"Meaning not found"

roymccoy

@sfbrady1243
@sakamvari didn't reply to your question, and I don't see any reason whatever for you to send a screenshot. You could simply post a word that doesn't have a definition, and one could understand that no definition appears for it.

The reason for the lacking definitions, I imagine, is that the word list is coming from one place and the dictionary from another. Some of the accepted words simply don't have dictionary entries, at least yet.

Mistertoad

@sfbrady1243
Obviously roymccoy has the right of it.

For me, Scrabble allows me to enlarge my vocabulary whilst indulging my passion for competing.

If I really get interested in a particular word which Lexulous defines as "meaning not found" (!) then I just google it. Usually I don't bother though - who cares what an ugly looking word like 'vug' means anyway?!

Shuffling letters about would seem to be part of the game. If 'vug' fits then I use it.

MapmakerE

@mistertoad Hmph! Vugs are beautiful things! I love seeing them in old stone buildings. I agree tho, the word itself is ugly.

Mistertoad

@mapmakere
I just knew I shoulda googled the damn word!! Now I look churlish! The universe is always trying to make me look dumb!

Your turn now. Find me a really ugly word that stands for something beautiful, commendable, delicate or whatever.

Dapper?
Glint?
Shapely?
Cupola?
Lovely
Braids
(not easy to think of any!)

itaintsam

@mistertoad Does 'pulchritude' meet your specifications? for an ugly word that means something beautiful or physically attractive?

MapmakerE

@mistertoad Pulchritude. Crepuscular. Puce.

Mistertoad

@itaintsam

Yay! Much better than my own examples!

"Even though it looks (and sounds) like it would describe a disease or a bad attitude, pulchritudinous actually describes a person of breathtaking, heartbreaking...beauty."
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/pulchritudinous

Mistertoad

@mapmakere
Thanks for responding. Funny how you and 'itaintsam' both went for 'pulchritude'!

Crepuscular:
“the evening's crepuscular charm”
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Crepuscular

Puce (not sure that this always fits the bill)
I thought about colors I hated: ecru, puce, lavender, beige and black.
("I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings")
Uncle Vernon stopped, his fist still raised, his face an ugly puce.
("Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban")

I deliberately made this exercise to make the point that there is a natural evolution in language relating to onomatopoeia e.g. cuckoo, sizzle. And, yes, I had to google for the spelling of onomatopoeia! LOL

MapmakerE

@mistertoad Pity that Katherine Barber, Canada's Word Lady, has died. https://katherinebarber.blogspot.com/ She was a wonderful speaker and had a great show on CBC.

Mistertoad

For your pleasure ... a list of "14 Words That Capture The Beauty And Charm Of English":

https://www.thesaurus.com/e/ways-to-say/s/beautiful-words/?itm_source=parsely-api#scintilla