A list of learned words from literature, Oct 2024:
Somnolence
A state of strong desire for sleep / drowsiness
Fora
Plural of forum: meeting
Metonymy
Alternative figure of speech e.g. love and heart
Mercantile
Related to trade and commerce / merchant
Dilettantish
Amateurish / frivolous
Archimandrite
Head of a monastery / abbot
Neurathenia
Medical condition: chronic fatigue
Insalubrious
Run down / unwholesome
Ecumenical
A number of different Christian churches
Sesquipedalian
Long; long winded
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