Wondrous Words Wednesday
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I found one last word in WHEN IN FRENCH by Lauren Collins.
1. deliquesce – “To get there we called a water taxi, which sped us through the twilight, eyes watering and hair tangling, just as les pinasses — the brightly colored, snub-nosed wooden boats of the region — began to deliquesce, blue and then black, into the horizon.”
Deliquesce means to dissolve or melt away.
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I found these words in THE VELVET HOURS by Alyson Richman.
2. guilloche – “The watch was open, displaying the guilloche dial and its dark roman numerals.”
Guilloche means a pattern made by interlacing curved lines.
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3. netsuke – “‘They are called netsuke . . . Small enough to carry on your person, and to easily gaze upon in the palm of your hand.'”
A netsuke is a small and often intricately carved toggle used to fasten a small container to a kimono sash. There are many pictures of gorgeous ones online and you can read more about them on Wikipedia.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
I think when one studies a foreign language, it always helps improves one’s grammar and vocab in one’s own language.
I’m on a streak – 0-3…again!
I learned netsuke a year or so ago when The Hare with Amber Eyes made the rounds. The other two are new to me. Deliquesce especially is a lovely word.
I knew guilloche from my interior design days and have used it in my writing, but the others are new to me.
I followed your link to the Wikipedia page for netsuke. The round ones remind me of some gorgeous buttons I used to have. (I used to collect buttons.) I also like the long sculptured ones. Thanks for finding that fun new-to-me word.
I knew none of them.
All new to me
Excellent words, and I loved to see the netsuke!
great words, knew none of them, until now
Such pretty words! When in French is the book that keeps on giving 🙂
All new to me!