Wondrous Words Wednesday
September 27, 2017
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I found a word in a middle grade book, WORD OF MOUSE by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein.
1. tenebrous – “For instance, tenebrous.”
Tenebrous means dark, shadowy, or obscure.
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I need to start writing down words. I find them and then I forget them!
Nope. But at least I recognized it as a word!
I ditto what Lloyd said!
Well, I like tenebrous. It sounds smart, much better to say something like “the story was deep and tenebrous.” Good for the author for giving such a good word to middle graders.
Hi Kathy,
I agree with Margot about the authors using such a good word in a children’s book, especially if the word is still in general use and has not become obscure with time!
I must admit that looking at the word, I can’t get a similar sounding word, tenuous, out of my head, which is really annoying, as I know they mean completely different things!
Love the cover art of ‘Word Of Mouse’, a shout out for illustrator Joe Sutphin
Thanks for hosting and sharing. This is still a great meme, even if there are not very many participants, please keep it going 🙂
Yvonne
I have to start writing them down to, a good idea.
You always find the best words. 🙂
Tenebrous is tenebrous (obscure). Good word today!
I thought it would relate to hearing – but I was wrong.
It’s a new one to me, but seems like one that might be useable.
I was clueless…ha!