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    BREAKING NEWS The Collins Word of the Year is… lockdown. Find out more about 2020 and see the full shortlist here:

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  2. 15 hours ago

    CACHINNATION - N. 1. raucous laughter 2. psychiatry inappropriate laughter, sometimes found in schizophrenia

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    HYENA - N. an animal that looks rather like a dog and makes a sound which is similar to a human laugh. Hyenas live in Africa and Asia.

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    THALIA - N. Greek mythology 1. the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry, 2. one of the three Graces

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    POMOLOGY NOUN the branch of horticulture that is concerned with the study and cultivation of fruit

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    PARTERRE - N. 1. a formally patterned flower garden…

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    TOPIARY - ADJ. 1. of, relating to, or characterized by the trimming or training of trees or bushes into artificial decorative animal, geometric, or other shapes…

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  8. Apr 27

    ROSARIUM - N. a rose garden

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    RUSTICANA - PLURAL NOUN objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles

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    CRADLEWALK - N. a garden walkway covered by arched trees

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    DIBBLE - N. 1. a small hand tool used to make holes in the ground for planting or transplanting bulbs, seeds, or roots…

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  12. Apr 23

    VOLAPUK - N. an artificial language based on English, French, German, Latin, etc, invented by Johann Schleyer (1831–1912) in 1880

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  13. Apr 23

    It’s English Language Day! We’re celebrating with this list of 7 Shakespearean words to weave into your vocabulary. Without further ado, let us go forth.

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  14. Apr 22

    April 22 is Earth Day and this year’s slogan is ‘Restore Our Earth.’ So attuned are we now to environmental anxiety, aka solastalgia, that it’s easy to presume the event must be a recent institution. Far from it. Read on:

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  15. Apr 22

    CATACHRESIS NOUN the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious

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  16. Apr 21

    TOPONYM - N. 1. the name of a place, 2. any name derived from a place name

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    PIDGIN - N. a language made up of elements of two or more other languages and used for contacts, esp trading contacts, between the speakers of other languages.

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    ISOGLOSS - N. a line drawn on a map around the area in which a linguistic feature is to be found, such as a particular pronunciation of a given word

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  19. Apr 18

    MALAPROPISM - N. 1. the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one of similar sound, esp when creating a ridiculous effect, 2. the habit of misusing words in this manner

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    EPONYM - N. 1. a name, esp a place name, derived from the name of a real or mythical person, as for example Constantinople from Constantine I, 2. the name of the person from which such a name is derived in the Middle Ages

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  21. Apr 16

    EXPLOSIVE CYCLOGENESIS - N. (meteorology) a rapid drop in pressure at the centre of a storm system, causing it to become greatly intensified

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