Category: Definitions

ex·o·nym  (ĕk′sō-nĭm) n. A name by which one people or social group refers to another and by which the group so named does not refer to itself.

be·spoke (bĭ-spōk′)v. Past tense and a past participle of bespeak. adj. 1. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes. 2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. bespoke…

rive (rīv)v. rived, riv·en (rĭv′ən) also rived, riv·ing, rives v.tr. 1. To rend or tear apart. 2. To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder. 3. To break or distress (the spirit, for example). v.intr. To be or become split.

pie·bald (pī′bôld′)adj. Spotted or patched, especially in black and white. n. A piebald animal, especially a horse.

scab·rous ˈskabrəs/ adjective 1. rough and covered with, or as if with, scabs. 2. indecent; salacious. “scabrous publications”

ra·ti·oc·i·nate (răsh′ē-ŏs′ə-nāt′)intr.v. ra·ti·oc·i·nat·ed, ra·ti·oc·i·nat·ing, ra·ti·oc·i·nates To reason methodically and logically.