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gibus [jahy-buhs]

noun

1. opera hat, a collapsible top hat

examples

1. Ask little Tom Prig, who is there in all his glory, knows everybody, has a story about every one; and, as he trips home to his lodgings in Jermyn Street, with his gibus-hat and his little glazed pumps, thinks he is the fashionablest young fellow in town, and that he really has passed a night of exquisite enjoyment. The Book of Snobs, 2006
2. Ispenlove stood leaning against the piano, as though intensely fatigued; he crushed his gibus with an almost savage movement, and then bent his large, lustrous black eyes absently on the flat top of it. Sacred and Profane Love, Arnold Bennett, 1899

origin

French gibus, from Gibus, name of its 19th century French inventor
gibus
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Glissade (noun, verb)
glissade [ gli-sahd, -seyd ]


noun
1. a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
2. Dance. a sliding or gliding step.

verb (used without object), glissaded, glissading.
1. to perform a glissade.

Other Words From
glis·sad er noun

See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com

Origin: 1830–40; < French, equivalent to gliss ( er ) to slip, slide + -ade -ade

Example Sentences
For the glissade, Nancy glided over a few feet to the left.
From Literature

In the book, she glissades past this defining moment, which I would have liked to see her hold for a few more counts.
From Washington Post

From hiking a few miles to learning how to use an ice ax and glissade down a mountain, we trained and grew stronger together to ultimately reach the summit.
From Seattle Times

As I contemplated how to avoid glissading down the mountain, my phone powered down due to the cold and I lost my GPS tracker.
From Seattle Times

At about 7 a.m., around 300 dancers — boys and girls, men and women — took turns glissading across the concrete at 44th Street and Seventh Avenue, which was transformed into a scene from “Fame.”
From New York Times

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
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(see above for illustration)


Fulminate: to explode like lightning

(Example: there are illnesses that are said to have a fulminant course)

Strand: the shore of a sea or lake

("By the sea-strand, a green oak stands, and a gold chain is on that oak; A learned cat is on that chain and keeps walking around the oak, day and night...")

Graupel: granular snow pellets

Snag: a dead tree

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guttiform [guht-uh-fawrm ]

adjective
1. shaped like a drop

examples
1. The slow drip froze and thawed alternately, leading to guttiform shapes that gradually covered the entire surface.
2. While earlier work has typically scored scale shape qualitatively (e.g. circular, oval, elongated, guttiform), it would be opportune for future comparative studies to make use of modern methods to quantify shape, such as the EFA described in the present study to precisely quantify interspecific shape variation and increase statistical power. Ontogenetic scaling patterns of lizard skin surface structure as revealed by gel-based stereo-profilometry (2019)

origin
probably from (assumed) New Latin guttiformis, from New Latin gutti- (from Latin gutta drop) + Latin -formis -form

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gamut (GAM-uht) - n., the entire scale or range (of something); including specifically, a) the whole series of recognized musical notes, b) all the colors that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.


Originally, a single note -- and this story will take a while. In medieval Western Europe, the names of the notes of the scale were ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, after the first syllables of successive lines of a hymn to John the Baptist*, which walked up the scale. (Later, ut became do, for reasons I haven't tracked down, and si became ti.) The 11th century music theorist Guido d’Arezzo used Greek letters to name the lines on the staff, with gamma being the lowest line of the bass staff -- which gave the lowest possible note over all scales the name gamma ut, which in Middle English was shortened to gam(m)ut. At some point, still medieval times, the gamut came to mean not the lowest note of the scale, but the whole scale, and by further extension, any sort of complete range. The color gamut is a specific usage, which is both technical and seems to be largely British English usage.


* In full:
Ut queant laxis
resonare fibris
Mira gestorum
famuli tuorum,
Solve polluti
labii reatum,
Sancte Iohannes


---L.


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Graupel - noun.

Did you know that hail has a tiny little cousin? I've lived in Canada my whole life and didn't know there was a name for the tiny pellets of snow that are too large to be snowflakes and too small to be proper hail. Graupel can be present during thunderstorms or snowstorms.


2013-02-23 03 59 28 Graupel (snow pellets) in Elko, Nevada.JPG
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Gigglemug - noun.

Victorian slang can be ever so delightful--gigglemug means what it says--a habitually smiling face.
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Gadzooks [gad-ZOOKS]
(interj.) [archaic]

- A minced (mild) oath used to express surprise, fear, joy, wonder etc.

A minced oath (sub-genre of euphemisms used to avoid swearing)

Euphemistic shortening of "God's Hooks" (the nails on the cross). - 1690s

Used in a sentence:
“Gadzooks, Charles, what ever did you do when you noticed she had no reflection?”

(from Grandiloquent Word of the Day)

As mentioned above, an archaism, but I had once come across it used humorously in the last verse of this poem:

The Common Cold

Go hang yourself, you old M.D!
You shall not sneer at me.
Pick up your hat and stethoscope,
Go wash your mouth with laundry soap;
I contemplate a joy exquisite
In not paying you for your visit.
I did not call you to be told
My malady is a common cold.

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I heard it, of all places, in one of the recent current events/political discussions. The presenter said that Putin and Xi Jinping were both engaged in gatsbying.

...
"...So, anyway I recently came across this fascinating dating trend and I could really relate to this one because, let's face it, we've all done it once in our lives and reaped the benefits from it. Or not! The trend is called Gatsbying and yes, the relevance is derived from The Great Gatsby. Gatsbying is when you have a crush on someone and you want their attention upon you, you resort to social media, primarily Instagram, Snapchat or Facebook and put stories from your life, which may get you attention from your respective crush for them to notice you, so you can make a fair amount of an impression upon them! Yup, it's a very new-age trend and of course limited to urban dwellers who're fairly active on social media."

You can read more in this article from 2018: 'Gatsbying', The New Dating Trend, Is The Best Possible Way To Impress Your Crush Right Now

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Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023

Gregarious (adjective)
gregarious [ gri-gair-ee-uhs ]


adjective
1. fond of the company of others; sociable.
2. living in flocks or herds, as animals.
3. Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
4. pertaining to a flock or crowd.

OTHER WORDS FROM GREGARIOUS
gre·gar·i·ous·ly, adverb
gre·gar·i·ous·ness, noun
non·gre·gar·i·ous, adjective
non·gre·gar·i·ous·ly, adverb
non·gre·gar·i·ous·ness, noun
un·gre·gar·i·ous, adjective
un·gre·gar·i·ous·ly, adverb
un·gre·gar·i·ous·ness, noun

WORDS RELATED TO GREGARIOUS
affable, sociable, clubby, companionable, convivial, cordial, fun, outgoing, social

See synonyms for: gregarious / gregariousness on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR GREGARIOUS
1. social, genial, outgoing, convivial, companionable, friendly, extrovert

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin gregarius “belonging to a flock,” from greg- (stem of grex ) “crowd, flock, herd” + -arius -ary

HOW TO USE GREGARIOUS IN A SENTENCE
The face of this gregarious, appealing world traveler had become familiar to almost everybody, even those who had never seen Parts Unknown or any of his other shows.
ROADRUNNER ILLUMINATES ANTHONY BOURDAIN THE MAN—BUT ARE ITS MEANS TOTALLY LEGIT? | STEPHANIE ZACHAREK | JULY 16, 2021 | TIME

His father Charles, a gregarious Cuban whose parents were Turkish and Polish transplants, owned a steel-wool factory and expected to lose it in Castro’s imminent nationalization of businesses.
CAN ONE AGENCY KEEP THE U.S. SAFE AND STILL BE HUMANE? THE NEW DHS CHIEF THINKS SO | ALANA ABRAMSON | MAY 12, 2021 | TIME

As a young girl, she looked up to Willie Wood, the gregarious, hard-hitting defensive back.
MORE FOOTBALL LEADS TO WORSE CTE, SCIENTISTS SAY. CONSIDER NFL GREAT WILLIE WOOD. | RICK MAESE | MARCH 12, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST

Instead, Bond speculates that gregarious females might suffer less stress.
HAVING MORE FRIENDS MAY HELP FEMALE GIRAFFES LIVE LONGER | SUSAN MILIUS | FEBRUARY 25, 2021 | SCIENCE NEWS

He projected strength even while forced to follow orders, and was well liked and gregarious though in the end a mystery even to many who spent time with him.
THE MURDER CHICAGO DIDN’T WANT TO SOLVE | BY MICK DUMKE | FEBRUARY 25, 2021 | PROPUBLICA
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Grandidierite - noun.

Named for French explorer Alfred Grandidier, grandidierite is a mineral discovered in 1902 in Madagascar.


Grandidierite-169886.jpg
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Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2023

Gamut (noun)
gam·ut [gam-uht]


noun
1. the entire scale or range: the gamut of dramatic emotion from grief to joy.

2. Music.
a. the whole series of recognized musical notes.
b. the major scale.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH GAMUT
gambit

WORDS RELATED TO GAMUT
spectrum, area, catalogue, compass, diapason, extent, field, panorama, scale, scope, series, sweep

See synonyms for gamut on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR GAMUT
1. sweep, breadth, scope, reach, extent.

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin; contraction of gamma ut, equivalent to gamma, used to represent the first or lowest tone (G) in the medieval scale + ut (later do ); the notes of the scale (ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si) being named from a Latin hymn to St. John the Baptist: Utqueant laxis resonare fibris. Mira gestorum famuli tuorum, Solve polluti labii reatum, Sancte Iohannes

HOW TO USE GAMUT IN A SENTENCE
Colors appear punchy and saturated thanks to the wide color gamut, and it’s plenty bright even in situations with a lot of ambient illumination.
THE NEW IPAD AIR IS THE BEST TABLET FOR MOST PEOPLE|STAN HORACZEK|OCTOBER 30, 2020|POPULAR-SCIENCE

Oyster recipes can run the gamut from raw to steamed to fancy preparations like oysters Rockefeller and oysters casino.
14 WILD EDIBLES YOU CAN PULL RIGHT OUT OF THE OCEAN|BY BOB MCNALLY/FIELD & STREAM|OCTOBER 19, 2020|POPULAR-SCIENCE

The rules they broke ran the gamut from missing deadlines to helping clients commit crimes.
MAINE HIRES LAWYERS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS TO DEFEND ITS POOREST RESIDENTS|BY SAMANTHA HOGAN, THE MAINE MONITOR, WITH DATA ANALYSIS BY AGNEL PHILIP|OCTOBER 6, 2020|PROPUBLICA

The responses ran the gamut, with most people erring on the side of caution, especially when it comes to indoor dining.
HOW READERS FEEL ABOUT DINING OUT RIGHT NOW|AMANDA KLUDT|OCTOBER 5, 2020|EATER
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germinant [jur-muh-nuhnt]

adjective:
germinating or having the capacity to grow or develop

Examples:

Forest managers traditionally use seeding on suitable sites as an alternative to planting. The primary advantages over planting are reduced treatment costs and improved root system development. The main disadvantages include seed predation, drought associated germinant mortality, a need for a large quantity of viable seed, and a perception that intensive site preparation is required to expose mineral soil. (Michael Bendzsak, Saskatchewan Report: Aerial Broadcast Seeding of Jack Pine on Xeric Sites in Saskatchewan, Silviculture, Summer 2013)

As the oak is germinant in the acorn, so society is germinant in the family. Historically, the family is the first organization; biologically it is the origin of all other organizations. ( Kerry Howley, The Sentimental Origins of the Male Explanatory Reflex, Slate, November 2002)

We also know that the suckiness could get much worse (and much more germinant) if he forces Andrew Luck to return from injury before he's ready. (Why Your Quarterback Sucks: Ranking All 32 NFL Starters From Worst to Worst, Hero Sports, August 2017)

But the restrictions on individual licence which are due to respect for a known and friendly power allied to man, however trivial and absurd* they may appear to us in their details, contain within them germinant principles of social progress and moral order. (William Robertson Smith, Lectures on the Religion of the Semites)

She might have rebelled, had it not been for that germinant idea of hers. (Henry Kitchell Webster, The Real Adventure)

Origin:

Germinant, 'beginning to grow or develop,' comes from the Latin verb germināre, 'to bud, sprout,' which comes from the noun germen, 'shoot, sprout.' Germen is also the source of germ, which originally referred to a bud or seed and later came to refer to microorganisms as well. Despite the similar spelling, germen is not related to the name of the country Germany, which is of uncertain ultimate origin. Germinant was first recorded in English around the year 1600. (Dictionary.com)

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Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023

Gewgaw (noun)
gew·gaw [gyoo-gaw, goo-]


noun
1. something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.

Also gee·gaw [jee-gaw, gee-].

OTHER WORDS FROM GEWGAW
gewgawed, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO GEWGAW
bauble, trifle, trinket, bagatelle, bibelot, gaud, gimcrack, item, knickknack, memento, souvenir, toy, whatnot, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, objet d'art

See synonyms for: gewgaw / gewgaws on Thesaurus.com

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English giuegaue; gradational compound of uncertain origin; perhaps akin to Middle French, French gogo (see (à) gogo)

HOW TO USE GEWGAW IN A SENTENCE
Here again the gewgaw of royal parade was intended to entrap the admiration of the ignorant.
SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND, FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE THE THIRD TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE THE FOURTH, VOLUME I (OF 2)|LADY ANNE HAMILTON

Compare it for a moment with the gewgaw skimble-skamble diplomatic sensationalism with which we have been presented since.
THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, VOLUME 36, NOVEMBER 1879|VARIOUS

Some of them have been won by a mess of pottage, a mere bauble or a gewgaw.
PRISONS AND PRAYER: OR A LABOR OF LOVE|ELIZABETH RYDER WHEATON

Patient investigation reveals a lacquered toilet-box with a mirror under the lid, a cheap and nasty gewgaw.
'NEATH VERDUN, AUGUST-OCTOBER, 1914|MAURICE GENEVOIX
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Glower (verb, noun)
glow·er [glou-er]


verb (used without object)
1. to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.

noun
2. a look of sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.

OTHER WORDS FROM GLOWER
glow·er·ing·ly, adverb
un·glow·er·ing, adjective
un·glow·er·ing·ly, adverb

WORDS RELATED TO GLOWER
scowl, glare, gloom, look, lower, stare, sulk, watch, look daggers

See synonyms for: glower / glowering on Thesaurus.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR GLOWER
1. See glare. (def 1)

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English (Scots ) glowren “to glower”; akin to Middle Low German gluren “to be overcast,” Middle Dutch gloeren “to leer”

HOW TO USE GLOWER IN A SENTENCE
"I guess we can stand it if you can," Mollie responded lightly, which only caused him to glower the more.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLE|LAURA LEE HOPE

Old Jimmie shrank slightly before Larry's glower, and his little eyes gleamed with the fear of a rat that is cornered.
CHILDREN OF THE WHIRLWIND|LEROY SCOTT

The Prince was there, too, and it was lots of fun to see him glower at the other men.
POLLY THE PAGAN|ISABEL ANDERSON

And there's a headless man stalks up and down the path and skeletons glower at you between the boughs.
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES|LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
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Gajjak - noun.

Gajjak (ga-jak), sometimes spelled gajak, is a tasty Indian treat, snack or dessert. It's a popular winter time food and resembles sesame snaps or peanut brittle. There's no shortage of ingredients that can be used and if you can't find it as a local South Asian supermarket, you can even make it at home.

Here's a recipe from Times of Indian--https://recipes.timesofindia.com/recipes/gur-ki-gajak/rs62390081.cms


Gajjak
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Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021

Graduation (noun)
grad·u·a·tion [graj-oo-ey-shuhn]


noun
1. an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
2. the ceremony of conferring degrees or diplomas, as at a college or school.
3. arrangement in degrees, levels, or ranks.

OTHER WORDS FROM GRADUATION
non·grad·u·a·tion, noun
post·grad·u·a·tion, adjective
pre·grad·u·a·tion, noun

WORDS RELATED TO GRADUATION
convocation

See synonyms for graduation on Thesaurus.com

Origin: 1375–1425; late Middle English graduacion < Medieval Latin graduation- (stem of graduatio ). See graduate, -ion

HOW TO USE GRADUATION IN A SENTENCE
Facebook says creating a profile requires only a college email address and graduation year— it’s up to you to add any other information.
FACEBOOK JUST INVENTED … FACEBOOK|TANYA BASU|SEPTEMBER 10, 2020|MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

I think you said 21 when you got your first show, even before you walked in your college graduation.
FULL TRANSCRIPT: TOMI LAHREN ON ‘THE CARLOS WATSON SHOW’|DANIEL MALLOY|AUGUST 31, 2020|OZY

The day after graduation, he flew to Seattle and started in Amazon’s “Pathways” leadership development program.
WHO IS DAVE CLARK, THE NEW CHIEF OF AMAZON’S GIANT RETAIL BUSINESS?|AARON PRESSMAN|AUGUST 22, 2020|FORTUNE

We need kids to be able to see their perspective in history and that goes hand in hand with graduation rates.
AS SCHOOL RESUMES, STUDENTS BRING RACIAL JUSTICE PUSH TO THE CLASSROOM|KAYLA JIMENEZ|AUGUST 18, 2020|VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2021

Guileless (adjective)
guileless [ gahyl-lis ]


adjective
1. free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.

OTHER WORDS FROM GUILELESS
guile·less·ly, adverb
guile·less·ness, noun

WORDS RELATED TO GUILELESS
unsophisticated, aboveboard, artless, candid, frank, genuine, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, simple, sincere, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, unstudied, simple-minded, undesigning

OTHER WORDS FOR GUILELESS
See synonyms for: guileless / guilelessly / guilelessness on Thesaurus.com
artless, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated.

Origin: 1720–30; guile + -les

HOW TO USE GUILELESS IN A SENTENCE
Casting the bubbly, adorable Feldstein opposite the prosthetically monstrosified Paulson and Owen is like casting a guileless little bunny as the final girl in a creature feature.
IMPEACHMENT: AMERICAN CRIME STORY FRAMES THE CLINTON SCANDAL AS A CASE OF WOMEN SABOTAGING WOMEN. IS THAT REALLY SO REVOLUTIONARY?|JUDY BERMAN|AUGUST 31, 2021|TIME

A professional writer’s prose is never guileless or innocent.
THE GREATEST PRISON ESCAPE EVER? ‘THE CONFIDENCE MEN’ TELLS A SENSATIONAL TRUE STORY.|MICHAEL DIRDA|JUNE 16, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

I was guileless, eager to take risks, a catamaran racing breakneck through every channel I encountered.
LUCINDA FRANKS, PULITZER-WINNING JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR, DIES AT 74|HARRISON SMITH|MAY 6, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

In a town populated by guileless, soft-hearted idealists, Terry is refreshingly complex—ruthless in advancing his own material interests but also sincerely committed to righting the historical wrongs perpetrated against his people.
CAN THE AMBITIOUS, UNEVEN RUTHERFORD FALLS DO FOR AMERICAN HISTORY WHAT THE GOOD PLACE DID FOR PHILOSOPHY?|JUDY BERMAN|APRIL 22, 2021|TIME
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Genial (adjective)
gen·ial [jeen-yuhl, jee-nee-uhl]


adjective
1. warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition; a genial host.
2. favorable for life, growth, or comfort; pleasantly warm; comfortably mild: the genial climate of Hawaii.
3. characterized by genius.

OTHER WORDS FROM GENIAL
gen·ial·ly, adverb
ge·ni·al·i·ty [jee-nee-al-i-tee], gen·ial·ness, noun
o·ver·ge·ni·al·i·ty, noun

WORDS RELATED TO GENIAL
pleasant, amiable, easygoing, upbeat, sunny, jolly, cheerful, gentle, jovial, chipper, sociable, kindly, congenial, affable, gracious, cheery, convivial, good-natured, agreeable, amicable

See synonyms for: genial / geniality / genially / genialness on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR GENIAL
1. friendly, hearty, pleasant, agreeable.

Origin: 1560–70; < Latin genialis festive, jovial, pleasant, equivalent to geni ( us ) tutelary deity, the spirit of social enjoyment + -alis -al

HOW TO USE GENIAL IN A SENTENCE
By this point, you should be imagining me as genial and easygoing, a fellow reader rather than a pontificating critic, someone who clearly knows a lot about books but also a guy who doesn’t make a big deal of it.
THE GREATEST PRISON ESCAPE EVER? ‘THE CONFIDENCE MEN’ TELLS A SENSATIONAL TRUE STORY.|MICHAEL DIRDA|JUNE 16, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

The genial gentleman at the register at first wasn’t sure what I was ordering, but after I pointed to its alluring picture on the light-up menu, and he confirmed that I, in fact, wanted “the new thing,” we were able to seal the deal.
BURGER KING’S NEW SPICY CHICKEN SANDWICH IS A WORTHY COMPETITOR, BUT IT WON’T DETHRONE POPEYES|EMILY HEIL|JUNE 4, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

And finally, they meet Un (Randall Park), who appears to be nothing but genial and fun-loving—especially to Dave.
SONY’S ‘THE INTERVIEW’: A GLORIOUS, PATRIOTIC, AND KATY PERRY-FILLED MESS|MARLOW STERN|DECEMBER 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

All was jolly and genial between the king of late night and the pretender to the throne.
STEPHEN COLBERT’S GROVELING ‘LATE SHOW’ DEBUT|TOM SHALES|APRIL 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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gaudiloquent [goh-dil-uh-kwuhnt ]

adjective:
(archaic, obsolete) speaking joyfully or on joyful matters

Examples:

But I must provide an especially gaudiloquent tribute to Debra Hansen, our wardrobe whisperer, to my guardian makeup angel, Lucky Bromhead, and to our dare-doing hair wrangler, Ana Sorys (Joanna Adams, 'Schitt's Creek' Cast's Emmy Speeches Are A Masterclass In Mutual Appreciation, Huffpost, October 2020)

This is all very gaudiloquent, but of course you have to like to read in the first place, otherwise it’s all a ficulnean issue. And reading - literacy itself - seems to be on the decline (Ian Chadwick, Words, Your Brain and Sex, Scripturient, October 2014)

The subject upon which I am inclined to be gaudiloquent is the English language. (Joy of discovering words, The New Indian Express, February 2010)

Origin:

While there is no online etynology, it appears that the word is constructed from Latin gaudium 'joy', gaude 'rejoice thou' (in hymns), from gaudere 'rejoice' and loquus 'speaking,' from loqui 'to speak' (from PIE root tolkw- 'to speak'). (details from Online Etymology Dictionary)

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