Magnanimity is “loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity.”

Urbane means “notably polite or polished in manner,” and comes from the same root word as urban (“of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city.”)

Reprobate was originally used in religious contexts, but now be used to describe anyone who is “an unprincipled or depraved person.”

Ornery means “having an irritable disposition” or “difficult to deal with or control.” The word comes from ordinary and was used to describe things that were common or of inferior quality. Later, it came to mean “lazy,” and became associated with being easily agitated.

Callipygian means “having shapely buttocks.”

Dulcet means “pleasing to the ear,” as well as “sweet to the taste,” and can be applied to most things generally pleasing, like a smile.

!!!!!! Congenial is synonymous with pleasant or sociable. In ancient mythology, people were thought to be born with spiritual guardians which were called genius in Latin. People that got along well were said to have similar spirits, or be congenial.

Originally sanctimonious was used to describe people and things that were holy. That definition is now obsolete, and today the word means “hypocritically pious or devout.”

As well as being a type of crisp tart apple, pippin means “a highly admired or very admirable person or thing.”

Prodigal means “characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure,” and is perhaps best known for its use in the Biblical tale The Prodigal Son, where it describes the wayward child’s lavish lifestyle.

Popinjay comes from the same word as parrot. Before the 1500s, the bird was rare and exotic, so being compared to one was a compliment. As they became more commonplace, their gaudy plumage and vulgar mimicry gave popinjay the negative connotation it has today.

Synonymous with keen, perspicacious is derived from the Latin perspicax, meaning “clear-sighted.”

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Pulchritude is defined as “physical comeliness,” and can be a colorful (if slightly obscure) way of describing someone or something as beautiful.

Nescience means “lack of knowledge or awareness.” The word comes from the Latin ne for “not” and scire for “to know” (scire is also the root for the word science).

A flibbertigibbet is “a silly flighty person.” It is a word of onomatopoeic origins, created from sounds meant to resemble idle chatter.

Originating from Yiddish and Late Hebrew, maven means “one who is experienced or knowledgeable.”

Synonymous with traitor and collaborator, quisling comes from Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian army officer who encouraged Adolf Hitler to occupy Norway.