Wondrous Words Wednesday
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. Feel free to join in the fun. (Don’t forget to leave a link in your comment if you’re participating.)
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My words for this week come from A Separate Country by Robert Hicks.
1. louche – “I spend my days in our house, or walking the fragrant wet streets, louche with jasmine and camellias and gardenias and unnameable strange rambling vines winking their purple and red and yellow blossoms at the sun.”
I found several definitions for louche – the one that best fits this sentence is decadent.
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2. hawsers – “Negro stevedores and roughnecks hauled the boats to the dock with thick hawsers in their hands and thrown over their shoulders, their arms and backs straining and shining.”
A hawser is a large rope for towing, mooring or securing a ship.
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3. ambuscade – “The earth there was broken into slabs thrust up in every direction and concealing the dark and narrow avenues of ambuscade.”
An ambuscade is an ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
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What new words have you encountered lately?
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I didn’t know what a hawser was… and I should probably because I’ve been known to sail!
Here’s here’s mine
I didn’t the first word. Wonderful description..
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I really do love this meme. Mine is here: http://wp.me/p7r47-N9
All new to me too! Here’s what I learned this week”
http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/2009/09/wondrous-words-wednesday-september-30.html
I like the sound of the word louche. Working it into everyday convo might not be too easy though. Have a good week and happy reading.
I like “louche” also. I’ll try to remember it and use it somewhere today.
I found two new words this week:
http://lisanotes.blogspot.com/2009/09/wondrous-words-wednesday_30.html
Hawser is such a fun sounding word, I think. Here are my words for this week: http://wordlily.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/words-from-my-reading-20/
I am looking forward to learning several new words every week!
My 5 wondrous words are here: http://jennascribbles.blogspot.com/2009/09/wondrous-words-wednesday.html
I just started reading this book so thanks for the definitions ahead of time.
My words are here.
Great new words this week. This sure sounds like it was a good book.
My words are here:
http://jo-jolovestoread.blogspot.com/2009/09/wondrous-words-wednesday-sept-30.html
Louche was the only one I knew for certain. Excellent choices.
My words are here.
I’ve seen louche around, but never knew what it meant. What a wondeful word!
I hadn’t heard of any of those words before. It sounds like a good read.
I just posted my first Wondrous Word Wednesday;
http://bookaholicmom.blogspot.com/2009/09/wondrous-word-wednesday.html
All are new to me, but “ambuscade” is similar to something we have – “embuscada”, which means the same. O Latinate words, I love you.
Those are some interesting words. I have only encountered “louche” before but I never remember what it mean because it sounds like a different word to me, like it means something else. I love the sentence you discovered louche in, it paints such a pretty picture!
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Great words! I didn’t know what any of them were. I have four words over at my place, Just Books. Stop by and check them out. Have a great day!
Sherrie
That first sentence is very pretty. I’ve never heard of “hawsers.” Love all your words.
My word is here. http://readwithtea.blogspot.com/2009/09/wondrous-words.html
These are wonderful words, new to me. Thanks for presenting them.
I love learning new words; these ones are great!
Here’s my link: http://gofita.blogspot.com/2009/09/wondrous-words-wednesdays-2.html
I like “louche” … it sounds foreign (French?)
I look forward to joining in again this week…http://westietherapy.blogspot.com/2009/09/wondrous-words-wednesday_30.html
These posts are so educational – I didn’t know any of these.
Again, words that I’ve never heard of!!
All these words are foreign to me, but thanks to you, they’re not anymore! I like “louche.”
I had heard two before, but “louche” is entirely new to me. I don’t know if I’m going to be doing Wondrous Words on my own blog anymore- I always find so many words it is beginning to feel like a chore, and I’d rather just enjoy writing about the books. sorry.