Wondrous Words Wednesday
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. Feel free to join in the fun.
My words for this week came from Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton.
1. fecundity – “As if stepping between Bex and a stroller could shield her friend from the fecundity that mocked from every corner.”
Fecund means fruitful in offspring or vegetation; prolific.
2. trochaic – “The word had perfect rhythm – perfectly trochaic on its own, but ideal for iambic pentameter: An all-too-fleeting aphrodisiac.”
Trochaic means of, relating to, or consisting of trochees.
I had to look trochees up after reading that definition and a trochee is a metrical foot consisting of one long syllable followed by one short syllable or of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.
3. dolor – “But when Peggy returned on the weekends, which were filled with more social invitations than he’d ever received without her – and left little time alone with her – Luke’s dolor deepened.”
Dolor is mental suffering or anguish; sorrow.
What new words have you discovered lately?
All of those words were new to me, I have Mating Rituals of the North American WASPon my wish list.
Here’s my Wondrous Words this week.
Dolor is a new word for me.
Trochaic I know very well because I write poetry. (BTW, did I tell you I have a poetry blog? Click on my name to go there!)
My WWW post is here:
http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2009/05/wondrous-words-wednesday_27.html
I had a few to share this week, as well, posted here.
Hope you all are having a great week (and are reading good books!)
Dolor is a great word. It sounds like what it is!
Based on your words, I can’t wait to go read the review. Now I’m curious.
My words are at Joyfully Retired.
Here are my words this week: http://wordlily.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/words-from-my-reading-8/
Liked your list of words.
I love learning new vocabulary through reading.
Here are my words:
http://ibeeeg.blogspot.com/2009/05/wonderous-words-wednesday-breath-of.html
Dolor was the only one of those I knew (and that’s just because I know some Spanish).
I had only one word this week.
http://mercysnumber1fan.blogspot.com/2009/05/wonderous-words-wednesday-3.html
I knew trochaic had something to do with meter, although I couldn’t have defined it. The other two words I knew.
Here are my words this week:
http://shereadsandreads.blogspot.com/2009/05/wondrous-words-wednesday-may-27.html
I love dolor – it sounds like what it is. Here’s mine:
http://booksandmovies.colvilleblogger.com/2009/05/27/wondrous-words-wednesday-may-27-2009/
Great words. I don’t have any this week, again. I don’t think I’m paying enough attention, lately.
Excellent words! I knew fecundity and dolor, but trochaic was brand new.
My words are here.
All your words were new for me. I’ve decided to jump on the bandwagon and participate, too.
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Here you go:
http://southernsassythings.blogspot.com/2009/05/wonderous-words-wednesday.html
Dolor sounds like a word I would use. Thanks for sharing these today…I didn’t have any new ones this week.
I was so swamped today that I couldn’t even dream of thinking of a post about words. But I’m really enjoying everyone else’s today.
I saw “trochaic” and was sure I ought to know it. I did, once your definition reminded me, but I’d never have remembered on my own.
Sorry I haven’t been putting my words up lately! (I have a list!) But I have been overwhelmed by my reading. I hope to start this up again next week.
I’ve always thought fecund was a funny sounding word!