Leoma’s Weekly Words
On Sunday of each week, I will 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).
Tiffin – 22 December 2024
Tiffin Definition Noun 1. (British, India) A light midday meal or snack. 2. (India) A stackable round, metal box or container used to carry lunch to workers in India. Similar boxes are used to contain lunch in many parts of Asia. 3. (England) A cake-like...
Synergy – 15 December 2024
Synergy Definition Noun 1. Combined effort with a result greater than the sum of the parts. In business and technology, the term describes a hoped-for or real effect resulting from different individuals, departments, or companies working together and...
Wassail – 8 December 2024
plus, win, wi Wassail Definition noun 1. An old English toast used when drinking the health of a person. The traditional reply is drink-hail. 2. A hot drink made from hot mulled cider, wine, or ale, plus spices, and (often) baked apples. It's traditionally served in...
Behindhand – 1 December 2024
Behindhand Definition adjective 1. Late or tardy 2. Behind in accomplishing a task or paying a debt 3. Behind in a trend, not keeping up 4. Not having enough of 5. Inferior, less advanced 6. Delayed in development adverb 1. Belatedly or tardily 2. In debt ...
Ablution – 24 November 2024
Ablution (usually used in the plural) Definition Noun 1. The act of washing oneself. 2. Formal: The washing of one's body or part of it as part of a religious rite (part of religious purification). 3. The cleansing of sacred containers or other objects....
Axolotl – 17 November 2024
Axolotl Definition Noun 1. A feathery-gilled salamander also known as the Mexican walking fish, the axolotl never outgrows its juvenile stage (retaining its external gills through life) and can only briefly survive out of the water. It can regrow almost any lost or...
Cerulean – 10 November 2024
Cerulean Definition adjective 1. A hue of blue with a slight green tint, it is between azure and teal. It is often described as the color of the sky on a clear day. In RGB color coordinates, I found (0, 123, 167), (0, 127, 255), (29, 172, 214), and several other...
Ineluctable – 3 November 2024
Ineluctable Definition adjective 1. fated; unpreventable; not to be avoided, changed, or resisted; not to be escaped by struggling In epic fantasy, the main character has an ineluctable final challenge. Word Origin Latin in (not, opposite of) +...
Egregious – 27 October 2024
Egregious Definition adjective 1. extremely bad in a way that stands out, flagrant, shocking, reprehensible, intolerable, blatant Mark's egregious behavior landed him in jail more than once. 2. {archaic - mid 16th century) distinguished, eminent I don't recommend...
Quotidian – 20 October 2024
Quotidian Definition adjective 1. occurring daily Last week I began a program of quotidian exercising. 2. ordinary, mundane, commonplace I dreamed of escaping my quotidian reality. 3. (medicine) illness characterized by daily convulsions Word Origin Middle English...