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!
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 my Word-a-Day calendar.
1. nodus – “The main nodus of the city’s plan to close one of the elementary schools is how to pay for the extra busing required to transport the students out of their districts.”
Nodus is a noun that means a complication or difficulty.
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2. luftmensch – “Financiers refused to fund Morton’s research, dismissing it as a product of a visionary luftmensch.”
A luftmensch is an impractical contemplative person having no definite business or income.
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3. contumely – “Stung by the contumely she had received, Charlotte excused herself and quickly left the room.”
Contumely is a noun that means harsh language or treatment arising from haughtiness and contempt; also: an instance of such language or treatment.
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Have you come across any new words lately?
Great new words for me. Can’t pick a favorite.
I quite like “nodus” – I think I’m going to make a point of using it
All new to me. The meaning of luftmensch is a surprise to me, since mensch means something so totally different.
Great words
What great words! Thanks for sharing.
New to me
But the middle one I could have figured out..sort of. I could translate it, but the meaning not so much
Actually I know two luftmensches that I could name right off the top of my head. I could call them that to their faces and they’d probably say, uh, thank you.
Nodus…good word!
Don’t like the sound of “contumely” – it sounds like a misused adverb.
Thanks for the vocab lesson!
I know a few luftmenches. Maybe they are related to scobberlotchers.
Hah – contumely – clearly you never had to memorize Hamlet’s famous soliloquy in school! :–)
I love your words this week! They sort of roll around on the tongue, and sound very impressive.I have never heard of any of these before!
Great words today Kathy…I think I need a calendar like this!
New words for me also, interesting, thanks! for sharing them.
Oh, nodus is TOTALLY getting used, today. No shortage of uses for it, here!
Really interesting words, Kathy. I have never come across Nodus” and would never have guessed it’s meaning…believe me, I tried! lol
I’m curious if “Luftmensch” has any connection to Yiddish since “Mensch” is a Yiddish word & well-known. I may look this one up!
I feel like “Contumely” will haunt me forever & I blame Hamlet which I had to read for a class in high-school and then we had to act it out….contumely just doesn’t feel like it fits into Shakespeare, it doesn’t really flow but it made for some hilarious mistakes when acting out the play!
Love these Word-of-the-Day Calendars! Thanks Kathy!
O I really like the third word.
I did my post from my Word-A-Day calendar too. I’m so glad I got one of those this year. It’s been fun. Sometimes I even know the words!
All new to me. I like luftmensch. In fact, I think I am one!
Never heard of any of them
The last one made me think of costumes!
Love the word contumely. I’m going to have to figure out a way to fit that into conversation.
luftmensch made me laugh out loud; it sounds silly, like a bread that didn’t rise. LOL!
All new to me, but I love luftmensch.
I’ve seen many a nodus plans in my time. Let’s hope that someone clears the way and a lightbulb ah ha moment arrives
The only one I’d heard/seen before was contumely…although I probably couldn’t have produced a definition out of my head if someone asked me “What does contumely mean?”
I like nodus.
I’ve always wanted to be a luftmench when I grow up!
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I didn’t know a single one of these this time.
I’d love to be able to work luftmensch into a sentence. Although I’m sure it would be met with a bunch of blank looks. I’ve certainly never heard the term before.
Nope, haven’t heard of these words either. I’m amazed at how much of the English language I’m not using!
Great words! I’d like to give my luftmensch of a son in law some contumely!
Kudos to Kaye for using two of your words in one sentence (and I hope she’s only kidding about her son-in-law!)