Idiosyncratic, derived from Greek roots meaning \"one's own mixture,\" describes highly individual and distinctive traits.

Kalopsia, derived from Greek roots, describes the illusion of seeing things as more beautiful or ideal than they truly are.

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From Cambridge Dictionary’s choice to Dictionary.com’s, here are the words believed to have captured the zeitgeist.

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Linguists at Aberystwyth University have launched the first comprehensive dictionary to capture every known word of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland between 325 BC and AD 500. The ...