New Words from 2025

Late in 2024, I started a big list on my phone of new words I encountered that I didn’t know, with short definitions for each. This is that list, to date. ABOMINATE : loathe; despise. ABSTEMIOUS : not indulgent; temperate, ascetic. ACAJOU : the wood of certain timber trees (mahogany), or another name for cashews. ACANTHUS : spiny-leafed Mediterranean plant. ACCOUCHEUR : obstetrician; one who helps…