Wondrous Words Wednesday
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I found two new words in an uncorrected proof of All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani.
1. chorine – “Alda had come to appreciate the chorines, who by reputation were considered flip and silly.”
I should have figured this one out – a chorine is a chorus girl.
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2. retroussé – “Her features were ordinary — small lips and eyes, and a nose that was neither retroussé like Myrna Loy’s nor razor-straight like Joan Crawford’s.”
Retroussé means turned up.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
1 out of 2. I’ll take it!
My nose is retrousse – in junior high, the annoying boy who sat behind me in math told me my nose looked like a ski jump. I think retrousse sounds much more sophisticated, and I wish I could have smacked him with that vocabulary back then! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Kathy
My nose is also retrousse, so I was always called stuck up and snooty.
My niece has the same nose, but she also refers to it as her ‘piggy’ nose.
I haven’t come across chorine before. although like yourself, I would have been able to work it out – however it is always good to check out an exact definition, just to be certain.
Thanks for sharing and hosting WWW 🙂
Yvonne
I’m with Julia — I like using the word retroussé. It does sound more sophisticated.
You stumped me with both words!
Cool. I was a chorine in college! 🙂
Didn’t know either one.
Quite unusual.
I didn’t know either of these words. I have encountered so many unknown-to-me words in my reading lately, it’s crazy! I enjoy your posts.
Two new words for me today.
Excellent words, Kathy! I hope you are enjoying the Adriana Trigiani book!
Well, 50% is good. Chorine was new to me. but I encountered retrousse in my reading a while back. My retention is improving!
I like your Trigiani theme week 🙂 Chorine is a neat word.
I wouldn’t have known these without context clues!