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!
I haven’t found any words in my reading lately so I had to rely on my Word-a-Day calendar this week.
1. elysian – “The summer, in some climates, makes possilbe to man a sort of Elysian life.” — Henry David Thoreau, WALDEN
Elysian is an adjective that’s often capitalized. It means blissful or delightful. There’s a brewery named Elysian that was purchased by AB InBev. The fact that they’re owned by AB InBev makes them anything but blissful or delightful to me but that’s a topic for another day.
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2. cliometrics – “Using cliometrics, the researchers categorized and analyzed the statistical data they had amased.”
The application of methods developed in other fields to the study of history.
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3. nosocoial – “Mariah was told that she had developed a nosocomial infection that would need to be monitored by the hospital staff for at least another 24 hours.”
Nosocomial means acquired or occurring in a hospital.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
I sort of knew the first one
I was able to figure out elysian in context.
I love that word Elysian. It even sounds lovely.
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I knew elysian but the others had me souped!
Never heard of 2 and 3. Knew 1, but kind of messed up the definition in my head.
thanks for sharing, I was actually thinking of this post/meme yesterday and how I haven’t had to look up any words recently.
Didn’t know any of them.
Elysian I knew, but not the other two! 🙂
I like elysian, didn’t know the others.
Wow…those are weird ones..
Sorry to be so late in posting to Wondrous Words. Its been a crazy day. I also love my word calendar. You got some good ones there.
I only knew Elysian but I think nosocoial is pretty cool!