Synonym a Day

[This word is usually considered rare or obsolete, but it is legitimate and has been used in the New York Times and thus is included here.]

The first hour [of Alien Empire] has to do with insects’ bodies, which confirm the rumor that God is a great engineer, and with the reproductive propensities of the randy little rascals, which humans can only envy. [The narrator is] an old-fashioned romantic waxing lyrical over the smells and sounds that lure males to females of many species. The background music [celebrates] the illecebrous [aspects of] of bugdom. (Walter Goodman, “Sex, Beauty, Home and Travel Tips on Bugs,” New York Times, 2/9/1996.)