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Paraphernalia is just a general term, not necessarily tied to religion. Actually, I think I see "drug paraphernalia" more than "religious paraphernalia"...

This question has come up before here and elsewhere. There's probably no single word explicitly meaning to be amused and angry at the same time.

Once in a while you'l see bemused used to mean something similar, but it's not standard and some dictionaries omit this sense entirely. You'll also see words like wry, sardonic, exasperated, piqued, huffy used in descriptions of it, but again none of those mean exactly "angry + amused"

I see you got an answer already, but recently I saw this pretty interesting word that also fits, and I gotta share: euphuism. It properly refers to a pretty specific literary style in the 16th and 17th century but it can also refer to any overwrought, highly stylized writing style.

Well, you should probably use a thesaurus instead of a dictionary, for starters. From thesaurus.com:

achieve
amass
earn

access
annex
attain

obtain

I'd recommend going to the webpage above if it isn't in that list, as there are related terms and their synonyms listed there as well.

I don't know if I've ever seen this reduced to one word (economics is a wordy discipline). Dan Ariely has a chapter on it in Predictably Irrational, and I think he just calls it the conflict between social and market norms, but I don't have my copy in front of me, so I can't check to be sure.

Do you have any clues? Like a word it might sound like?

Might I suggest some names for your Spelljammer ship:

1. The Reverie which means “a dream, daydream or fantasy, usually a very pleasant one”.

2. The Idyll which means “a happy, peaceful, or picturesque episode or scene, typically an idealized or unsustainable one”.

3. The Elysium or The Arcadia or The Erehwon which all more or less mean “a bucolic paradise, either in the afterlife, the remembered past or in one’s fantasies”.

There are some good words here in this list of synonyms for Utopia: http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/utopia

Nabokov identified himself as one of these people, and you'd certainly expect him to know the word for it. The term he used in Speak, Memory, was "cacologist," someone whose speech specifically is faulty or unskilled, even if their writing is excellent:

>Here, too, the ridiculous cacologist I am, when not having a typed sheet in front of me, has inherited nothing [of his father's eloquence].

fish stories, gassing. Munchausenism, except in the case of munchausenizing (also a real word), the person might believe their own BS.

(Also, some people might think you're talking about Munchausen Syndrome which is its own thing)

No, it's not "progenitor" — that means "ancestor." The word "progeny" is basically the equivalent word that points forward instead of backwards, to offspring instead of ancestors. Like "progenitor," the word "progeny" implies a family relationship.

Or maybe you can use the word "descendant"? (Although be sure to spell it that way, ending in -ant, since "descendent" means something else.)

Nope! Cascade is when all the open windows line up at an angle, with each one slightly offset from the one behind it. Not to be confused with "tile", which does just what it sounds like with all open windows.

"Multimedia" or "Mixed Media" artist if they're using different mediums (like painting partially over a photograph for example).

"fusion" or "cross-genre" artist would be good ones for if they are mixing different styles withing the same medium.

Or take a word that means "to combine" and use it in reference to a person (i.e. "compositor" or "integrator"). A thesaurus might be useful if you go that route.

I don't know a word for it, but here's a nice quote about it:
"The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
--Carl Sagan

You could call such a person an "algebraist."

That said, in everyday usage, it really depends on what the person is using algebra for; in some circumstances, you might still most properly just call the person a "mathematician. "

cachet: The state of being respected or admired; prestige

Relevant example: “the cachet that comes with being a popular parish priest”

Predicate Offense:

A predicate offense is a crime that, as a matter of logic or statutory provision, is or must be a part of an offense. For instance the crime of assault is an attempt to commit battery. Assault might thus be called the predicate offense to battery.

Somnimnesia

Kicking away the ladder.

The first paragraph of this seems close to what you're talking about.

Based on what I have been taught, #2 and #6 are both considered grammatically correct (with #6 being the recommended / "more correct" of the two). Years ago, #7 was also considered grammatically correct, but has since been deemed obsolete, in favor of more gender-neutral language.

From my experience, #1 and #2 are most commonly used colloquially, but that may not be the case in all geographic areas where English is spoken.

For example, #3 and 4 are definitely not grammatically correct, but are colloquially used in some regions. This link provides an explanation, but to sum it up: "theirself" and "hisself" are colloquial corruptions of "themself" / "themselves" and "himself" and are not considered grammatically correct, though they are used colloquially in certain areas (especially certain southern US states).

Option #5 may be technically acceptable, but is not ideal. This link provides something of an explanation as to why: the pronouns disagree.

TL;DR: The best choice is to use is probably #2 or #6.

EDIT: Formatting

I hate being that guy, but: > Sojourn

edit: I'll do more, here's the etymology: From the French "jour", meaning "day" as in to leave for a day.

"Heuristic" is a decent fit. It refers to knowledge gained from experience (specifically personal hands-on experience) or through trial-and-error.

On the other hand, "inexplicable" is a good one - meaning "not explainable".

And as always you can try plugging these into a thesaurus and rooting around in there.

holt could be it. One definition being "A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse."

Also, found that hurst pretty much just means a wood or copse generally, and is mostly obsolete outside toponyms, but interesting in that it comes from Old English hyrst which meant "hill" or "high place" in addition to referring to forests.

"Cultural contact" is one term used in the research literature. Conflicts that arise from cultural contact can be called dissensus (c.f. Jacques Ranciere). Here's a quick example: https://www.academia.edu/33574570/Visual_Pedagogy_and_Ocularcentric_Deaf_Education_Conflicts_and_confluences_in_research_on_deaf_pedagogy

Here is the etymology for tenet (which contains a wealth of possibilities):

> tenet (n.) "principle," properly "a thing held (to be true)," early 15c., from Latin tenet "he holds," third person singular present indicative of tenere "to hold, to keep, to maintain" from Proto-Indo-European root ten- "to stretch".

> Compare with:

• Sanskrit tantram "loom," tanoti "stretches, lasts;"
• Persian tar "string;"
• Lithuanian tankus "compact," i.e. "tightened;"
• Greek teinein "to stretch," tasis "a stretching, tension," tenos "sinew," tetanos "stiff, rigid," tonos "string," hence "sound, pitch;"
• Latin tendere "to stretch," tenuis "thin, rare, fine;"
• Old Church Slavonic tento "cord;"
• Old English thynne "thin"). Connection notion between "stretch" and "hold" is "to cause to maintain." The modern sense is probably because tenet was used in Medieval Latin to introduce a statement of doctrine.

Presumably by "out there" you mean "tenuous"?

Close to what you're talking about,

> "What You See Is All There Is (WYSIATI). This theory states that when the mind makes decisions, it deals primarily with Known Knowns, phenomena it has already observed. It rarely considers Known Unknowns, phenomena that it knows to be relevant but about which it has no information. Finally it appears oblivious to the possibility of Unknown Unknowns, unknown phenomena of unknown relevance."

from Thinking, Fast and Slow is a best-selling 2011 book by Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics winner Daniel Kahneman

Edit, example for clarity: Joe's customer isn't very nice; Joe concludes that the customer is just a mean person. Joe knows he's only seen the customer a few moments, but assumes he's like this the rest of the time, the known unknowns. There's many other possible explanations that could exist, but Joe doesn't even take time to think what these possibilities are, unknown unknowns.

"Calcar" is a word meaning "A spur or spurlike projection, such as one found on the base of a petal or on the wing or leg of a bird." Not quite what you're looking for, I think, but a related term.

I mentioned "gigolo" with a link to a dictionary definition below, but since some probably don't bother clicking, here's a definition from the American Heritage Dictionary: >A man who has a continuing sexual relationship with and receives financial support from a woman.

The Random House Dictionary (which I linked to below) offers: >A man living off the earnings or gifts of a woman, especially a younger man supported by an older woman in return for his sexual attentions and companionship.

Sure sounds like the male equivalent of a mistress to me.

Etymology: late 14c., "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," from Latin pronus "bent forward, inclined to," from adverbial form of pro- "forward" (see pro-). Meaning "lying face-down" is first recorded 1570s. Literal and figurative senses both were in Latin; figurative is older in English.

hem

etymonline says otherwise.

Or rather, that hippopotomus comes to us from the Greek. I suppose it could be a similar thing to the word octopus though.

edit: Yeah, it's originally from Greek, but managed to get to us through Latin. I really need to sleep at night more often.

Note that the etymology gives it away:

Ana + chron + ism. (literally, against time).

Oh, I see you guessed that already in the text of your post. Ah well, my post is here now!

Your example is a an example of a lie. That's the word for that.

Here is a link to a bunch of synonyms for "lie."

Now, you might tell a lie to placate someone, or to some other end (like providing a false sense of hope, or to brush aside their criticisms), but the words asspcoated with those things don't themselves jabe anything to do with the truth or motive of the agent.

Are you sure the word you are looking for denotes dishonesty?

Someone down-voted you instinctually, because, I suspect, folk believe "ambivalent" to mean something like "apathetic."

... but in fact ambivalent is exactly the right word:

ambivalent ăm-bĭv′ə-lənt►

adj. Exhibiting or feeling ambivalence. adj. undecided as to whether or not to take a proposed course of action; having feelings both for and against the proposed action. adj. Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.

https://www.wordnik.com/words/ambivalent

So it's kinda weird, but the word for this is longhair (see sense 2).

You could also use philharmonic, I think it's pretty rare to refer to a person, and when it does it doesn't necessarily have to refer to classical.

Ugh I reel like it's on the tip of my tongue but for the life of me I can't think of it, best I got is Overambitious. Here are some synonyms for Overambitious though, perhaps your word is on the list? http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/overambitious

Edit: here's the synonym list for herculean too. http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/herculean?s=t maybe Arduous?

“Tsundoku,” the Japanese Word for the New Books That Pile Up on Our Shelves

Not exactly what you mean but I guess it's close.

I'm not sure it's really a recognized "word", but "deoculate" (where de = removal, oculate = eyes/vision) would probably be the closest thing that I could think of.

https://www.wordnik.com/words/deoculate

Sway? There are a number of synonyms for the phrase win over that might work.

It would also help to know whether you want the word to carry a positive or negative connotation.

I started by Googling patronym to get the synonyms. There are a lot to choose from. I like appellation - I think it's the most common word for what you're describing. Below is a thesaurus listing for agname, which seems neat for what you're looking for as well. I recommend Googling the words to be sure of which context they best fit.

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/agname

A bunch of online dictionaries list "sporadicalness" for that: http://thefreedictionary.com/sporadicalness

But look what I've also found!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sporadicity

There are two words I found that might be applicable, although neither has the psycho prefix. They are pseudethesia and autosomatognosis. The latter is a bit unwieldy, however.

The term 'created' is used also, esp. for the first to hold a title.

That's working effectually. I think that word conveys the idea that you are working both as efficiently as you can while also working as effectively as you can. In your scenario, that just so happens to turn out to be 2 kickplates per hour.

Basking in reflected glory combined with a mismatch "between pronoun form and pronoun referent."

synthesis, synthesize, synthesizing?

>Combination or composition, in particular. 1. The combination of ideas to form a theory or system: 'the synthesis of intellect and emotion in his work' 'the ideology represented a synthesis of certain ideas'

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/synthesis

Hoard

> to collect a large supply of something, more than you need now, often because you think you will not be able to get it later: -https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/hoard

> precious adjective (NOT NATURAL) ​ > mainly uk, disapproving behaving in a very formal and unnatural way by giving too much attention to details that are not important and trying too hard to be perfect

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/precious

Appliances is generally anything on the linked page. Including cookware and dishware would make it pretty much just appliances.

To get specific, the words might need to be "kitchen appliances."

An appliance is something that does a specific job in the home. It just seems to be the best fit.

compartmentalization

avoidance

I was having trouble coming up with a good word and found this Google Books result when looking for ideas. It might be a good resource, as it seems very closely related to your thesis.

Hello, I'm a bot! The movie you linked is called Best in Show, here are some Trailers

Miser, tight-fisted, tightwad, skinflint, scrooge, penny-pincher, niggard

In particular:

Skinflint “miser, one who makes use of contemptible economy to keep money," 1700, slang; literally "kind of person who would skin a flint to save or gain something," from skin (v.) + flint.

Miser “: a mean grasping person especially : one who is extremely stingy with money miser who inherited a fortune but lives in a shanty

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miser http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/skinflint

I don't know if it's applied in the same way, but there is "(loss) leader". I've normally heard it used in relation to a specific product that's sold below or at margin to draw customers into the store. Similarly, Microsoft sold the actual XBox hardware at about ~$130 loss/unit, but makes money on licensing and development tools.

Most common verbs in the structure "____ my curiosity" are:

• satisfying
• gratifying
• piqued
• raised
• aroused
• excite

To be fair, havoc is by far the most commonly wreaked thing.

Before 1970, vengeance was more popular to wreak than havoc. Revenge and destruction are wreaked sometimes too, but only rarely in comparison.

Definitely not astigmatism. I have that horribly in my left eye! An astigmatism means that the cornea is misshapen, which leads to a blurring of vision. Astigmatism can typically be treated with an external lens. Maybe the word/term you're looking for is afterimages. Check it out: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/vision.aspx

Edit: italics

Oh right I think I see, like when an organisation covers things up? To use your example of the church, like when there is a scandal about priests abusing children and they sweep it under the rug so as to keep up appearances yeah? Or if a wealthy family had a kid who was off the rails doing drugs and committing crimes but the family's power and influence helped to keep the details secret?

Maybe clandestine isn't the right term then, I'm struggling myself to think of a different word, I feel like there's one right on the tip of my tongue. Conspiratorial? Hush-hush?

Edit: here is a list of synonyms for clandestine at least, as it's almost the closest thing I can think of right now, it may be of some help.

If Ideology was not the exact word that you had in mind but was in any way close to it I woud also suggest that you visit the Ideology entry on Thesaurus.com where they have listed a variety of other similar words- many of which I think have the potential to work for you... I do hope this was helpful to you... And also, thank you for posting your question- it gave me something to wonder about this morning!

Pseud-- a person who tries to seem to have detailed knowledge or excellent judgment of a subject, especially in art, literature, music, etc.

Perhaps you mean patronizing?

> If you are patronizing, you tend to speak down to others, acting as though you are smarter, classier, or just plain better than anyone else. For the record, your snobby attitude is not impressing anyone.

Except all of them:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bureaucracy

>a system of administration marked by officialism, red tape, and proliferation

> excessively complicated administrative procedure. "the unnecessary bureaucracy in local government"

ten seconds of searching turns up those two definitions.

But whatever.

I think what you're looking for is "restricted narrative":

> when a movie is filmed from the point of view of only one character making it, due to this us as the audience only know as much as they do.

I agree with the above comment that it’s a pointer. I searched stylus, but those seem to be used as input devices, on a clay tablet or modern touchscreen, while a pointer is just something that…points.

Pocket Pointer with Clip Extends to 50cm Length Hand Pointer Extendable Telescopic Retractable Pointer Handheld Presenter Classroom Whiteboard Pointer https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PCKWC6S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_A4H1MFGDTCGWG7C7RTZA?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

tassle and pull and cord knob are all words that can be used to describe what you're referring to - they're even up on Amazon.

Well, The Art of War is about wartime strategies, but I think what /u/scupuotta is trying to get at is there are plenty of quotes within the book that can apply very generically, like “Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley”, or ones that can be twisted a bit to suit the purpose of the meeting like “Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting” can be used to ease someone into changing their mind about a decision instead of arguing with them.

Seconded. The specialization of individual workers and the "division of labor" is an economic principle inherent to modern society and first (to my knowledge) clearly described by Adam Smith in his book The Wealth of Nations.

By the way, "On Writing" is a brilliant book. I had a college professor who believed that "On Writing" and "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott, were pretty much the only decent books on the subject. I did really enjoy both.

A Tipping Point.

The term was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

The closest I can think of is arrière-pensée, or dubiety, but these don't connote seeking or pertain specifically to religion. Perhaps skeptical.

I think the word nostalgia would still apply.

Since nostalgia is a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations...

That seems to be what you are describing. Nostalgia describes the way you feel. The definition doesn't specify that the feeling must necessarily be triggered by a genuine historical artifact from a bygone era in order to qualify as nostalgia.

I guess it doesn't fit because the Dark Ages wasn't a catastrophe. It means to see things as catastrophic and I don't think that the word 'catastrophe' fits your meaning.

I meant to suggest this book to you. https://www.amazon.com/Hansel-Gretel-Standard-TOON-Graphic/dp/1935179624/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GK28FKOU8DM3&keywords=neil+gaiman+hansel+and+gretel&qid=1666136085&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjg1IiwicXNhIjoiMC4xOCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=Ne... Neil Gaiman’s Hansel and Gretel.

>By “explicitly” i mean like they’re doing it in front of one’s face, not that they’re directly saying it to them

Overtly.

>not caring about one’s feelings

Callous.

I cann't think of a single word that fits the phases 'overtly callous'.

​

Pansy. Fairy. Invert. Dandy.

I learned some of this from the books When Brooklyn Was Queer and The Deviant's War. Apologies I don't remember more specifics. Both books were a little dense for me and I didn't finish either one.

Language around homosexuality has evolved as our concepts around the LGBTQ+ community have evolved. These words covered ideas we now describe using words like homosexual, transgender, and intersex.

Invert was first used in 1873 and is considered to be the first scientific term for queerness. in the United States. The word fairy was used to refer to feminine men. It wasn't specifically used to describe men who were sexually attracted to other men.

In the late 19th c. the place most people were likely to encounter a queer people was on stage. Pansy was a specific type of live performance host. The Emcee in Cabaret is the best known example of a pansy. A dandy was a stock character used in many live shows that was coded as gay although also, as mentioned in another comment, might today be considered to be coded as "metrosexual" (Do people still use that word?)

In the following sentence, where the current system is a web app:

"Where in the current system does the new thing fit?"

More, specifically Singer's Shape Up, section Move at the Right Speed, paragraph 5, item 1

These? Too many to list.

It's so wonderful! I did not know they have an app, I AM DOWNLOADING omg.

Oh, you know what book you might love: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Babel-Natural-History-Language/dp/006052085X

It's an intro-level book about linguistics and how languages diverge/evolve...it's like popular science writing, but about language, and was recommended to me as a fun read by my academic supervisor (who speaks like 10 languages, which is nuts). I bet you could get it on libgen if not though Amazon or (best option) ordering to your lpcal book shop.

Thanks for the great news about the app, and I hope you keep up your curiosity about language going forward, it makes life a lot more interesting :)

Humblebrag is pretty spot on. Other than that, I don't think you're going to be able to get that concept into one word. You could, more archaicly, describe a person who acts this way as an <em>Eirôn</em> and call their actions eirônic, if you're up for a little neology.

edit:

"https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/alarmist

intentionally showing only the bad and dangerous things in a situation, and so worrying people:"

hmmm, back to the drawing board.

Kind of. It would have to be "binaryism" to be the part of speech I'm thinking of, but that term, if not actually a word, definitely gets the right idea across.

I just looked this up, and I think it fits the bill: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binarism

Are you thinking of "Fatalism"? That's not specifically about fighting battles, but it's the same idea. Fatalism: the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate.

I know you've found your word, but hubris, meaning 'exaggerated pride or self-confidence', originally carried the meaning ''presumption toward the gods".

Xenophobia and bigotry apply to both foreign ideas as well as foreign people (although use of the former could be mistaken for the latter.) But bigotry is only the opposition to things because they're different, not for other, rational reasons.

Leftist groups often use the word "sectarian" to describe people who refuse to cooperate with other leftists of different ideologies, could be useful, but it only really applies to subcategories of a larger whole.

Maybe you just want a more neutral synonym for bigot?

You could see the synonyms for instead. But I like settled for its sense of resigned disappointment.

They didn't have vanilla, so I settled for chocolate.

In lieu of vanilla, I resigned myself to chocolate.

To fit snugly into your example, you could use consolatory. (But I think it's a bit awkward, used in the sense to mollify the hurt of the absence of vanilla):

the store ran out of vanilla so i got chocolate as the consolatory flavor.

I could cheat by quoting a load of words from a thesaurus that might be more suitable - because that word is out there somewhere - but instead I'll point you there myself.

exasperated http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/exasperated

appalled http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/appalled

Hope it helps.

Jujitsu means to fight without weapons using the opponent's strength against him.

In military strategy Kill with a borrowed sword, from the ancient Chinese military text Thirty-Six Stratagems can mean using the enemy's own force to gain advantage but encompasses a broader meaning.

Bibliogenesis and bibliogony are synonyms that cover the creation of the physical object.

The further efforts to get the book into the reader’s hand gets into the mechanics and business topics related to goods and services; logistics, transportation and distribution, sales, etc. from the standpoint of the reader being ready and able to receive the book, there are socioeconomic considerations such as population literacy, as well as cost of the book / awareness of the book (marketing concerns).
Since there are quite a few facets to what you describe, and a number of fields overlap, I’m not sure one word will cover all of it.

fey might fit. Has a range of definitions, the main one being strange, magical or otherworldly. I think it carries a whiff of the portentous. And the obsolete, literal meaning is 'fated to die'

demigod could work in a very literal sense, but most readers would immediately launch into mental or actual debate with you as to how it fits the specific theology to which a given religious figure belongs. To say nothing of how it heavily alludes to figures of classical mythology (Orpheus, Cu Chulainn, etc)

I think semidivine might be a good replacement simply because it doesn't hold the same connotations for many people. It's not properly a noun, but it could be used as one anyway.

Not sure how helpful this is, but mealie is a South African term and there is the even-less-known icker that describes an ear of corn

brinksmanship is one of my favorite words, and could theoretically be used for this, with the caveat that it's most often used in geopolitics discourse, but it works in a more general, figurative sense as well.

Couple suggestions. redoubtable, kind of a mouthful but see:

>Arousing fear or awe; formidable.
Worthy of respect or honor.

different but in the same vein: direful or lurid, gripping or riveting

The set phrase "great and terrible." Which comes from the Bible ("who hath done for thee these great and terrible things") although many may associate it with the Wizard of Oz.

Homeric means epic or tragic on a large, heroic scale.

Just for the heck of it, I'm gonna suggest fumidity (or "fumid"), which is a real word that also functions as a play on "humidity".

It refers to smokiness without having anything further in connotation. "Fume" itself comes from a latin word that means "smoke, vapor, or steam" so it's just pretty open-ended is my point.

No idea, but this is evoking for me the Latin phrase ex nihilo, "out of nothingness." Used in theology to describe, among other things, the primordial deities that were born out of formless chaos in various mythoi

An interesting note, chaos itself is derived from a Greek word meaning "a yawning, a gap" so, etymologically, actually refers to nothingness.

Not one single word, but a number of words, including sorrow, grief, heartache, etc.

What you're describing is an emotional reaction to misfortune.

Having trouble with the context of your word, but chances seem good that you'll find it here: http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/interrogate

Edit: Unless you were looking for a word that describes the receiving end of this gun-to-your-head questioning?

No worries, that kind of adjective is a participle (a kind of verbal).

I would probably just play around with synonyms for some of the words already mentioned in this thread and see if anything fits the bill for you:

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/looming

I did pull them from Thesaurus' Empathy page. They are generally understanding, but it could be argued to this use. If you're using it in writing it can definitely be used. Insight felt the most on point.

Imbibe functions as &quot;drink&quot;, as in:

• "I imbibe only when someone else buys me a drink"; or,
• "I imbibed coffee like my life depended on it before the interview this morning."

Imbibe is an intransitive verb. We cannot "imbibe" someone else.

Embibe, or, alternatively, enbibe, while not real words, would work functionally because of the prefix, "en-" or "em-"

These prefixes are &quot;attached to verbs in order to make them transitive, or to give them a transitive marker if they are already transitive.&quot;

Examples include: enbolden, enliven, empower, embitter.

So, while "embibe" and "enbibe" are not officially words, one could maybe make the argument for this word formation considering the function of the prefix substitutions.

chismosa, in Spanish, or quidnunc

Though, admittedly, these are both closer to "gossipmonger" than "drama queen"

Yeah I know you didn't. Hedonic adaptation is an established thing too. https://www.google.com/amp/s/lifehacker.com/avoid-hedonic-adaptation-by-breaking-routines-to-stay-1713018774/amp#ampshare=https://lifehacker.com/avoid-hedonic-adaptation-by-breaking-routines-to-stay-1713018774

These lists always make me sad because there are often words that do translate that are just not common, and this list would be better if it made the effort to find them.

For example, isn't it much better to know that we have the word moonglade than to pretend that mangata is untranslatable?

Contradistinctive, diametric...

All I can think of to be specific to size would be modifying an adjective like thin or large with relatively, comparatively, or by comparison.

Or, for thin specifically, this thing looks .... thinned down, shrunken, deflated, meager, or undersized.

You can try Wordnik reverse dictionary: https://www.wordnik.com/words/opposite%20size