logolepsy
(noun)
An obsession with words, especially obscure words.
logolept (n.) — a person who is obsessed with words.
boanthropy
(noun)
A psychological disorder in which a human being believes himself to be a bovine.
The most prominent sufferer of the disorder was King Nebuchadnezzar who in the Book of Daniel “was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen.”
slugabed
(noun)
A lazy person who stays in bed late.
ORIGIN late 16th century: from the rare verb slug [be lazy or slow] + abed .
slubberdegullion
(noun)
1. A slovenly or worthless person; a sloven; a villain; a fiend; a louse; a pigpen; a jeeter; an uncouth slob; a disgusting draggletail; a torpid and tawdry tatterdemalion.
2. A mean, dirty wretch.
farouche
(adjective)
sullen or shy in company.
ORIGIN mid 18th century: from French, alteration of Old French forache, based on Latin foras ‘out of doors.’
