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Unusual synonyms

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Words that sound dirty (but aren’t)

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PRONUNCIATION:

(uh-blig-yoo-RISH-uhn)

MEANING:

noun: Extravagance, especially in matters of food and drink.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin abligurire (to squander on delicacies), from ab- (away) + ligurire (to be dainty), from lingere (to lick). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leigh- (lick), which also gave us linctus, lichen (apparently from the way it licks its way around a surface), lecher, and cunnilingus. Earliest documented use: 1724.

USAGE:

“I just recently learned that Roman Emperor Vitellius once ate one thousand oysters in one day, which is a very impressive act of abligurition.”
John Green; An Abundance of Katherines; Penguin; 2008.

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