Leoma’s Weekly Words
Early each week, I post a word I find interesting. It may be an archaic word, a word whose usage has changed significantly through the years, a newly minted word that may not be in the official dictionaries yet, or simply one that sounds odd.
I encourage you to use these words as inspiration for your writing and let me know how that goes for you.
Happy reading (and writing).
Abstemious – 27 April 2025
Abstemious Definition Adjective 1. Being moderate in eating or drinking 2. Marked by temperance My desire to lose weight forced me to be abstemious in consumption of food and wine. Word Origin From Latin (early 17th century) ab(s)- (from) + root...
Pysanky – 6 April 2025
Pysanky Definition Noun (pl) 1. Ukrainian decorated Easter eggs, created by first making a design on the egg using wax, dying the egg, then removing the excess wax. Traditionally, elaborate pysanky designs were drawn by hand but today templates are often...
Diaspora – 23 March 2025
Diaspora Definition Noun 1. The movement, migration, or scattering of a people far from their established or ancestral homeland. 2. A population scattered across regions far from their traditional homeland, but retaining cultural, emotional, and/or historical...
Cattywampus – 16 March 2025
Cattywampus Definition Adjective 1. Askew off-kilter. 2. In disarray 3. Not functioning correctly. 4. Positioned diagonally. 5. Going badly, awkwardly, or in the wrong direction. 5. An imaginary, fierce wild animal. [1] My attempts at parallel parking tend to...
Coruscating – 9 March 2025
Coruscating Definition Adjective 1. Sparkling or giving off flashes of light. 2. Flashing brightly. 3. Shooting forth bursts of light. 4. Intelligent and exciting (as in coruscating wit). 5. Severely critical; scathing. [1, 2, 3] The orb gleamed with...
Incorrigible – 2 March 2025
Incorrigible Definition Adjective 1. A behavior that is impossible to change. 2. Not manageable; unruly. 3. Impervious to correction by punishment. 4. (archaic) Morally depraved. My friend is an incorrigible punster. Word Origin Middle English...