Friday, 5 October 2007 7 words I didn't know until today

  1. Maieutic - of or relating to the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers
  2. Ouma - grandmother, often as a title with a surname
  3. Heeze - Scottish word for hoist
  4. Zapata - A drooping moustache
  5. Eidola - Unsubstantial image
  6. Oomiac - Inuit boat made of skins
  7. Oubliette - Dungeon enterred only by a trap door

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