More Delicious Language

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Flagrante Delicto (noun)
[Fluh-grahn-tay di-LIK-toh]
Latin for "When the crime is blazing" or "When the act is in flames."

1. To be caught in the middle of a criminal act.
2. To be caught in the middle of a sexual act.


Hypogeum (noun)
[High-puh-JEE-uhm

1. An underground chamber, vault, or any part of a building set underground.


Petrichor (noun)
[PE-tri-kor]

1. The smell of rain after a period of dry weather.
2. An aromatic combination of plant oils, natural gases, and mineral odors drawn from ground soil by fresh rainfall.

* Despite the fact that many people claim this is their favorite scent, there wasn't actually a word to describe the odor released after rainfall until 1964.
*The word comes from the Greek Petri (stone) plus Ichor
(the mineral said to be located in the blood of Greek gods)


Hibernacle (noun)
[High-bur-NAK-ull]

1. A winter retreat
2. Shelter from the cold


Astrobleme (noun)
[Ast-RO-bleem]

1. The mark left by a meteor (literally a star scar)