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!
I had to rely on my handy Word-a-Day Calendar again this week – I guess that means I need to stretch myself with my book choices.
1. quondam – “Many people were surprised to learn that the quondam poet and professor had since become a tax accountant.”
Quondam is an adjective that means former or sometime.
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2. duende – “A dancer with duende goes beyond technical mastery to vent his or her feelings, achieving a powerful, compelling dance.” – - Brattleboro Reformer, March 22, 2007
Duende is a noun that means the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm.
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3. orgulous – “In his letter to the editor, Mr. Southby complained about pretentious and orgulous world leaders who refuse to cooperate in the interest of world peace.
Orgulous is an adjective that means proud.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
I was familiar with duende, but the others were new to me.
I am going to use orgulous today somehow! Great word!
I knew orgulous but the others were new to me. Great words, Kathy!
Great words! I hope I have duende today when I go for a job interview! lol
I really like all three of your words today. The meanings lend them to frequent use. Thanks!
I did not know any of today’s words! They are good ones – I especially like duende – it seems to have to close to the same meaning as charisma.
I didn’t know any of these words either. I think duende is fabulous though.
Those were all “new to me” words.
I too love duende. I love words that mean things that aren’t exactly definable! :–)
Those are all new words for me. Happy reading!
you got me this week…did not know any of them.
I like the word duende, didn’t know the others.
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These are all very complex words that I have never even heard of before! I think I need a Word-A-Day calendar of my very own. It sounds like my vocabulary could be much improved!! Great choice today!
Hi Kathy,
Three great words this week, all of which were new to me.
All of the words should be quite easy to drop into a normal conversation, but whether I shall remember them when it counts is another matter.
I think that my favourite of the three, would be ‘orgulous’ and would have most people wondering what on earth you were talking about !!
Thanks for an interesting post and for hosting the meme.
Yvonne
Your calendar always has the most obscure words!
Wonderful words, all new to me!
Three fantastic words! None of which I knew. And considering how common their actual meanings are, I am going to try to put them into my vocabulary.
nice ones
Quondam is such a funny-looking word!
Those are a true mouthful!
I guess Katie Holmes is Tom Cruise’s soon to be quondam wife.
you come up with the most interesting, thought-provoking and unique words! how often do you find yourself using your WWW in every-day conversation?!?
The word-a-day calendar sure comes up with some interesting words! I’ve never heard quondam and somehow I have a feeling it’s not going to stick with me! I really like duende, it says so much with a single word, I like that!
I love it when you share words from this calendar…there are so many words I don’t know!
The only one I would have had a clue about was the last one because the Spanish word for proud has a similar root.
Wow, those are great words! I would never have known how to put those in a sentence.
Your words always make me realize how little I know of the English language!