Bletherskite - someone who just won't shut the hell up, even though you wish they would. Can make the sufferer feel angry or violent, often both at the same time. In extreme cases, it can bring out the vengeful side in people. So, when someone calls you a bletherskite, the best thing to do is SHUT UP!
Invigorate - give strength or energy to
Athwart
Adverb
1 : from side to side; crosswise.
2 : Nautical.
at right angles to the fore-and-aft line; across.
broadside to the wind because of equal and opposite pressures of wind and tide:
a ship riding athwart.
3 : perversely; awry; wrongly.
Preposition
4 : from side to side of; across.
5 : Nautical. across the direction or course of.
6 : in opposition to; contrary to.
WotD because I like both the sound of it and the various definitions.
Rapacious: grasping; extortionate; predatory
A sinister-sounding word with quite unpleasant definitions...
Runcible : 1871, a nonsense word coined by Edward Lear; used especially in runcible spoon "spoon with three short tines like a fork," which first took the name 1926.
WotD because why not? It is used in Lear's poem The Owl and the Pussy-cat, a most delightful, endearing piece of rhyme.
Flabbergasted
That is how I feel right now, but it also is a very funny word. I mean, what is my flabber and how would that be gasted?
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing
from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
Afire!
For some reason, I always want to end this one with an exclamation mark.
afire (əˈfaɪə)
adv, adj (postpositive)
1. on fire; ablaze
2. intensely interested or passionate.
I love the sound of the word. The feel of it, and just the way it comes out of the mouth.
On a rather different note, have you ever tried saying bubbles in an angry voice? It's impossible! It's just too joyous a word.
Afire is my word for Friday and bubbles is my word for Saturday.
mendacious:
a word that sounds rather grand and important, which belies its meaning: lying, untruthful
HUMILTY: the quality or condition of being humble
Uft.
A somewhat nonsense expression, used to convey boredom or disbelief.
"That cop pulled me over, just for the fun of it!"
"Uft, what a bamstick!"
Portmanteau
n. 1580s, "traveling case or bag for clothes and other necessaries," from Middle French portemanteau "traveling bag," originally "court official who carried a prince's mantle" (1540s), from porte, imperative of porter "to carry" (see porter (n.1)) + manteau "cloak" (see mantle (n.)).
Portmanteau word "word blending the sound of two different words" (1882), coined by "Lewis Carroll" (Charles L. Dodgson, 1832-1898) for the sort of words he invented for "Jabberwocky," on notion of "two meanings packed up into one word." As a noun in this sense from 1872.
WoTD because whenever I come across its use in English to describe a "portmanteau word", it takes me aback. I know the word primarily in French, and "manteau" means "coat", in modern French.
It doesn't surprise me that it was Lewis Carroll who coined the usage for portmanteau word.
A bit of a strange one today: Rumplefyke. It is Scottish, meaning to have an itchy arse. I can't remember if this has already been one of my WoTD selections, but if it has, it deserves to be again, simply because it's funny.
Limerence - The feelings and emotions (excitement, nervousness, etc.) you experience when you have a crush on somebody, combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have your feelings reciprocated.
Usage : Prolonged exposure to Friend-zone is the leading cause of Limerence.
Effulgent : adjective, shining forth brilliantly; radiant.
WotD because there are more hours of daylight now, and today, for a change, the sun is shining. That is a pleasant change from the rain, overcast skies, and low lying cloud cover that's been the norm lately. At least here, where I live.
Today's word is sorrow.
Because that is how the tragic events of this week have left so many people feeling.
susurration: a whispering or rustling sound
There's this place in Paisley, just a stone's throw away from me, called Helen's Haberdashery. I always loved the alliteration, and the feel of the word 'haberdashery'. It made me laugh, but also had this nostalgic feeling to it. I mentioned where the haberdasher is, because Paisley used to be one of the biggest makers of fabric. They even had streets named after what were made, like Silk Street. 
