Word of Tomorrow: Voluptuous
Voluptuous is an adjective
1 relating to or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure. (I did not know this)
2 (of a woman) curvaceous and sexually attractive.
It's derivatives are voluptuously (adverb) and voluptuousness (noun).
It's origin is the Latin voluptuosus, from voluptas ‘pleasure’.
Word of Tomorrow: Procrastinate
Procrastinate verb (procrastinated, procrastinating) intrans to put off doing something that should be done straight away, especially habitually or to an unspecified time. procrastination noun. procrastinator noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Latin procrastinare, from pro- onward + cras tomorrow.
A Selection of Words
Hypocrisy
- [n] - an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
- [n] - insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
Eviscerated
- [adj] - having been disembowelled
Congenital
- [adj] - present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
Partisan
- [adj] - affiliated with one party or faction
- [adj] - devoted to a cause or party
- [n] - a fervent and even militant proponent of something
- [n] - a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections
I'm reading The Savage Garden by Mark Mills and am just making a note of words used to confirm my understanding.
I see words
I hear words
All about me
Every Day
I give words meaning
I make assumptions
I need clification
to learn