16 October: Learn a Word Day

Learn a Word day is the birthday of Noah Webster, who created the first American dictionary. Here are ten of my favourites from the new words I've learned over the past few months:

1. Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye.
2. Tintinnabulation Tinkling.
3. Librocubularist One who reads in bed.
4. Pluviophile A person who takes great joy and comfort in rainy days.
5. Barbigerous Characterised by having a Beard.
6. Cattywampus in disarray.
7. Callipygian possessing a shapely derrière.
8. Susurrous Whispering, hissing.
9. Hornswoggle to dupe or hoax.
10. Tatterdemalion raggedly dressed person.