Wondrous Words Wednesday
May 24, 2017
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!
This word came from “My Family’s Slave” by Alex Tizon in The Atlantic.
1. vassalize – “I had a hard time watching Lola vassalize herself to another person, especially someone like Ivan.”
Vassalize means to make a vassal of: bring into a condition of subordination to someone or something.
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I like that word. I have to find a way to include vassalize in a conversation today. FYI. My auto correct doesn’t like it.
100%! Let’s make it 1000%!
Probably a word I’d never use.
Ooooh, I like it! (Also, was that not an intense article?! Fascinated by the critiques of it, too.)
Good word.
Vassalize is a good word to know. I will visualize vassalize to help me remember it.
I knew vassal but not this
I wish just once I could come up with a great yet unique word!
I like your new word Kathy. It’a new to me.
I didn’t know this word.
I guess the meaning from the context of the sentence but I don’t think I’ve ever heard the word before.