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Welcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday. I only have a couple of words this week. They are two left over from my last short story post: Chefoo, China by Thornton Wilder
1. tiffin: There was leisure for talk at the clubs on the Bunds, at the eternal tiffins, and teas, and dinners.
A tiffin is a light meal, especially lunch.
2. fecundity: We were filled with wonder at nature’s fecundity.
Fecundity is an adjective meaning fertile or capable of producing an abundance of offspring.
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Thanks to Kathy’s past WWW posts I actually know what a tiffin is!! My outdoor cat was very fecund!!
Tiffin is a fun word!
Tiffin — another word I thought I knew but didn’t — I thought it meant a kind of tea (must have first read it before I got my Kindle — not I look up everything!)…..
Fecundity I knew, but can’t imagine ever using — it sounds rude somehow.
I love reading everybody’s entries to this meme.
I never saw “tiffin”, but understand fecundity =fécondité, in French.
Have a nice week, Margot.
I looked up tiffin carrier one time and they are quite elaborate. I found a great video on YouTube about tiffin carriers being delivered in Mumbai. You can see it here if you’re interested.
I love the word tiffin! It’s Ine I could definitely work into my everyday life …
I knew tiffin carriers, but not tiffin, which is a nice word in and of itself. Thanks for sharing!
I especially like tiffin. Great words!
Both are new to me, but I like the sound of them both!
I knew both your words today. I just watched the link Kathy posted. I’ve seen a longer show on tv about that system a few years ago- it is extraordinary.
Hi Margot,
I knew both of these words, although I probably wouldn’t ever use either of them in conversation.
‘Tiffin’ seems to have been replaced with the word ‘Brunch’, here in the UK, a combination of breakfast and lunch.
Yvonne