Wondrous Words Wednesday
January 27, 2016
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I found two more words in Carrying Albert Home by Homer Hickam.
1. abrogate – “You have abrogated that responsibility.”
Abrogate means to repeal or do away with.
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2. nonce – “We shall be on the enemy in a nonce.”
Nonce means (of a word or expression) coined for or used on one occasion.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
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I like “Abrogate” – I could see myself using that one. “Nonce” still confuses me a bit, I suspect it’s rather archaic?
I use “for the nonce” all the time, in the sense of okay for now
Okay, that’s starting to make a little more sense! Still I think my friends would blink twice if I used it around them!
I totally see nonce! That book sure had some interesting words.
I think I got abrogate and thought I knew nonce – but didn’t!
Didn’t know either of them.
I had heard abrogate, but could not have spelled it. Nonce is completely new, but I like it.
ps: Grammarly thinks I need an article in the sentence before nonce. Funny!
Nonce is new to me!
Nonce is new to me too.
Abrogate sounds like legalize. I’ll have to play with nonce.
Ha! I can see myself using “abrogate” with my students…A LOT.
Hi Kathy
This probably isn’t a book I can see myself rushing to read and whilst I know the word ‘abrogate’, I didn’t know ‘nonce’ in the context in which the author and all your fellow commenters obviously do. Here in the UK ‘nonce’ for most people, would have a completely different meaning .. This from Wikipedia ..
“In the United Kingdom, nonce is a slang word for a pariah within a community of prisoners, typically a sex offender, child sexual abuser or one who has turned Queen’s evidence.”
I obviously much prefer your US definition of the word 🙂
Yvonne
Ha, I think I would have used abrogate when speaking to my kids when they were teens 🙂
They are both new to me.
Both excellent words that I should have known! I hope to remember them.
Cool
Abrogate is such a fun word to say! I have to look for a reason to say it.
I’ve heard of “nonce” before, but not with that meaning.