pronunciation | ‘rant-i-pOl
fun fact! | this is the only post on Otherwordly so far that can be all three parts of speech, and is the same for each.
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pronunciation | quAn-‘trel
…I think I want this word tattooed on me. Like a label.
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pronunciation | ‘os-tra-“nen-E
note | generally used as an art term
Russian | остранение
pronunciation | ‘pEg-e-“snE-ye (PEEG-eh-snee-yeh)
with thanks to | my “English Literature to the 1800s” professor, and Geoffrey Chaucer
pronunciation (best guess) | yu-put-ka (yuh-puht-kah)
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pronunciation | ‘GE-bel (GEE-bel)
submitted by | single-espresso
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Russian characters | гибель
This is what happened to my grandmother. When she actually died it was a bit of a relief.
pronunciation | ‘crip-tO-“skO-pO-‘fil-E-a
submitted by | theinvisiblequestion
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note | The word as it appears in the Oxford English Dictionary is spelled cryptoscopophilia, but appears as crytoscopophilia in several other reputable sources.
Ughhh, I do this. Not like walking up to the windows all peeping-Tom style but just glance into the living room from the sidewalk all “lol they’re watching Wheel of Fortune.”