St. Anne's Reading Group Experience discussion

There were several comments this week that the vocabulary of this book is challanging. I think Marie is going to do some work on the British slang aspect of that. I wanted to start a thread for the words that we do not actual know that Mieville is using.

In the first section I made a note of three:


1. plinth--supporting block: a square block beneath a column, pedestal, or statue

2. Ajut--does not appear to be a real word?

3. perspicacity--acute perception: acuteness of discernment or perception

Ajut- to help with; to contribute to to a need

Abjure= solemnly renounce
Dish=money
Bosh=nonsense
Cack=crap
Weightomancy=invented technical term
Planurgy=invented magical term (extreme origami

Kip= sleep; nap
Nous= brain; intelligence
Regular bird= time in prison
Rozzers=police
Gob=mouth
Pony=rubbish;shit
Cack-handled=awkwardly
Natter=talk;conversation
Take the piss; take the joke
Nicked=stole

Bunce= An illicit profit or gain; benefit not accounted for in accounts or for tax purposes.
Bint= tart; whore
Dobber(ing)= tosser; wanker; masturbater
pops his clogs= dies
Giz a snog= give us a kiss

Ok, here is what is currently on my list of words:
Febrile
Alveoli
Aetherial
St Calvi
Heresiarchs
Equivocation
Urban twee
Autarch
Shabtis
Adzes
Susurrus
Eschatology
Wittering
Fomented
Intereffigial

Mike knew most of these & some I have heard before...but I could not use them in a sentence...
1. Insalubrious
2. Efficacious
3. Proscenium
4. Minaret
5. Quotidian
6. Remoras
7. Verdigris
8. Lusca