Random Word Ramble Wednesdays

Hey guys, I’m late. Again. And I’m thinking it should be Random Word Ramble ‘Thursdays’ instead. Any-who, with no further ado this week’s word is: Dotty- slightly mad or eccentric (Page 277 Compact Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus, Third Edition) ~~~ “Positively dotty, I say,” came the not-so-soft whispers from one of the women slathered in [...]

Random Word Ramble Wednesdays

Hi all! As I wouldn’t be on every single day I won’t be able to post Word of the Day daily so to make it up I’ve come up with a new post series called ‘Random Word Ramble Wednesdays’ which will feature a different word every Wednesday and I’ll write whatever comes to my mind [...]

Word of the day: Chimera

It has been a while since I’ve written a WoTD post, but I’m going to try to keep at it from now on. The first I think I’ve  heard of the word ‘chimera’ was in a Harry Potter book, many of us know it as a mythical creature but I wasn’t aware of its second [...]

Word of the day: Cicerone

Today’s word is: Cicerone (pl.ciceroni) – a guide who gives information about antiques and places of interest to sightseers. <ORIGIN> early 18th cent.: from Italian, from Latin Cicero, Ciceron apparently alluding humorously to his eloquence or learning. Source: The New Oxford American Dictionary

Word of the day: Delate

The word of the day is: Delate – report (an offense or crime): they may delate my slackness to my patron. <DERIVATIVES> n. delation, n. delator <ORIGIN> late 15th cent. from Latin delat-, ‘referred, carried away’, from the verb  deferre. ,Source: The New Oxford American Dictionary

Word of the day: Clandestine

The word of the day, or more like word of the night(I’m terribly late today), is: Clandestine – adj. kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit: she deserved better than these clandestine meeting. <ORIGIN>mid 16th cent.: from French clandestin or Latin clandestinus,  from ‘secretly’.   Source: The New Oxford American Dictionary

Word of the day: Bra Burner

This says it all. Okay I searched for a random word begining with ‘Br’ on my Kindle and this is what caught my eye! I mean you’ve got to admit it sounds a bit funny but here’s what it means: Bra burner -[Informal] a feminist percieved as a militant in the struggle for women’s rights: [...]

Word of the day: Arabesque

Hola! Today’s word is : Arabesque – an ornamental  design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally found in Arabic or Moorish decoration: (adj.)arabesque scroll. <SPECIAL USAGE> a passage or composition with fanciful ornamentation of the melody. – [Ballet] a position in which the body is supported on one leg, with the other leg extended horizontally [...]

Word of the day: Philosophy

Word of the day features a different word … well everyday. I figured that this would be a great way for me to expand my vocabulary and brush up on my current inventory of words and I was hoping that by typing it out I would have a better chance at memorizing the words for [...]