by admin | Feb 9, 2025 | Weekly Word
Idyll Definition Noun 1. A peaceful or picturesque scene or period. 2. Descriptive poetry or prose dealing with rustic life or pastoral scenes or provides a mood of peace and contentment (as in Tennyson’s Idyll’s of the King). The goddess realized...
by admin | Feb 3, 2025 | Weekly Word
Persnickety Definition Adjective 1. Extremely particular or precise; fussy. 2. Showing or requiring very careful treatment. 3. Giving excessive attention to trivial details. The persnickety groundhog bit his handler because he was given the wrong food. ...
by admin | Jan 28, 2025 | Weekly Word
Stentorian Definition Adjective 1. Unusually loud and powerful (especially with respect to voice). We heard his stentorian voice clearly, despite the sound of the fog horn warning ships that the coast was near. Word Origin Ancient Greek: sténtōr + -ian...
by admin | Jan 19, 2025 | Weekly Word
Torrid Definition Adjective 1. Extremely hot. 2. Filled with intense emotions, especially associated with love and sex. 3. So hot as to be oppressive. The desert heat ranged from torrid at midday to merely sweltering in the evening. Word Origin Latin...
by admin | Jan 12, 2025 | Weekly Word
Peripatetic Definition Adjective 1. Given to walking about, especially on foot. 2. Constantly traveling. 3. Having to do with Aristotle, who walked about as he taught, or his philosophy. The peripatetic journalist was in London last week and arrived in Dallas...
by admin | Jan 6, 2025 | Weekly Word
Kerfuffle Definition Noun 1. A commotion, disturbance, or fuss The kerfuffle at the after-Christmas sales tables caused quite a mess. Word Origin Derived from Gaelic, though it is uncertain whether it originated from Scots Gaelic curfuffle (from car...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Blog Post
My first ghost was the one whose death shattered my life nearly three years ago, only a few months after we moved from Massachusetts back to my home state of Wisconsin and bought what I promised would be our last home. It was my husband of nearly twenty-five years,...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Weekly Word
Tintinnabulation Definition Noun 1. The ringing of bells. 2. A sound like that of bells ringing or the breaking of glass. The New Year’s Eve celebration was filled with bright lights and tintinnabulation. Word Origin Latin verb tintinnare (to ring,...
