digerati \dij-uh-RAH-tee\ (plural noun) - Persons knowledgeable about computers and technology.
"With their seeming ability to bypass any computer security system with a few keystrokes, Jack and Freddie considered themselves amongst the most elite of the digerati."
Digerati was formed by analogy with literati, "persons knowledgeable about literature."
Roddie
Today's Word
invective \in-VEK-tiv\ (noun) - 1 : An abusive expression or speech; a vehement verbal attack. 2 : Insulting or abusive language.
(adjective) - 1 : Of, relating to, or characterized by insult, abuse, or denunciatory language.
"But one can also note that he chose a fitting image for himself, going out in a duel of honor, armed all over with spikes of witty invective and a specialised knowledge of insult."
Adrian Frazier, George Moore, 1852-1933
Invective comes from Late Latin invectivus, "reproachful, abusive," from Latin invectus, past participle of invehi, "to inveigh against."
Roddie
"Asseverate"
asseverate \uh-SEV-uh-rayt\ (transitive verb) - To affirm or declare positively or earnestly.
"Lance's teacher was quick to asseverate that, in spite of his poor classroom behavior, he writes with perfect spelling, punctuation and grammar."
Asseverate comes from Latin asseverare, "to assert seriously or earnestly," from ad- + severus, "severe, serious."
Roddie
"Otiose"
otiose \OH-shee-ohs; OH-tee-\ (adjective) - 1 : Ineffective; futile. 2 : Being at leisure; lazy; indolent; idle. 3 : Of no use.
"Higgins affected an otiose lifestyle that, by all appearances, was impossible to maintain. Yet maintain it he did, for many, many years."
Otiose is from Latin otiosus, "idle, at leisure," from otium, "leisure."
Roddie
"Corybantic"
corybantic \kor-i-BAN-tik\ (adjective) - Wild; frenzied; uncontrolled.
"Harold felt that the radio show was worse than merely 'bad,' thinking that it penetrated the mind, filling it with a babble of distractions, blasts of corybantic or sentimental music, and continually repeated doses of drama that brought no catharsis."
After Corybant, an ancient priest of Phrygian goddess Cybele, who performed wild ecstatic dances in her worship.
Roddie
Is this word used in the real world or would you say it is too far-fetched?
Ultimately from the Indo-European root poti- (powerful,
lord) that is also the source of power, potent, possess, and pasha.]
Wow!!!!! pasha, like in Pasha de Persia?
Uf...
Thanks, Roddie.
Au
I would not know about a Persian pasha, only about the title of distinction given to high-ranking civil or military authorities in Egypt or Turkey. I believe "pasha" as a title arose at the time of the Ottoman Empire. Nowadays it is also used as honorary title, outranking that of "Effendi", and sometimes even bestowed upon Westerners.
Who was "Pasha de Persia"?
Roddie
I got mixed up with Sha de Persia 
Anyway, it did surprise me to read pasha in your list. We have this in Spanish: 'vive como un pasha' (accent in the final 'a' in Spanish? probably...) So the pasha is the one who has the power. It makes sense.
Au
[quote=Roddie]
I would not know about a Persian pasha, only about the title of distinction given to high-ranking civil or military authorities in Egypt or Turkey. I believe "pasha" as a title arose at the time of the Ottoman Empire. Nowadays it is also used as honorary title, outranking that of "Effendi", and sometimes even bestowed upon Westerners.
Who was "Pasha de Persia"?
Roddie
I got mixed up with Sha de Persia
Anyway, it did surprise me to read pasha in your list. We have this in Spanish: 'vive como un pasha' (accent in the final 'a' in Spanish? probably...) So the pasha is the one who has the power. It makes sense.
Au
Check this out, Roddie!
Pasha, pashá and pasá are not in the DRAE, but the DPD does include: pachá.
pachá. ‘Bajá, título honorífico musulmán’. Su plural es pachás (→ plural, 1b). Acerca de su escritura con mayúscula inicial, → mayúsculas, 4.31 y 6.9.
I think the sh sound gives the word a 'flair' that the ch sound does not. 
"Cupidity"
cupidity \kyoo-PID-uh-tee\, noun:
Eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth; greed; avarice.
Cupidity ultimately comes from Latin cupiditas, from cupidus, "desirous," from cupere, "to desire." It is related to Cupid, the Roman god of love.
Curiosity was a form of lust, a wandering cupidity of the eye and the mind.
-- John Crowley, "Of Marvels And Monsters", Washington Post, October 18, 1998