Definition, Please
Vituperative was used in Lone Wolf by Judy Picoult to describe the actions of one of the main characters. I was curious and asked Siri to find the definition. (Yes, I was too lazy to go look in the dictionary) I doubt that I will ever use the word in every day conversation, but it's now in my vocabulary.
Have you discovered any "new" words recently?
Wow, now that is a word.
ReplyDeleteThere are occasions when it would be a good word to know....
ReplyDeletethanks; it was new to me, too! (I always look up words I don't know for the same reason)
I would love to use vituperative, but I don't believe I could ever pronounce it!
ReplyDeleteWhoa.....I'd have to look that one up too. That's the good thing about my Kindle. It has a built in dictionary. I just have to touch a word and the definition comes up.
ReplyDeleteNo new words for me... well unless you include vituperative! That's definitely a new one!
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, I actually knew what vituperative meant. I had run across it while reading awhile back and looked it up! I always like learning new words.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
I adore words and discovering new ones is fun. When we homeschooled the kids, vocabulary was one of the things I stressed. Voracious reading and creative writing were always a part of our curriculum and the dictionary was well used. The Thesaurus was one of our favorites! I imagine they've been replaced with technology these days.
ReplyDeleteI heard the word "erudite" yesterday and had to look it up. I had to guess at the spelling first. As a former English teacher I'm almost ashamed to admit I didn't know this word. Almost . . .
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike yes I have a word on the blog tomorrow:) I will probably never use it again either:)
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