perfunctory

1. done without care or interest or merely as a form or routine; superficial
2. without concern or solicitude; indifferent

nadir

lowest point
Synonyms: bottom; depth; pit

Example: As Jacqueline watched 8 straight hours of Gilmore girls, she realized she had reached the nadir of her social life.

hubris

Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

profligate

1. Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
2. Overthrown; beaten; conquered, especially by vice.

myopic

Function:

noun

Etymology:

New Latin, from Greek myōpia, from myōp-, myōps

Date:

circa 1752

1 : a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects
2 : a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something

lycanthropy

Function:

noun

Etymology:

New Latin lycanthropia, from Greek lykanthrōpia, from lykanthrōpos werewolf, from lykos wolf + anthrōpos human being — more at wolf

Date:

1594

1 : a delusion that one has become a wolf 2 : the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magic

malingerer

noun: someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

diaphanous

describes a substance, especially cloth, which is so delicate and thin that you can see through it:
a diaphanous silk veil

misanthrope

mis·an·thrope

noun

a person who hates or distrusts all people

Etymology: Gr misanthrōpos, hating mankind < misein, to hate + anthrōpos, a man: see anthropo-

misanthrope Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

• cynical: Is Bob Fingerman a cynical misanthrope or a disappointed humanitarian?
• few: Harrison Dent Custom Reviews: Half Life... what do you expect Gob Smacking... apart from the few misanthropes out there.

locution

lo·cu·tion

noun

1. a word, phrase, or expression
2. a particular style of speech; phraseology

Etymology: ME locucion <>locutio, a speaking <>loqui, to speak

locution Usage Examples

• It merely means that we employ the natural locution that language has given us.