syllabub
milk or cream that is curdled with an acid beverage (as wine or cider) and often sweetened and served as a drink or topping or thickened with gelatin and served as a dessert (source: m-w.com)
coot
a type of bird; used to describe old men as well
buskin
a knee-high lace-up boot
imposthume
an abscess
proboscis
nose
vacuity
a state of lacking meaning or importance
modicum
small amount
grandiloquent
extravagant, bombastic, lofty in manner
fop
a man too concerned with his appearance
coxcomb
a fool
acrostic
a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet (source: m-w.com)
mettle
strength, desire to persevere
fulsome
loud, thunderous, voluble
Rillettes
cooked or shredded meat
simpering
saying something or smiling insincerely
olfactory
relating to the nose and smelling
demisemiquaver
a 32nd-note in music
azure
a shade of blue
galantine
a cold dish consisting of boned meat or fish that has been stuffed, poached, and covered with aspic (source: m-w.com)
scapular
a piece of clothing, such as one worn by monks; or, a sacramental/fraternal badge
