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The beauty of words

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“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”

- William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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My week in words

  • Adscititious: adjective. Derived or acquired from something on the outside. Supplemental, additional. Derived from the Latin "scire" meaning "to know".
  • Decoct: verb. To extract the flavour of by boiling. To boil down or concentrate.
  • Picayune: adjective. Of little value, paltry. Also: petty, small-minded
  • Redoubtable: adjective. Causing fear or alarm: formidable, worthy of respect. From the Anglo-French meaning "to dread".
  • Frisson: noun. A brief moment of emotional excitement: shudder, thrill.
  • Colubrine: adjective. Relating to or resembling a snake. From Latin "colubrinus" from "coluber" meaning "snake".
  • Perfervid: adjective. Intense and impassioned. From the Latin "fervere" meaning "to boil"

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