Word A Day

Word A Day

One cool word a day you really can use in your writing.

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  • Created Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:11 pm

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  • Dragonette
    Dragonette · Aug 27, 2011
    I love this idea! But me thinks you should put the pronunciation for each word.

  • StandStrong Creator
    StandStrong · Aug 25, 2011
    August 25 - pedantic - narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
    First use: circa 1600
    It may seem pendantic to others, but this really is the best way to teach grammar.

  • StandStrong Creator
    StandStrong · Aug 25, 2011
    August 24 - dilettante - a person having superficial knowledge or interest in art or a branch of knowledge
    First use: 1748
    You can tell the difference between a true master and a dilettante.

  • StandStrong Creator
    StandStrong · Aug 23, 2011
    August 23 - foment - To promote growth or development of
    First use: 1613
    To foment a rebellion.

  • StandStrong replied · Aug 23, 2011

    huh, plue as in the snowman-looking thing that shows up in a google search?


    Beast replied · Aug 23, 2011

    yup:D


    StandStrong replied · Aug 23, 2011

    Cool. :D Idea! Anyone who finds an odd word, post it here, preferably with a description of what it is/means!!!


  • StandStrong Creator
    StandStrong · Aug 23, 2011
    August 22- genuflect - to bend the knee, or touch the knee to the ground in worship[i]
    First known use: 1630
    Royal decree mandates all persons visiting the king to [i]genuflect     to show respect.

  • StandStrong Creator
    StandStrong · Aug 21, 2011
    August 21- Bumptius -presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive
    First known use: 1803
    She was a bumptius woman, the mistress of a lord who would hear no words against her.
  • Club
    Word A Day Club Update · Aug 21, 2011
    My promise to you: I shall update this daily, or if I know I shall miss a day due to no internet--alas, there may be some, in the mobile lifestyle of FT temp workers--I shall ask another to post the words for me.


You are going to love some of your characters because they are you, or some facet of you, and you are going to hate some characters for the same reason.
— Anne Lamott