Today's Word of the Day, courtesy of the Dictionary.com Facebook application, is:
peregrination \pehr-uh-gruh-NAY-shun\, noun:
A traveling from place to place; a wandering.
"In 1890, Lafcadio Hearn settled in Japan after a lifetime of restless, melancholy peregrination."
-- Francine Prose, "Modern Geisha", New York Times, April 23, 2000
Peregrination comes from Latin peregrinatio, from peregrinari, "to stay or travel in foreign countries," from peregre, "in a foreign country, abroad," from per, "through" + ager, "land."
Fascinating stuff, I'm sure you'll agree. Perhaps not something I could use in everyday conversation, but quite interesting nonetheless.
I guess the point of this topic would be about your favourite words, or your least favourite words, or words you wish you could use more often in conversation.
Off the top of my head, I'm particularly fond of
facultative just because its fun to say, although I've only ever used it in a scientific context.