Bill O'Reilly: Words of the Day

Words of the Day

You asked, so we answered... here's a list of some of Bill's favorite obscure and obsolete words.

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rapscallion

[ rap-skal-yuhn ] a rascal; rogue; scamp.

Featured on September 22, 2022.

palter

[pawl-ter] to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.

Featured on September 20th, 2022

honeyfuggle

[huh-nee-fuh-gle] to dupe or deceive by flattery; to obtain by deception

Featured on September 19, 2022

barbermonger

Obsolete.

Featured on September 12th, 2022.

saturnine

[ sat-er-nahyn ] sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.

Featured on September 8th, 2022

nudnik

[NUHD-nik] A boring and bothersome person, a pest

Featured on September 9, 2022

plonker

[ Plon - Ker ] A stupid person.

Featured on September 6, 2022

supercilious

[ soo-per-sil-ee-uhs ] haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

Featured on August 24th, 2022

fop

[fop] excessively refined and fastidious in taste and manner; vain

Featured on August 23rd, 2022

jobbernowl

[ job-ber-nowl ] A stupid or foolish person; an idiot, a numbskull.

Featured on August 22nd, 2022

nebbish

[NEH-bish] A very meek and timid man

Featured on August 18, 2022

turgid

[ tur-jid ] tediously pompous or bombastic.

Featured on August 17, 2022.

odious

[ oh-dee-uhs ] highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.

Featured on August 16, 2022

sop

[sop] a weak-willed or spineless person

Featured on August 15th, 2022

quakebuttock

[kwake-butt-ock] sniveling coward

Featured on August 11, 2022

banal

[buh-NAHL] Unoriginal, commonplace, boring

Featured on August 10, 2022

ninnyhammer

[NIHN-ee-HAM-ur] A foolish and silly individual, a simpleton

Featured on August 8, 2022

cretin

[ kreet-n ] a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person.

Featured on August 4, 2022

visigoth

[VIZ-uh-goth] A Marauder, akin to the western Goths who invaded Rome

Featured on August 3, 2022

petulant

[ pech-uh-luhnt ] moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance.

Featured on August 2, 2022

buffoon

[buh-FOON] Clown, foolishly amusing person

Featured on July 27, 2022

restive

[ress-tiv] edgy, tense, jittery

Featured on July 26, 2022

loogan

[LOO-gun] An unsophisticated person, a yokel

Featured on July 25, 2022

didactic

[die-DACK-tick] Prone to lecturing in a boring way

Featured on July 21, 2022

cretin

[ kreet-n ] a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person.

Featured on July 20, 2022

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