Joyfully Retired

I love keeping track of the new words I find in my reading. I find them everywhere, not just in books. Here’s some I found this past week:

I was reading an interesting article, The Next Big Thing in English: Knowing They Know That You Know about a new theory on how and why people read fiction. (NY Times article April 1) I found this great word:

1. Eponymous: In “Emma” the eponymous heroine assumes Mr. Elton’s attentions signal a romantic interest in her friend Harriet, though he is actually intent on marrying Emma.

Eponymous means to giving their name to something : the eponymous hero of the novel.

From the novel, Lincoln Lawyer, by Michael Connelly:

2.  sobriquet: “Just fine, Ted,” I said, not wanting to call him by his obvious gang sobriquet of Teddy Bear. “What’s up with you?”

Sobriquet (sōbriˌkā) means a person’s nickname.

And from the short story, A Wicked Woman by Jack London, I found these two words:

3, unveracious: Woman were faithless and unveraciojs, e held – at such times that he had relapses and descended to pessimism from his wonted high philosophical calm.

Veracious means being truthful, so I’m guessing unveracious means being untruthful.

4. profundity: He was superficial – out of profundity.

Profundity means deep insight or depth of knowledge.

Wondrous Words Wednesday is sponsored by Kathy (Bermuda Onion). Be sure to visit her for more to words and/or to join in with your new words.