In an effort to expand my own vocabulary, I am continuing on my endeavour to participate in “Wordy Wednesday”. I have, however, decided that I’m not going to do this every week. Rather, I will aim to do it every other week. I use the words as inspired by colleagues, friends, articles and novels… And […]
In an effort to expand my own vocabulary, I am continuing on my endeavour to participate in “Wordy Wednesday”. I have, however, decided that I’m not going to do this every week. Rather, I will aim to do it every other week. I use the words as inspired by colleagues, friends, articles and novels… And […]
In an effort to expand my own vocabulary, I am continuing on my endeavour to participate in “Wordy Wednesday”. I pick words from colleagues, friends, articles and novels… And really from anywhere. The words: Capacious Fusillades Lugubrious # 1) Capacious: (adjective) having a lot of space inside; roomy. Example: The house was capacious, more so than […]
In an effort to expand my own vocabulary, I am continuing on my endeavour to participate in “Wordy Wednesday”. I pick words from colleagues, friends, articles and novels… And really from anywhere. The words: Scurrilous Indefatigable Languorous # 1) Scurrilous: (adjective) making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation OR […]
In an effort to expand my own vocabulary, I am continuing on my endeavour to participate in “Wordy Wednesday”. I pick words from colleagues, friends, articles and novels… And really from anywhere. The words: Erudition Verisimilitude Churlish # 1) Erudition: (noun) the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship. Example: He spoke with […]
In an effort to expand my own vocabulary, I am continuing on my endeavour to participate in “Wordy Wednesday”. I pick words from colleagues, friends, articles and novels… And really from anywhere. The words: Sylvan Lambent Verdancy # 1) Sylvan: (adjective) consisting of or associated with woods; wooded. Pleasantly rural or pastoral. Example: They’d moved to […]
Two of this week’s words are brought to you by Cassandra’s word calendar. The third comes from Matthew Thomas’ novel, We Are Not Ourselves. The words: Febricity Crepuscular Brogue # 1) Febricity: (noun) the state of being feverish. Example: Carlos rummaged through his kitchen in search of something that would end this febricity that he […]
Two of this week’s words are brought to you by Cassandra’s word calendar. The third comes from my boss. Gosh, his vocabulary makes me happy. I’ve heard of nomenclature before, but have never heard it used in a sentence. It’s definitely worthy of a Wordy Wednesday post. Before I get too much further, I will […]
This week’s words for Wordy Wednesday are brought to you by Cassandra’s word calendar. I need to get me one of these creations! The words: Revirescent Dearth Acanthous # 1) Revirescent: (adjective) growing young again. Example: In the movie “Stardust”, Michelle Pfeiffer’s character is on a constant search for the heart of a star, so […]
This week’s words for Wordy Wednesday are brought to you by Cassandra’s word calendar. I need to get me one of these creations! The words: Oppugn Fustian Coadunate # 1) Oppugn: (verb) to attack with criticism. Example: In the middle of her monologue where she attempted to oppugn his integrity, he arrived. Most importantly, he […]