Today's doddle

I have been slowly working my way through Barbara Ann Kipfer's Word Nerd, focusing on words I never knew existed, probably because, like most people, I have never had a need for them. Here is the next installment.

dasypygal — having hairy buttocks

decumbiture — going to bed when sick

Dedans at Wimbledon

dedans — spectators at a tennis match

diddledees — fallen pine needles

doattee — the drop of your head when you fall asleep while sitting

doddle — an easy task

dohada — the unusual cravings of pregnant women

dottle — tobacco left in a pipe after smoking

dunch — doughy and heavy bread

eadness — the happiness that comes from luxury and wealth

eggtaggle — wasting time in the company of people who misbehave

electuary — medicine mixed with honey or syrup

elenge — being unhappily alone

ensile — storing something for the winter

faffle — hard work with little reward

feff — a disagreeable smell

figurant — an actor who appears only in crowd scenes

fike — something that causes one to fidget, such as an itch

flodder — to disfigure one's face by crying

flurn — to give a look that shows contempt

flychter — running with outstretched arms

franch — to eat greedily

fritlag — a worthless man