A Trio Of Words For Thursday

I thought I would start with some words of the day~~to wake up our sleepy minds, and maybe learn something new!! Have A Great Thursday:

Ceilidh (noun)
Pronunciation: ['key-li]
Definition: (Scotland and Ireland) A social gathering, especially one at which hosts and guests participate in traditional music, dancing, or storytelling—or a professional "ceilidh" band might be hired for the event.
Usage: Today's word is clearly a Celtic one adapted for use in Ireland, Scotland, and northern England. It has no relatives in English, so all we have to worry about is the pronunciation: it sounds like 'Kay Lee' with the accent on the first syllable.
Suggested Usage: A ceilidh today is usually a party organized around folk music or folklore: "We're having a wee ceilidh at the house this weekend; would you mind telling your brother that he's invited?" However, it still may be a gathering, usually around a fire, at which the participants exchange stories: "Everyone at this quiet country ceilidh had a good story to tell about someone who wasn't there."
Etymology: Irish Gaelic céilidhe is from Old Irish célide "visit" from céile or céle "companion." The English spelling follows the Scottish. The stem here developed from Proto-Indo-European *kei- "beloved, dear" and also "bed, couch." The suffixed form *kei-wi- underlies "city," "civic," "civil" from Latin civis "citizen," probably originally referring to a member of a household. In Sanskrit, this stem became the name, "Shiva," one of the three figures in the Supreme Trinity of Hinduism, from Sanskrit s'iva- "auspicious, dear."

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Limen (noun)
Pronunciation: ['li-men]
Definition: The threshold beyond which a stimulus elicits a response.
Usage: The adjective here is "liminal." Now, most of us are familiar with the term "subliminal," as in "subliminal suggestion," generally used in the sense of "imperceptible but stimulating consciousness." That is not quite what it means. The precise meaning is "below (sub-) the threshold (of consciousness)." The difference is slight but significant, since we can speak of subliminal physical stimuli, too, as we will demonstrate in the next section. Remember the plural of today's word is "limina."
Suggested Usage: Here is how you may begin to explore the metaphorical potential of our old Freudian friend: "Hardy Flowers brought a subliminal wine that couldn't quite elicit a response from our taste buds." As for today's word itself, "I'm afraid that suggestion does not quite reach the limen of consideration." (Hopefully, it won't bring a sour response.)
Etymology: Latin limen "threshold" akin to limes, limitis "boundary," the origin of our word "limit."

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Vituperate (verb)ous (adjective)
Pronunciation: [vI-'tu-pêr-yet or -'tyu (British)]
Definition: To scold extremely harshly and with abusive language, to furiously verbally abuse.
Usage: The adjective is "vituperative" and the noun, "vituperation." One who vituperates is a vituperator. "Fulminate" originally meant "to explode," so this verb refers to an explosive verbal attack on someone. "Vituperate" also refers to an abusive verbal attack but one which is not necessarily loud.
Suggested Usage: Here is a scene I would have paid real money to witness: "The incensed priests . . . continued to raise their voices, vituperating each other in bad Latin" –Walter Scott, Ivanhoe (1819). Here is the intelligent substitute for "curse" (or worse, "cuss") you have been looking for: "Vituperate as much as you please; even if you fulminate, I will not change my mind."
Etymology: Latin vituperare "to censure, find fault" from vitium "fault" + parare "to prepare, furnish." "Vitium" developed into French "vice" whence English vice "bad habit, crime." It is unrelated to the prefix "vice-" which comes from Latin vicinus "near, neighboring." It is related to Russian vina "guilt, fault."

Please feel to share any new, unique, or odd words, that you may have and enjoy using. Thank You!!