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Originally Posted by Glice
All good words. I especially like how you've used a great word to define niggardly. Unfortunately, niggardly is a difficult one to use without people looking at you funny. I have tried calling people 'niggards' before, and it is rarely received well.
Actually, nearly all of those words are impossible to use in general conversation.
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You can use ennui no problem. If you mean without people going "eh?, what..stop using big words you massive fanny" then no, your probably right.
For the record, I like ennui and hagiography a whole load.