It’s time to tell you about the new-to-me words I’ve found in my reading. See if these are new to you also.
While reading Murder Is Binding, I found two new words:
1. doppelganger: Tricia looked from her customers to the doppelganger in front of her.
Doppleganger is an apparition or a double of a living person.
2. flog: “She was little more than a pest to most of the shop owners, always trying to flog her junk.”
Flog according to the literal definition means to beat with a stick. My guess is the author meant it figuratively.
This big word was part of the instructions for using the dictionary on my new Kindle.
3. sesquipedalian: Never fear a sesquipedalian word again–simply look it up and keep reading.
Sesquipedalian means a word that is multi-syllabic or characterized by long words. It can also mean long-winded. I’m sure glad Kathy didn’t call this meme the Sesquipedalian Words Wednesday.
Wondrous Words Wednesday is sponsored by the resolute (admirably purposeful) Kathy at Bermuda Onion’s Weblog.
Wow, I love sesquipedalian! Good choice for WWW!
I knew flog, but would have wondered if I’d seen that sentence too. I took a clue from you and found one of my words on a blog last week. Thanks for being such a great participant and thanks for your kind words!
Hope you enjoy your Kindle! I love having the dictionary on mine so I can have instant access to new words.
Never heard of sesquipedalian!
Here are my wondrous words!
I’d only heard of ‘doppelganger’, not only because of living once in Germany, but from my affinity for spy/thriller films and novels. A German word which is similar is ‘fussganger’, a walkway or path.
I love trying to say some of these words fast. I can’t do “Sesquipedalian Words Wednesday” even once, so I too am glad the name is simpler!
How funny is it that I know doppelganger from watching “How I met your Mother” on TV lol
I knew that sesqui…but not well enough to spell! That’s a great selling point for the Kindle. I didn’t know about it. I’m wavering. It would make sense for us!
I am definitely #3!!
What a word,”sesquipedalian.” Golly, that’s a long, big, huge, stringy, word. Love your comment about Kathy choosing this as part of the title of Wondrous Words(laughing).
http://readwithtea.blogspot.com/2010/07/lowcountry-summer-by-dorothea-benton.html
I saw “Sesquipedalian” and for some reason immediately thought, Sasquatch! LOL