My Dad Uses A Word I’ve Never Heard Of

Props to Harlan Martin for schooling me in vocab at lunch at Brooklyn Diner.  As we ate some pigs in a blanket, my dad uttered the word “Armamentarium.”  When asked if that’s a real word, and if so did he know what it means, he spelled and defined it. Turns out, he was right…

ar⋅ma⋅men⋅tar⋅i⋅um  /ˌɑrməmənˈtɛəriəm, -mɛn-/
[ahr-muh-muhn-tair-ee-uhm, -men-]
noun

1. the aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available to one for carrying out one’s duties: The stethoscope is still an essential part of the physician’s armamentarium.

2. a fruitful source of devices or materials available or used for an undertaking: The new arts center is an armamentarium for creative activity.

Go dad.