It’s amazing to me how many new words I find each week since I started paying attention. For instance, I’ve been reading Agatha Christie’s books for years and, I guess, I never paid attention to all the unfamiliar words she uses. Here are a few examples.
1. cudgelled: He cudgelled his brain in vain, but the thing eluded him.
Cudgelled means to think hard about a problem.
2. unctous: He spoke in French and his tones were rich and unctous.
Unctous means oily, greasy, smarmy.
3. Insouciance: An easy-going insouciance was his chief characteristic, and it stood him in good stead in more than one tight corner.
Insouciance means casual lack of concern; indifference.
nsouciance: An easy-going insouciance was his chief characteristic, and it stood him in good stead in more than one tight corner.
Insouciance means casual lack of concern; indifferensouciance: An easy-going insouciance was his chief characteristic, and it stood him in good stead in more than one tight corner
Wondrous Words Wednesday is hosted by Kathy at Bermuda Onion’s Weblog.
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Maybe I asked you before but I don’t remember (as in, senior moment!): which Agatha Christie book would you recommend to start with?
I cant believe your forgetting to do the Birthday post!
Happy Birthday Margot! Yep I am calling you out today. Happy Birthday! I love you and love reading all about your travels and all the wonderful books.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to you! I try to cudgel from time to time, but I’m not very successful at it. Great words! Thanks for playing along!
Many Happy returns of the day!
For once I know all the words.
Here is my Wondrous Words Wednesday post!
I’d heard of cudgel, but the others were totally new!
Here’s mine: http://gofita.blogspot.com/2009/11/wondrous-words-wednesday_11.html
My brain is always being cudgelled! lol
Great words today!
I love WWW because I always learn something new! Not it’s just finding a way to use one of these words!!