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lagniappe Creole, dividend, something extra; a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus; a gratuity or tip; an unexpected or indirect benefit. in camera Neo- Latin, in a chamber; privately: kept private or confined to those intimately concerned maisonette Old French, house; a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building; an apartment, usually of two floors connected by an internal staircase; duplex apartment officialese a style of language used in some official statements, often criticized for its use of polysyllabic jargon and obscure, pretentiously wordy phrasing noctambulism Latin, night+ walk; sleepwalking parapraxis Greek and Latin, faulty action, blunder, beside+ a doing; a slip of the tongue or pen, forgetfulness, misplacement of objects, or other error thought to reveal unconscious wishes or attitudes. nuncupative Latin, nominal; (especially of a will) oral; not written rara avis Latin, rare bird; a rare person or thing; rarity noctilucent Latin, night+ to shine; (of high-altitude clouds) visible during the short night of the summer; shining or glowing by night misalliance French, an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage