Word for the day…Weird Words beginning with ‘A’

“Weird and Wonderful Words” is a nifty book edited by Erin McKean. I don’t remember when I bought it, but it has given me many hours of hilarity, as I meander through its pages.

Here are 3 Weird and Wonderful Words beginning with A:
-aboulia means the loss of will or volition. It’s related to the Greek word for ‘thoughtlessness’
-agliff is a verb meaning frightened, it is related to the obsolete word ‘gliff’, meaning ‘to alarm’

and my favorite- alogotrophy, (Greek for ‘protection’) meaning excessive nutrition to any one part of the body resulting in deformity (like Popeye the Sailor Man’s arms!).

Worldy Wise Word for the day….dakini

I just read about this on another FB group called The Goddess Collective. “A dakini (Sanskrit: ḍākinī; Standard Tibetan: khandroma; Wylie: ‘gro ma; Chinese: 空行母) is a tantric figure representing a female embodiment of enlightened energy. The Tibetan form of dakini, khandroma, translates as ‘she who traverses the sky’ or ‘she who moves in space’ or, more poetically, as ‘sky walker’ or ‘sky dancer’.”

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakini

Share your rare finds with us today!

Word for the day…a puzzling collection

Word puzzler for the day ……………….
a lively person, a short legged hen and an eel, what do they all have in common?

They are all also known as “grigs”!
Etymology: 1350–1400; Middle English grig, grege, dwarf

Word for the day….The Color Purple (And I’m not talking about the movie!)

I found these two beauties on Word Dynamo, a favorite word website. This test was about various cool names for colors, and as purple is my favorite color, I thought I’d share a couple. First, solferino is a vivid purplish pink.

Also, aubergine is the name for a very dark purple. Curiously enough, the etymology of the word explains it all…[French, from Catalan albergina, from Arabic al-binjn (the eggplant), from Persian bdenjn, bdengn.]

Feel free to share your recent word treasures on this thread!

Word for the day….gimme the money!

Word for the day (and a great new website to share)….
I found our word today on a FREE learning website called Khan Academy, it relates to our modern world…bit coin.

A bit coin is another term for an electronic payment system!

Source and link: http://www.khanacademy.com

Word for the day..let’s get legalized!

Word for the day..let’s get legalized!

I’m in the middle of preparing a Living Trust for Wade and I, and I was reading the final document when I came upon this jawbreaker: hypothecate.

hypothecate  (tr.v.)
To pledge (property) as security or collateral for a debt without transfer of title or possession.

Etymology: [Medieval Latin hypothcre, hypothct-, from Latin hypothca, pledge, deposit, from Greek hupothk, from hupotithenai, to give as a pledge, suppose; see hypothesis.]

Source cited: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hypothecate

The reason I prefer the Free Online Dictionary to Wikipedia for my definitions is that the Free Online Dictionary has this cool little function that allows you to hear the word pronounced properly, and, that they have a better etymology section for the words.

Tuesdays Misused or Myth-understood word: wheelbarrow

Tuesday’s Misused or Myth-understood word is… the commonplace wheelbarrow, which many people misspell as wheelbarrel.

Definition and origins: “A wheelbarrow is a small hand-propelled vehicle, usually with just one wheel, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles at the rear, or by a sail to push the ancient wheelbarrow by wind. The term “wheelbarrow” is made of two words: “wheel” and “barrow.” “Barrow” is a derivation of the Old English “bearwe” which was a device used for carrying loads.”

Source cited: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelbarrow

Enjoy, and share your own Wordy findings with us today!

Word for the day…oh “precious one”

I ran into this word in an ad for radio show guests, and just couldn’t resist sharing it with you….

“Rinpoche or Rinboqê is an honorific used in Tibetan Buddhism. It literally means “precious one,” and is used to address or describe Tibetan lamas and other high-ranking or respected teachers. This honor is generally bestowed on reincarnated lamas, or Tulkus, by default. In other cases it is earned over time, and often bestowed spontaneously by the teacher’s students.”

Source cited: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinpoche

Words for the day…all the colors of the rainbow bridge

Gold bars

It’s HEAVY METAL DAY…..my new words for today came from Word Dynamo, a great word site where you can take tests to learn new words. These were all a welcome addition to my writer’s vocabulary:

aeneous means bronze colored
ferruginous means the color of iron rust
or means the tincture or metal of gold
xanthous also means yellow!

Please feel free to share your new word, favorite word or weird word on this thread today!

Meet The FireWalker sigil

Word for the day…sigil (the picture attached to this post is a sigil I drew as a logo for my company FireWalker Publications (it is the Fire Walker!)

Sigil (Noun)
1. seal, signet
2. a sign, word, or device held to have occult power in astrology or magic

Origin of SIGIL- Middle English sigulle, from Latin sigillum
First Known Use: 15th century

Source cited: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sigil