Abstruse Words

Abstruse words found in Against the Day, a novel by Thomas Pynchon.

• embonpoint — n: plumpness 
  
  • [ U2 - Big Girls Are Best ]
• gamomania — n: extreme desire to be married
  
  • [ Damien Rice- Be My Husband ]
• gynecophobia — n: fear of women
  
  • [ Pulp - The Fear (live) ]
• mouchard — n: police spy
  
  • [ Radiohead - Karma Police ]
• xanthocroid — adj: blonde, blonde hair - a Greek neologism
  • [ Micah P. Hinson - Yard of Blonde Girls ]