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Illustrations of Unusual Words

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Acersecomic: A person whose hair has never been cut.

A-Z of Unusual Words is an exciting exhibition of 26 graphic works by design and illustration studio The Project Twins. Influenced by vintage poster art and modernism, they use bold graphics to interpret a collection of strange, unusual and lost words.

Biblioclasm: The practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material and media.

Infandous: Unspeakable or too odious to be expressed or mentioned.

Fanfaronade: Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior; ostentatious display.

Cacodemonomania: The pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit.

Jettatura: The casting of an evil eye.

Hamartia: The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.

Ostentiferous: Bringing omens or unnatural or supernatural manifestations.

Pogonotrophy: The act of cultivating, or growing and grooming, a mustache, beard, sideburns or other facial hair.

Quockerwodger: A rare nineteenth-century word for a wooden toy which briefly became a political insult.

Scripturient: Possessing a violent desire to write.

Xenization: The act of traveling as a stranger.


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