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).
Chimera – 16 February 2025
Chimera Definition Noun 1. (Greek mythology) A fire-breathing beast with a lion's head, goat's body, and snake's tail. 2. An illusion, especially an impossible or foolish dream. 3. A creature consisting of parts of different animals. 4. (literary) Something...
Idyll – 9 February 2025
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 that her...
Persnickety – 2 February 2025
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. ...
Stentorian -26 January 2025
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...
Torrid – 19 January 2025
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...
Peripatetic – 12 January 2025
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...