Defenestrate
Defenestrate is one of my favorite words. There is just something about it that sounds…cool. I first became acquainted with it when I was in my ninth grade English class. Since that time I have had moments in which I proudly engaged in acts of defenestration.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with it here is an easy definition.
de·fen·es·trate (dÄ“-fÄ•n‘Ä-strÄt‘)
tr.v., -trat·ed, -trat·ing, -trates.To throw out of a window.
In case you are wondering what made me think of sharing this with you I attribute it to Meryl’s post here.
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Anonymous January 25, 2007 at 10:14 pm
I assume this is linguistically related to the Yiddish word ×¤×¢× ×¡×˜×¢×¨?
Jack's Shack January 12, 2007 at 6:07 am
I enjoy finding obscure words.
Rhea January 11, 2007 at 7:01 pm
I like this word, too. Funny, that they made up a word for this semi-rare occurrence.