you ever come across a word that piques your interest? have a favorite word? like browsing the dictionary for fun? or otherwise enjoy sharing and discovering new words? then, uh, maybe this is a thread for you
to start things off with a couple words i like (definitions from merriam webster): cozen - to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery pondy - having many ponds
feel free to share words in whatever form you want, be it just the word on its own, or with a linked definition to whatever dictionary you prefer, or as a part of a quote, or with an explanation or additional information written by yourself, or anything else.
feel free to share non-english words and completely made-up words as well!
I learned the word āinchoateā which means incomplete/not fully formed from reading āKilling Commendatoreā by Haruki Murakami. I donāt stop and look up words very frequently at all when reading for fun but I didnāt have a clue what it meant.
The very next book I read was āConsider Phlebasā by Ian Banks and halfway through the book -boom-: inchoate. It must be more common than I think but I also think Iāve read a lot of books and would have heard the word before.
I reference āthe infinite plasticity of the digitalā frequently which is a phrase from a William Gibson novel. I think it was from Virtual Light but Iām not sure.
susurrus
diaphanous
gossamer
pulchritude
hapax legomenon
bookkeeping, for all the double letters in a row
queueing, for all the vowels in a row
interesting plurals like cherubim, tableaux, lacunae, attorneys general
dude i LOVE this word. i used it in a piece of writing once describing a son being a palimpsest of a father, which is how i always remember the meaning.