Wondrous Words Wednesday
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. If you want to play along, grab the button, write a post and come back and add your link to Mr. Linky!
All of my words this week come from What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty.
1. sultana – “They’d read that the baby was the size of a sultana by now.”
In this case, sultana means a pale yellow seedless grape grown for raisins and wine.
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2. fossick – “She was fossicking through somebody else’s private stuff.”
Fossick is a word that’s chiefly used in Australia and New Zealand, which makes sense because the book is set in Australia. Fossick means to search about: rummage.
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3. punnet – “If I hurt myself unexpectedly, or drop a punnet of blueberries all over the kitchen floor, it bubbles over like boiling milk.”
I could tell a punnet was some type of container, so I wasn’t surprised to see it’s a small basket for fruits or vegetables.
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Have you discovered any new words lately?
Luv all your words this week. The words are “wondrous.” My favorites are “sultana” and “punnet.” The baby is so tiny. Is it premature??? What a sweet way to describe a baby.
Interesting! I always thought a sultana was a kind of political/royal position in Asian or Middle Eastern countries. I didn’t realize it was also a grape!
Oooh, I love fossicking, Fun! I think I have to use that, today, at some point.
I love fossick, ha, so gonna try to use it
I would have thought that sultana was a female sultan.
Great words today!
fossicking sounds like a fun activity. Great words.
I thought a sultana was the English version of a cashew! Shows what I know! Very cool words today!
I’m surprised you haven’t seen sultana before – it’s in a lot of recipes, and you do a lot of cooking! …although, it’s usually in dessert recipes, and you seem to be blessed with a lack of sweet tooth! :–)
Sultana means that? I had no idea. I feel so informed now
I actually new sultana, but I do like fossick.
I always thought the sultana was the raisin itself! Oops.
Also liked sultana,never heard of it before.
I have this book on reserve at the library so, when it comes in, I’ll be ready for sultana, fossick, and punnet. Hope I can remember them.
I had forgotten about sultana in this book.
Great words this week!
As usual, your words are very interessant. I never heard somebody comparing a baby with a grape !
I keep forgetting to write down the words I find in my books or tagging the page. I’m putting a sticky note on my current read now to remind me!
Fascinating words. I love learning words used in other countries. I’m familiar with many British words but not Australian.
I had no idea sultana was a grape. Fossick and punnet don’t sound like what they areto me but I’m not at all familiar with them. I didn’t realize What Alice Forgot was Australian but that adds to my interest in reading it.
I hope you’re enjoying it, Kathy!
I frequently fossick through my purse! Great word!
I thought those words looked familiar. I had skipped right over the part where you said the words came from What Alice Forgot – an enjoyable book, btw. I hope you liked it also.
Great words, Kathy. I didn’t know sultana!
Wasn’t What Alice Forgot a wonderful book? Unusual words and all!
Sorry, Annie’s link didn’t work for me.(: I tried twice.
Wow! Great words! I should try to use them (or lose them).
I remember sultana from a book I read not that long ago! Great new words today Kathy!
These must be Australian words!
Fossick sounds really racy… yes been reading my HR with a wicked time to linger and fossick in the passion of my heroines
Finally, a word I know! Sultana.
Sultana is a word that I thought I knew, and I was right. Actually there are more meanings to this word (I think).