ian Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I've learnt two new words this week, from the book I'm currently reading (Hyperion - Dan Simmons). They are; Hegira - a flight to escape danger & Cislunar - occuring between the earth and the moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 A learned the word "skite" today. And my feelings are still hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 A learned the word "skite" today. And my feelings are still hurt. I didn't realise it was such a colloquial word. I hope you got the right definition. The way we use it, it's saying someone is showing off or boasting, but it's nearly always meant in a teasing fashion, not in derogatory way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timstar Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Interdigitate - v - to interlock fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kushy Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Nice thread.Daily in my newspaper there is a column about this.They will give 2 words to learn daily. scrutiny- close examination Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) I saw a wonderful word today - Liminal 1: of or relating to a sensory threshold 2: barely perceptible 3: of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition : in between, transitional <in the liminal state between life and death (From the Merriam-Webster online dictionary) Edited March 22, 2013 by Chrissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmonkey Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 I learnt today that a word I knew was not what I thought. The word demotic I thought was related to demon. It's related to demo - i.e. democracy. It means of or pertaining to the common people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timstar Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Pyrrhic (pir-ik) adj - Achieved at excessive cost, usually outweighing the benefits. also liked: Hagiography n - biography of a saint or someone deemed saintly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Vendace and whitefish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 That sounds like the name of a band - a little bit folksy, a little bit punk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Pantechnicon - originally a large van for moving furniture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I learned Bildungsroman . It means a Coming of age novel like Jane Eyre or Great Expectations. What a lovely word! just wondering how I can incorporate that into my speech somehow every day at least once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timstar Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Phantasmagoria - A changing, vibrant scene of many elements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 That sounds like the name of a band - a little bit folksy, a little bit punk! Haha, yeah, it sounds pretty good! Today I learned: comminution (I honestly thought it was a typo at first, luckily I checked it) subsidy harwarder equity silviculture stumpage () feed-in tariffs peat crude oil decoupling geothermal salvage value feller buncher delimbing mulch abiotic zzzzz...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Haha, yeah, it sounds pretty good! Today I learned: comminution (I honestly thought it was a typo at first, luckily I checked it) subsidy harwarder equity silviculture stumpage ( ) feed-in tariffs peat crude oil decoupling geothermal salvage value feller buncher delimbing mulch abiotic zzzzz...... Frankie, are you doing a horticulture course or something??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Frankie, are you doing a horticulture course or something??? Sort of, yes I have a lot of that stuff coming for the next four weeks so brace yourselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I know some of those words but not others.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 adsorption (again, thank goodness I checked, and didn't dismiss it as a typo!) endogenous / exogenous indices (I thought the plural was indexes!) hyphal fragments slag (no, not the slag I knew about) loblolly (my favorite word of the day!) crown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Are you reading a science article? adsorption (not to be confused with absorption, they're two different processes) happens in chemistry. Again I have to say I only know what half of your words mean (the more sciency words at that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Slag, A waste product from the process of smelting ore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Yesterday evening I learned some new words: haberdasher (this word makes me giggle) Armistice Day (we don't have this in the Netherlands) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Are you reading a science article? adsorption (not to be confused with absorption, they're two different processes) happens in chemistry. Again I have to say I only know what half of your words mean (the more sciency words at that). It's the stuff I'm translating at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 bumboats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Starkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) Starkers Frankie, what have you been doing on your birthday,to learn the meaning of starkers? .... . Rather cold weather for activities like that . Do Finnish police officers write that word in their notebooks? Edited December 18, 2013 by Marie H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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