Gregarious

Used in a sentence:

• To say she was gregarious was not unlike claiming that cats were avid swimmers and she made her way quickly from the group before she hyperventilated.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

Perhaps not the most weirdest word to pass through the weird word library, this word definitely falls under the fun to say category. Four syllable way of saying someone is not shy or alternative way of saying extrovert.

Historicity

Used in a sentence:

• The historicity of the paper cup was without question, except by certain fundamentalist of the holy plastic utensil church.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

This is really a word. At least it is a word in Wiktionary and Wikipedia. It seriously looks like a made up word right? Even if it is, I think it deserves to be a word just because of how awesome it is. Like truthiness.

Pedantic

Used in a sentence:

• And then the rest of the group suddenly appreciated Charles’s pedantic nature, for without his obsessive rules knowledge, they never would have defeated the overlord’s pet twenty headed five tailed, three winged sloth-dragon that he made himself.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

Okay so I likened pedantic to being a rules-lawyer in a table top roleplaying game. The two aren’t wholly exclusive. Also pedantic isn’t that weird of a word, however pedant likely is. I’ve heard pedantic a lot, usually as a derogative term, however I’ve never heard anybody be called a pedant. No I didn’t just add pedant to the end of my weird word list. Stop looking over my shoulder!

Paucity

Used in a sentence:

• Our food stores were so full of paucity, that it was just about the only in the stores we had a large amount of.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

Before you even say a word, yes it is grammatically acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition, if the preposition is required to understanding the meaning of the sentence. Yes I could re-write the sentence to say something like ‘in large amounts’ but that wouldn’t let me rant about it!

Ahem.

Paucity isn’t so weird a word. I think it is used in Dickens books, which means it’s heard by modern ears about once a life time or so. But I like it anyway because it reminds me of paws and city, which makes me think of a city of cats (or dogs if that is your fancy).

Acerbic

Used in a sentence:

• I like to think of myself as a realist but she liked to call me acerbic, not that I had a clue what acerbic meant but I knew it likely wasn’t good.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

Here is a word you think is related to exercise, or breathing, or something medical, right? Nope! It’s the best description for that jack-ass in school who always seemed to have the perfect cutting retort regardless of the situation, like they stayed up at night thinking up perfect scenarios in which to belittle, torture, and torment you!

…

Not that such a thing ever happened to me of course.

Vim

Used in a sentence:

• What our hero did not know was how much vim her opponent kept in reserve, ready to forestall any punishment she could unleash.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

So the old cliché Vim and Vigor is equivalent to saying ATM machine, or Windows NT Technology. Probably just survived this obvious inefficiency by being alliterative. Will I say it is high time we broke vim away from it’s repeative existence and start using it solo. Give vim back some of its vim, as one might say!

Dint

Used in a sentence:

• The dint of his punch didn’t even put a dent in the armor but then, it didn’t have to.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

Dint means dent. It is a fairly old world that has obviously fallen out of use so much that it doesn’t really have a good use. Using it to mean force or power would more likely to confusion. It also doesn’t sound all that powerful, so I suppose you might use it to suggest a weak amount of power.

Histronic

Used in a sentence:

• His flood of tears were histronic, she was sure, but she couldn’t take that chance and pulled the gun from her holster.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

Is it me or are my sentences becoming more and more esoteric? Histrionic is a really interesting word to me. I expected it to relate to history but instead it is about acting or behaving in such a way as to garner attention. I was also hoping it was related to the future, because the -onic suffix always sounds futuristic.

Pastiche

Used in a sentence:

• The song used in that particular episode was not just a pastiche but, at least to most of the internet’s ears, a blantant rip-off of the artist’s song, with no obvious credit.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

While it was awhile ago, some of you might know the source of today’s sentence. If not, don’t worry about it! Just keep in mind that a Pastiche is not exactly a cover or copy but a re-imagining of the original art in another medium that is also its own. Actually I imagine most fan work that is attempting to imitate their favorite creative person falls under this. Maybe.

Epistolary

Used in a sentence:

• It’s manner communication was epistolary, all of its communication done via bioluminescent symbols across its skin.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

Here’s a word for dictophiles! A word about writing. Actually it is interesting that this word isn’t in more circulation these days, as it effectively describes the novels that are released via blogs or twitter, almost. I imagine we could stretch its meaning to include these things, could we not? Please? Pretty please?