Wondrous Words Wednesday
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. If you want to play along, grab the button, write a post and come back and add your link to Mr. Linky! All of my words this week came from my handy Word-a-Day calendar.
1. subreption– “Shareholders have filed a class action lawsuit against the company for its subreption of earnings and losses.”
Subreption is a noun that means a deliberate misrepresentation; also: an inference drawn from it.
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2. impecunious – “Unable to afford his own books, my impecunious uncle usually ends up borrowing mine and failing to return them.”
I think I’d have to stop lending my books to that uncle! I felt like I should have known this word, but I didn’t. Impecunious is an adjective that means having very little or no money usually habitually: penniless.
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3. crwth– “He intricately rhymes, to the music of crwth and pibgorn, all night long.” – – Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood
Crwth is an ancient Celtic stringed instrument that is plucked or bowed. It can also refer to a swelling or bulging body. The pronunciation of crwth is \krüth\.
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Have you come across any new words lately?
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Happily you explain how to say “Crwth “!
I just send my article. Five words these week : le pian (yaws), rouir (to ret) nycthémère (nychtemeron) . For two of them I don’t found any translation : lévirat et séton.
Have a good week !
Crwth looked like it was unpronounceable – until I read it’s Celtic. I looked up pictures of it. Interesting 🙂
@ Annie: I think lévirat is levirate. I wouldn’t know about séton 😦
Interesting words this week again Kathy. It’s funny how some words are better known in some forms- pecuniary is more familiar to me than impecunious, however they’re clearly related. I’ve not heard of crwth before- but how good would that be in scrabble? I never have any vowels!
I haven’t heard impecunious in ages, but the other two are totally new to me! Thanks for sharing them. Your vocabulary must be incredible!
I love the spelling of those celtic words! Always a challenge! :–)
Kathy, the last word looks like a misspelling! Excellent words this week. 🙂
I really like my word-a-day calendar too. Us “wordies” can’t get too many. (That may be a new word too.)
I have to get a word-a-day calendar, I really do. These are all new to me and you’ve got to love those Celts and ability to ignore vowels all together.
Wohoo I knew one again, and again I thank my love for all things Celtic 🙂
All new ones to me.
here’s mine http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/02/wonderous-words-wednesday.html
I came across many while reading An Object of Beauty. I kept having to use my dictionary. No I wish I had made myself write them down and use them in a sentence! 🙂
Good ones. I kind of knew the second one but wouldn’t have been able to define it.
I’m embarrassed to admit that I only knew impecunious!
Great words, Kathy.
I do not seem to come across many new words lately…hmmm…now I really need to read out of my comfort zone…I loved your last word…how cool is a word without vowels…I did not even think that was legal!!!
Great words…I would use them but I’m afraid I’d have a hard time pronouncing them right!! 😀
Celtic words are never pronounced how I’d think they would be, but to my mind it makes them that much more fascinating.
I love that you have a word with no vowels! These are all new words to me. I think I can make use of impecunious.
I’ve heard “impecunious” before. Unfortunately, I also suffered from that condition a lot, over the years! The other two were new to me. I love “crwth” – thanks for including the pronunciation guide.
Oooh, “supreption” and “crwth” (thank you for the pronunciation). Two words added to the vocabulary. Thank you, Kathy!
I am so glad you told us the pronunciation for that last one – I just never know what to do when vowels go missing! 😉
I think I’d need a definition for pibgorn as well! During the first two chapters in Ulysses I started jotting down some of the unfamiliar words, but gave up. 😉 Too many!
All of these are new to me!
crwth….
may I buy a vowel please… consonants and need to buy a vowel 🙂
I’m intrigued by Dylan Thomas’ poetry, and now this new word. These are some of my favorite posts, Bermuda Onion. I always learn something new.
I’m always at a loss for pronouncing words with no vowels. Timely post as I just got a check from class action lawsuit. Great words this week!
I love the 2nd word. I may need help pronouncing properly though 😉