Wondrous Words Wednesday
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love. Feel free to get creative! If you want to play along, grab the button, write a post, and come back and add your link to Mr. Linky!
My first word this week is from Paris in Love by Eloisa James.
1. riposte – “One problem with my French is that I require time to think before replying, so I ended up back out on the street with far too many sausages and spent the next hour unsuccessfully trying to come up with French ripostes that I will be able to use in my next life.”
In this case, riposte means a retaliatory verbal sally: retort.
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My second word is from Faith by Jennifer Haigh.
2. aggiornamento – “For Frank Lynch and his ilk there had been no Roncalli, no aggiornamento.”
Aggiornamento means a bringing up to date or modernization of the church.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
Hi Kathy,
Both are new to me authirs and books that you ahve chosen this week, although I did know your first word and its meaning.
My French is obviuosly much better than my Latin, as ‘aggiornamento’ was a complete mystery to me. This book in particular sounds like a very tense and emotional story and although perhaps not something that I would read from choice, I can fully appreciate the time this must have taken to get right and the ambitiousness of the project.
Have you read and reviewed ‘Faith’ yet?
Interesting post and choice of books this week, thanks for hosting.
Yvonne
I don’t know about my Latin being shaky, I don’t think that my English is much better, looking at those two terrible typos in the first line ….. SORRY! More haste, less speed and accuracy
LOL!
Not sure I could even pronounce the 2nd word, never mind using it in a sentence. : )
I vaguely knew riposte, but don’t think I’ve used it myself.
Both of these books are on my TBR list.
Riposte I’ve seen but didn’t really know the meaning. The second one I had never seen before.
Good ones! I have had to look up riposte a time or two.
Aggiornamento totally stumped me!
That second word was really a long one.
Wow, that second one is quite the interesting word. Lol. Love the first ine though.
Love the word riposte. I couldn’t figure out aggiornamento though, good one!
I think both of your words this week are rather classy. A little French always dresses things up, even words.
Quite unusual …but I think I have eaten a riposte!
I knew the first one but not the second. That’s one fancy word!
The things >I learn
Excellent words this week, Kathy! I love this meme and will play along soon, I hope.
Never heard of the second word, but I like the way it sounds. I also don’t think I could have guessed its meaning (it sounds like something musical).
I do love a good riposte! :O)
I for one knew aggiornamento
but I’m cheating, because it’s Italian. That sentence alone, with Pope Roncalli mentioned as “aggiornamento” (of course he was), is picking my curiosity!
Aggiornamento is fun to say (but then I think that of most Italian words).
I didn’t know what it meant though, which puts me to shame because I did take a year of Italian in college.
My problem with my English is the same … difficult for a riposte !
Always good to learn new words!!
Excellent wondrous words! Do not ask me to pronounce the second one!
I can’t play along today, but here’s the word-of-the-day from my word calendar: philippic: a discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation: tirade.