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 two words come from The Cost of Hope by Amanda Bennett.
1. cruciferous – “A post on the usefulness of cruciferous vegetables and a vegan diet.”
A crucifer vegetable is any of a family of plants including the cabbage, turnip, and mustard.
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2. adamantine – “And yet as he reviews the confusing state of knowledge back in late 2002 I can see some of the ambivalence that must lie behind the adamantine certainty.”
I figured this word is related to adamant but I looked it up to be sure. Adamantine means made of or having the quality of adamant.
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My third word came from The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters.
3. emendation – “A pair of doctors rushes past, clutching clipboards, while the volunteer gestures at her map, which I can see is covered with scrawled emendations and exclamation points.”
Edemendation means an alteration designed to correct or improve.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
I could guess #2 and #3, but #1 is really curious. What had mustard to do with a cross? I’ll have to look that up.
(I’m so happy I was able to post words of my own today!)
Cruciferous I knew, and adamantine was one of my words a few months ago!
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I didn’t know #1 either but I would have guessed it to mean vegetables that one would rather be crucified than eat (ie brussel sprouts, spinach for me) LOL
Cruciferous veggies are supposed to help in the fight against cancer.
And by the way, one of the X-Men, Wolverine, had ADAMANTINE claws…..meaning they are made from adamantium — a fake substance that is supposed to be harder than diamonds. I know this from a wasted childhood spent face down in comic books.
Interesting words! I was familiar with cruciferous but adamantine sounds like a mineral.
I was familiar with Cruciferous. I hope you are enjoying those books!
All new for me this week, cruciferous was interesting.
Celery is also a crucifer! I love that word!
It’s so weird to me that cabbage, turnip, and mustard are related. Doesn’t seem like they should be (but then again, what do I know about botany? LOL)
I knew the first two, but you totally stumped me with “emendation” … great words, Kathy!
Cruciferous is the only word I knew this week. Makes sense that you found it in The Cost of Hope. I like the sound of adamantine. Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
IThese were all new to me. I like Nicola’s view about cruciferous veggies. Hah! Adamantine just slips around in your mouth so sweetly. Love it. And emendation is interesting – I would have thought the amend comes into play somehow.
Emendation sounds like a word that belongs on the SAT. Great words this week, Kathy!
As a gardener I’m familiar with cruciferous, but the other two… nope.
I truly do love anything cruciferous!
Especially celery!
Lol…
Hi Kathy, I really liked emendation. Sounds better than “fixing my typos.”
Sorry to be late or absent for the past few Wednesdays. We are traveling and I don’t always have access to wifi. I did all my posts ahead however, so I’m trying to keep up.
I knew cruciferous from gardening. The rest were new — I could use emendation on a few projects right now.
Interesting words, I like cruciferous.
Great words but I especially liked Edemendation.
I remember the first english paper returned to me not full of edemdations! LOL Thanks for the new words Kathy.
I have a weird thing for words that end in ine
I like emendation and cruciferous. Cruciferous has a great sound to it.
Emendation sounds like it could come in handy!
As always great words but ones that I wouldn’t remember to pronounce correctly to use!! LOL!!