or whitish fruit

ossivorous (en)

bone-eating

ostinato (en)

(noun) a musical figure repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a composition (from Italian)

otiose (en)

(adjective) producing no useful result; futile / (adjective) being at leisure; idle / (adjective) lacking use or effect; functionless

Oulipian (en)

referring to Oulipo, a loose gathering of (mainly) French-speaking writers and mathematicians who seek to create works using constrained writing techniques

ousia (en)

(from Greek) analogous to the English concepts of being and ontic used in contemporary philosophy; one of Heidegger's pet concepts (meaning Being)

Outright Monetary Transactions (en)

a program of the European Central Bank under which the bank makes purchases ("outright transactions") in secondary, sovereign bond markets, under certain conditions, of bonds issued by Eurozone member-states; differs from QE in that the goal is not to inject liquidity but rather to fix interest rate differences across the EU

ouvrierism (en)

(communism) The glorification of manual laborers, often in opposition to the leadership of labor or socialist movements

ovate (en)

having an oval outline or ovoid shape, like an egg

Overton window (en)

(also known as the window of discourse) the range of ideas the public will accept; used by media pundits; derived from its originator, Joseph P. Overton (1960–2003),[3] a former vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Oxonian (en)

(noun) a student or graduate of Oxford University

pabulum (en)

bland or insipid intellectual fare, entertainment, etc.; pap

pace (en)

(preposition) with due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction (e.g., "narrative history, pace some theorists, is by no means dead")

paeans (en)

songs of praise or triumph; things that expresses enthusiastic praise

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

palimpsest (en)

a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain

palinode (en)

(noun) an ode or song recanting or retracting something in an earlier poem / (noun) a formal retraction

palliasses (en)

straw mattresses