Learning a new word, especially one which fills a unique gap in your vocabulary, or rolls off the tongue in an unusually pleasant way, is one of life’s best pleasures. I previously selected one interesting word I’d learnt every month, but now I’ll be sharing as and when I’m just bursting to let you know about a new lexical unit – so watch this space! Click the links below to learn about any of the previous ‘chosen ones’.
Jealous – Are you getting it right?
Effete – Fertility, figurativeness and feminism
Pachyderm – Elephants, rhinoceroses, and kings
Aplomb – Perpendicularity and poise
Sesquipedalian – Oh, the irony
Galumph – Linguistic Wonderland
Cleave – Delightfully Complicated
Fecundity – A Endearing Enigma
Wuther – Poor, obscure, plain and little
Happenstance – A (Nearly) Homegrown Favourite
Obliquity – Maths and morality
Descant – Delightful Discourses
Desideratum – It is Still a Beautiful Word
Farrago – From Fodder to Hodgepodge
Bibliomania – Join the Bookworms
You might also want to check out the link below about the OED’s 2016 Word of the Year:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2016
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