Hiatus until Monday or maybe Tuesday

lets say next monday/tuesday, not this one

Sanctimonious

Definitions:

Princeton says: 

(excessively or hypocritically pious) "a sickening sanctimonious smile"

Webster says:

1

: hypocritically pious or devout <a sanctimonious moralist><the king's sanctimonious rebuke — G. B. Shaw>

2

obsolete : possessing sanctity : holy

— sanc·ti·mo·nious·ly adverb

— sanc·ti·mo·nious·ness noun

My input:

Pronunciation:  Sanc as in sanctuary. Ti as in tit, or Ti mothy. Mon sounds like moan,  rhymes with phone. I rhymes with tree. Ous sounds the same as it does in glorious. 

Webster audio

Synonyms: 

holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, self-righteous

Thoughts: 

I find it interesting that the word was used to mean close to the opposite of what it does now. Lesss confusing than constellate, anyway.

I'm just going to skip Saturdays from now.

This stuff is time consuming!

Elide

Foreword:

For some reason when I saw this word, I thought of the part of Firework in this video at 0:40 

There's also another song that reminds me of this word... but I can't remember atm. (at the moment)

Definitions:

Princeton says:

(leave or strike out) "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"

Webster says:

transitive verb

1

a : to suppress or alter (as a vowel or syllable) by elisionb : to strike out (as a written word)

2

a : to leave out of consideration : omit

b : curtail, abridge

My input:

I'll probably use this as a substitute for omit.

Pronunciation: El sounds like ill, rhymes with mill, fill. Ide rhymes with slide, sounds like lied.  

Webster audio

Synonyms: 

Princeton has none, so I assume their definition has a nuance that omit does not.

Ambisinister, Ambisinistrous

Foreword:

Something different for the first word today.

This word... I don't know if it's an official one! I can't find it on webster or princeton. It was on dictionary.com though. I don't get why that would be the case. I kind of wonder if it's a troll that put this up! Well, new words are always being made.

Definitions:

–adjective

clumsy or unskillful with both hands.

Pronunciation: Am as in... am, amber. Bi as in Ambidextrous, blister (minus the l),  Sinister sounds like sinister. Sin as in sin, sounds like cin in Cincinnati. Ister rhymes with sister, blister (I have one :p)

Dictionary.com entry with audio

Synonyms: 

none really, but clumsy could be one.

Oh shi-

only 1 hour left. Double post tomorrow instead.

Captious

Definitions:

Princeton says:

(tending to find and call attention to faults) "a captious pedant"

Webster says:

1

: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections <captious critics>

2

: calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument <a captious question>

My input:

The Webster definition seems better in this case, as multiple definitions I have seen say that the word captious has the connotation of annoying faultfinding. Although, the way princeton's definitions work, the same entry is there for faultfinding, so it does make sense that a nuance would be lost.

Pronunciation: Cap as in cap, capture, captcha. Tious sounds like xious in obnoxious. (which captious encapsulates)  Alternately, Ti is the sh sound, like shoot, and ious sounds like ess in heiress. 

Webster audio

Synonyms: 

faultfinding

Viand

Definitions:

Princeton says:

viand (a choice or delicious dish)

Webster says:

1

: an item of food; especially : a choice or tasty dish

2

plural : provisions, food

My input:

simple word today.

Pronunciation: Vi as in violet, vivacious. And sounds like end.  

Webster audio

Synonyms: 

none listed! I'm surprised delicacy or something wasn't listed.