Yes. Yes we do, and it’s the word of the week.
struthious (STROO-thee-us) — adjective: of or relating to ostriches or similar birds.Tweeted out not too long ago by the OED, struthius might seem like the kind of word you non-ostrich ranch-owning readers might have little reason to use. And that night be true, but you never know when you might need to recap an episode of Top Chef.
Allow me to demonstrate:
Yes, Carla Hall — the best thing to come out of any reality show ever — has a struthious way about her. And that’s not an insult, exactly. Hall used to model back in the day, and even then exhibited a struthious beauty:
However, I’m happy to have her as we have her today: cooking and looking animatedly struthious.
Indeed.
Previous words of the week after the jump.
aasvogel
adulterine
ageusia
ambeer
anosmia
barn
barrack
beeturia
bissextile
bloofer
breastsummer
brinicle
catholicon
cecaelia
cephalophore
cherpumple
chilver
chyron
cockernonnie
collywobbles
coprolalia
couvade
cranberry morpheme
crwth
culaccino
cummingtonite
darkle
deasil
decussate
deuteragonist
dingbat
dingle
eidolon
embiggen
epeolatry
epopt
espalier
etui
exoterica
fabiform
Feghoot
fissilingual
flehm
Föhnkrankheit
folderol
formication
freekeh
froward
gallinipper
gnaborretni
grandgore
grue
guilloche
gyaru
hogo
hoyden
hyetal
ignivomous
iracund
isabelline
itaiitai
adulterine
ageusia
ambeer
anosmia
barn
barrack
beeturia
bissextile
bloofer
breastsummer
brinicle
catholicon
cecaelia
cephalophore
cherpumple
chilver
chyron
cockernonnie
collywobbles
coprolalia
couvade
cranberry morpheme
crwth
culaccino
cummingtonite
darkle
deasil
decussate
deuteragonist
dingbat
dingle
eidolon
embiggen
epeolatry
epopt
espalier
etui
exoterica
fabiform
Feghoot
fissilingual
flehm
Föhnkrankheit
folderol
formication
freekeh
froward
gallinipper
gnaborretni
grandgore
grue
guilloche
gyaru
hogo
hoyden
hyetal
ignivomous
iracund
isabelline
itaiitai
izod
izzard
jabroni
jamais vu
jehu
jumentous
kaffir
kakopygian
kayfabe
knipperdollin
lagniappe
leman
lemniscate
limnovore
linsey-woolsey
longicorn
malacia
malison
maroon
merryandrew
milt
mongo
mooncalf
morepork
muzjiks
narrenfreiheit
nef
nihilartikel
nobiliary particle
nosism
nudiustertian
obelus
ochanee
ogonek
ombré
ooglification
orchidectomy
ordured
orf
osculate
pace
padiddle
paraprosdokian
pareidolia
pavonated
perendiate
perigee
perverb
petrichor
pettifogger
pettitoes
phlegmagogue
phpht
pilkunnussija
pismire
pixilated
pogonip
pong
pruniferous
psithurism
puggle
pulveratricious
izzard
jabroni
jamais vu
jehu
jumentous
kaffir
kakopygian
kayfabe
knipperdollin
lagniappe
leman
lemniscate
limnovore
linsey-woolsey
longicorn
malacia
malison
maroon
merryandrew
milt
mongo
mooncalf
morepork
muzjiks
narrenfreiheit
nef
nihilartikel
nobiliary particle
nosism
nudiustertian
obelus
ochanee
ogonek
ombré
ooglification
orchidectomy
ordured
orf
osculate
pace
padiddle
paraprosdokian
pareidolia
pavonated
perendiate
perigee
perverb
petrichor
pettifogger
pettitoes
phlegmagogue
phpht
pilkunnussija
pismire
pixilated
pogonip
pong
pruniferous
psithurism
puggle
pulveratricious
purse
quacksalver
quagga
qualtagh
quidnunc
quiff
ronion
roynish
rubirosa
rumpsprung
runcible
salmagundi
scrutator
seneschal
sharrow
shebang
sherd
shrimpoluminescence
sinople
slampadato
slubberdegullion
stan
stevedore
suovetaurilia
suzerainty
tappen
tatterdemalion
teratogenesis
tergiversate
tetromino
thagomizer
thon
tiffin
tittery-whoppet
tmesis
toby
tutoyer
tyro
ucalegon
ultramontane
umiaq
umquhile
veneficial
verdigris
vespertilionine
vinegeroon
weeaboo
widdiful
williwaw
witzelsucht
wooper looper
xenodocheionology
xyster
yazoo
ypsiliform
yoink
zanjero
zenzizenzizenzic
zinnober
zugzwang
quacksalver
quagga
qualtagh
quidnunc
quiff
ronion
roynish
rubirosa
rumpsprung
runcible
salmagundi
scrutator
seneschal
sharrow
shebang
sherd
shrimpoluminescence
sinople
slampadato
slubberdegullion
stan
stevedore
suovetaurilia
suzerainty
tappen
tatterdemalion
teratogenesis
tergiversate
tetromino
thagomizer
thon
tiffin
tittery-whoppet
tmesis
toby
tutoyer
tyro
ucalegon
ultramontane
umiaq
umquhile
veneficial
verdigris
vespertilionine
vinegeroon
weeaboo
widdiful
williwaw
witzelsucht
wooper looper
xenodocheionology
xyster
yazoo
ypsiliform
yoink
zanjero
zenzizenzizenzic
zinnober
zugzwang
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