I've set myself a challenge to learn some new words.
So, am I the only geek in the place who likes new words? If not, care to share the words you love?
Today's word is:
pellucid
PRONUNCIATION:
(puh-LOO-sid)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Admitting the maximum passage of light.
2. Clear; easy to understand.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin pellucidus, from perlucere (to shine through), from per- (through) + lucere (to shine). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leuk- (light) that is also the source of other words such as lunar, lunatic, light, lucubrate, lightning, lucid, illuminate, illustrate, translucent, lux, and lynx.
USAGE:
"Their style, at times pellucid, at times opaque, lies somewhere between the rapture of a love letter and the portentousness of a thriller."
Frances Wilson; The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 2008.
i just love the word 'crepitus'
which is the sound two broken ends of bone make when they rub together under the skin....sounds just like the word....isnt that onomatopoeia?
which is another good word...it just rools off the tongue!
I once had a friend who was an "agelast"
She never ever smiled, as she did not want to get smile lines!!!!
Had to google the one above. :laughabove: and I like that one.
Used to use the word soporific. Usually get reports from the office that fit that description.
Supererogatory
Just read it in a Howard Jacobson novel; should I know what it means and you're all sniggering at my ignorance?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
- Fear of Long Words.
Surely it should just be called 'Bip' or summat?
Obsequious : exhibiting fawning attentiveness
Okay, so not a new word: just one I like and I've had cause to use it today.
Bit of a tip for lovers of words- put the Google dictionary on your sidebar. Instant wordification at your fingerytippies :thumbup:
Sibilance - that's a lovely word.
My word of the day today is pervery. And do you know what, I don't care if it's not a proper word; can't even be bothered to look. So there. I like pervery :twisted:
You can 
Nah, that's just you! 
