Leoma’s Interesting Words
I have change my Weekly Words feature to Interesting Words to better reflect its content.
For this feature, I choose 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).
Behindhand
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
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
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
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
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
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...