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Though eidetic, The Rorschach inkblot could have represented a pair of obovate leaves, a lanuginous xenogenesis sumpter, a punty and pricket symbol à la the hammer and sickle; John didn't answer and instead became nauseous, regretting malingering to get out of elucubrating his florilegium blog.

eidetic (eye-DET-ik) adj. Of, relating to, or marked by extraordinarily detailed and vivid recall of visual images. —eidetically adv.

obovate (ahb-OH-VAYT) adj. Botany Egg-shaped and flat, with the narrow end attached to the stalk.

lanuginous (luh-NOO-juh-nuhs, -NYOO-) also lanuginose (-NOHS) adj. Covered with soft, short hair; downy.

xenogenesis (ZEN-uh-JEN-ih-sis, ZEE-nuh-) n. The supposed production of offspring markedly different from either parent. —xenogeetic (-juh-NET-ik), xenogenic (-JEN-ik) adj.

sumpter (SUMP-tuhr) n. A pack animal, such as a horse or mule.

punty (PUHN-tee) n. An iron rod on which molten glass is handled when being shaped and worked. Also called pontil.

pricket (PRIK-it) n. 1a. A small point or spike for holding a candle upright. b. A candlestick having such a a spike. 2. A buck in its second year, before the antlers branch.

nauseous (NAW-shuhs, -zee-uhs)) 1. Causing nausea; sickening. 2. Usage Problem Affected with nausea.
USAGE NOTE: Traditional critics have insisted that nauseous is properly used only to mean “causing nausea” and that it is incorrect to use it to mean “affected with nausea,” as in Roller coasters make me nauseous. In this example, nauseated is preferred by 72 percent of the Usage Panel. Curiously, though, 88 percent of the Panelists prefer using nauseating in the sentence The children looked a little green from too many candy apples and nauseating (not nauseous) rides. Since there is a lot of evidence to show that nauseous is widely used to mean “feeling sick,” it appears that people use nauseous mainly in the sense in which it is considered incorrect. In its “correct” sense it is being supplanted by nauseating.
[Bill Bryson quotes Bernstein as saying that people who are nauseated are no more nauseous than people who are poisoned are poisonous.]

malinger (muh-LING-guhr) intr. v. To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work. —malingerer n.

elucubrate (ih-LOO-kyoo-BRATE) tr. v. To produce (a written work) by working long and diligently.

florilegium (FLAAR-uh-LEE-jee-uhm, FLOHR-) n. A collection of excerpts from written texts, especially works of literature.