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!
We haven’t quite gotten over holiday mode so things aren’t back to normal here, which means I haven’t gotten a lot of reading done. Thank heavens for my Word-a-Day calendar!
1. clerisy – “The book’s author claims that a successful society must have both a strong commitment to democratic ideals and a well-established clerisy.”
Clerisy is a noun that means intelligentsia.
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2. conn – “The captain successfully conned his ship through the ice-packed waters.”
Conn is a verb that means to conduct or direct the steering of (as a ship).
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3. cybrarian – “The university’s cybrarians maintain libraries of websites pertaining to specific fields of study.”
A cybrarian is a person whose job is to find, collect, and manage information that is available on the World Wide Web.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
Another week and no WWW from me. I need to get Word-a-day calendar!
The only word I might guess correctly is cybrarian.
I have a t shirt that says on it, Ask a Cybrarian, instead of Ask a Librarian. It’s one of my favorite t shirts!
Love the word cybrarian!
I’m in agreement! Cybrarian is a great word! Google, however, thinks I have misspelled it! 🙂
Clerisy and conn are new to me!
Wow! 0-3. I think I should have known conn but definitely didn’t. Thanks a lot, Kathy!
Great words, thanks.
Cybrarian seems so appropriate for the digital age – I’m gonna wow my kids with that one today!
Cybrarian – I like that. I could be one of those.
What wonderful new words to start the New Year!
New words for me to learn today.
Cool 🙂
Looks like cybrarian is a big hit. I like it. I’m going to ask my favorite librarian if she knows one.
All new to me. I wish I could remember all the words you feature.
I know for a fact that I have never in my life uttered those words.
Those are three great words, all of them are new to me.
Thanks for hosting Wondrous Words Wednesday and happy Reading.
I wouldn’t have guessed the meaning of clerisy. Love cybrarian!
Cybrarian is the best word! I am waiting for the delivery of my new word-a-day calendar. 🙂
cybrarian made me think of cyborg + librarian = cybrarian! love that word!
I would have thought clerisy had something to do with clerics!
All good ones. The sentences must have been good because they gave me context clues.
I always learn a new word on your WWW! (Funny though – I just saw a help wanted ad for a “cybrarian” last week. It was a new word then to me!)