When I come across a word I don’t know, I look it up and make a note of it. Each week, I post the list here [week 298]

Jure uxoris: (adjective) “by right of his wife” - describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title suo jure “in her own right”. For example, Philip III, king of Navarre, who held that title because his wife was had the hereditary right to the throne as queen \[from the Wikipedia entry for Philip III of Navarre\]

**Ephemeris**: (noun) a table or data book that lists the precise positions and movements of celestial bodies, satellites, and spacecraft over time \[from The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu\]

Glass child: (noun) the healthy sibling of a chronically ill or disabled child (so called because they are ‘looked through’ like glass by stressed families) \[from this post [https://www.reddit.com/r/TopCharacterTropes/s/P8MXU0by1R](https://www.reddit.com/r/TopCharacterTropes/s/P8MXU0by1R)\]

Schnorrer: (noun) [ש](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%90%D6%B8%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%A8)[Yiddish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish) pejorative term for a [beggar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggar) who, unlike ordinary beggars, presents himself as respectable and feels entitled for the [alms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alms) received \[from The Sopranos\]