\mal-uh-fak-tris\
Noun – a woman who violates the law or does evil
Origin:
1640-50; Malefactress stems from the root malefact(o)r + -ess. Malefactor is a criminal; wrongdoer. Malefaction is the male version of malefactor and malefactress is the female version of malefactor.
empurple
\em-PUR-puhl\
verb – To color or become purple or purplish. To darken or redden; flush.
Origin:
Empurple originated in the late 1580s from the Greek prefix em- meaning ‘to become’ and the color ‘purple,’ a word of Tyrian descent for the shellfish from which purple dye was made.
\RAHYM\
noun – A coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of water droplets.
Origin:
Rime, also known as hoarfrost, comes from the Old English hrim. Used mainly in Northern England and Scotland for centuries, it was revived in literature in the 19th century.
\fuh-NEYG\
verb – To shirk; evade work or responsibility. To renege at cards.
Origin:
Fainaigue stems from British dialect, but its exact origins are unclear. Whether or not it has a relationship to finagle is a source of debate.
\ef-er-VES-uhnt\
adjective – High-spirited; vivacious; lively. Effervescing; bubbling.
Origin:
Effervescent originated as a French verb in the 1650s meaning, ‘the action of boiling up’ (as in water), though it did not assume its figurative meaning relating to personality until 1748.
\fli-pənt\
adjective – Glib, talkative. Lacking proper respect or seriousness.
Origin:
Probably from flip.
\ˈkre-vəs\
noun – a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff).
Origin:
Middle English, from Anglo-French crevace, from crever to break, from Latin crepare to crack.
\SFELT\
adjective – Slender, especially gracefully slender in figure. Suave; blandly urbane.
Origin:
Svelte enters English in 1800s from the French, and originally derives from the Latin verb exvellere, “to stretch out.”
\OH-guhl\
verb – To look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently. To eye; look or stare at.
Origin:
Ogle traces its origins from the Lower German oeglen, “to look at,” but ultimately comes from a now extinct word for “eye,” oog.
\dis-BOOZ-uhm\
verb – To reveal; confess.
Origin:
Disbosom comes from the ancient word bosom, which possibly goes back to the roots of the Indo-European languages. Bosom can mean “breast; womb; surface; or ship’s hold.” The first recorded use of disbosom is in the 18th century.