February 2012
4 posts
February 6-9, 2012
filiopietistic \fil-ee-oh-pahy-i-TIS-tik\ , adjective: Pertaining to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
crib \krib\ , verb:
1. To pilfer or steal, especially to plagiarize. 2. To confine in or as if in a crib. 3. To provide with a crib or cribs. 4. To line with timber or planking. 5. Informal. A. To use a crib in examinations, homework, translating, etc....
February 4-5, 2012
caprice \kuh-PREES\ , noun: 1. A sudden, unpredictable change, as of one’s mind or the weather. 2. A tendency to change one’s mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality; capriciousness. 3. Music. Capriccio.
pied
\ pahyd \ , adjective;
1.
Having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals.
2.
Wearing pied clothing.
The first person...
February 3, 2012
excogitate
\ eks-KOJ-i-teyt \ , verb;
1.
To think out; devise; invent.
2.
To study intently and carefully in order to grasp or comprehend fully.
Must excogitate between the things I like and the things I love, soon.
January 31-February 2, 2012
idoneous \ahy-DOH-nee-uhs\ , adjective: Appropriate; fit; suitable; apt.
doyenne \doi-EN\ , noun:
A woman who is the senior member of a group, class, or...
January 2012
19 posts
January 26-30
Okay, so I typed a really long entry using the WFTD, and I was a bit iffy with really posting it, because it was a pretty loaded message. Tumblr didn’t upload it, and consequentially, it was all deleted. I’ll take this as a sign that these words were meant for my mind alone.
Taking the plunge
“When have you ever made a decision, wholeheartedly knowing you were ready for it?”
“Never.”
“How many times have you proven yourself wrong and exceeded your own expectations?” HMM
January 22-25, 2012
natheless \NEYTH-lis\ , adverb: Nevertheless.
slimsy \SLIM-zee\ , adjective: Flimsy; frail.
educe \ih-DOOS\ , verb: 1. To draw forth or bring out, as something potential or latent. 2. To infer or deduce.
bleb\ bleb \ , noun;
1. A bubble. 2. Medicine/Medical. A blister or vesicle.
The stress, from too much things happening this week, itself felt stressed and didn’t have any...
January 21, 2012
remora
\ REM-er-uh \ , noun;
1. An obstacle, hindrance, or obstruction.
2. Any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by whichthey can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
It’s been 11 years. Your memory is a remora stuck to my shark of a heart, except this time, it’s the shark...
January 20, 2012
deucedly
\ DOO-sid-lee \ , adverb;
1.
Devilishly; damnably.
Next week is going to be jam-packed. Heaps of school work for every day of the week, plus filing for candidacy and the jitters that come with it. Add to that the promotional man+brain power for AIESEC Week, but I’m too excited to be nervous. In addition, I plan on going to the events lined up for every day of the week.
...
January 19l, 2012
shiv
\ shiv \ , noun;
1.
A knife, especially a switchblade.
If I had a time machine, and I could go back anywhere in time, I might go to a lot of times, to prevent myself breaking something, forgetting something at home, etc., but tonight I want to go back to when I was choosing a course for College, to a time when I was young and idealistic and thought, “hey, I could do this!...
January 18, 2012
persnickety
\ per-SNIK-i-tee \ , adjective;
1.
Overparticular; fussy.
2.
Snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob.
3.
Requiring painstaking care.
After long periods of days of being persnickety, in every sense of the word, I just want to be carried by someone whose forearms can help me bear the load my brain dumps on me. I like your arms, because they act as shield and...
January 15-17
perspicacious \pur-spi-KEY-shuhs\ , adjective: 1. Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning. 2. Archaic. Having keen vision.
outrance \oo-TRAHNS\ , noun:
The utmost extremity.
...
January 13-14, 2012
viscid \VIS-id\ , adjective: 1. Having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive. 2. Botany. Covered by a sticky substance.
desinence
\ DES-uh-nuhns \ , noun;
1.
A termination or ending, as the final line of a verse.
2.
Grammar. A termination, ending, or suffix of a word.
They say that learning is a process that knows no desinence. This is only true if one takes a viscid grip on...
January 12, 2012
bonny
\ BON-ee \ , adjective, adverb, noun;
1.
Pleasing to the eye.
2.
British Dialect . A. (Of people) Healthy, sweet, and lively. B. (Of places) Placid; tranquil. C. Pleasing;agreeable; good.
adverb:
1.
British Dialect. Pleasingly; agreeably; very well.
noun:
1.
Scot. and North England Archaic . A pretty girl or young woman.
You’re a bonny lad, but I wish I could say...
January 11, 2012
expostulate
\ ik-SPOS-chuh-leyt \ , verb;
1.
To reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done.
Sometimes, I would like to expostulate against people consistently whining about how much work they have to do and saying they’re “dying”, to make it sound like they’ve got more work on their hands than you do. In...
January 10, 2012
paregmenon
\ puh-REG-muh-non \ , noun;
1.
The juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”
Wow, this dictionary WFTD is making my already hardship-laden life harder by challenging me so! That was my attempt at a paregmenon.
However, after Google-ing the said word, I have come up with this sentence: Only a truly loving manly man can, without...
January 9, 2012
heterotelic
\ het-er-uh-TEL-ik \ , adjective;
1.
Having the purpose of its existence or occurrence apart from itself.
Today I was toured by a legitimate master of the arts. Francisco “Bobby” Manosa was a great architect, but more importantly, he was a great family man; and that, to me, is what made the experience of his home so great. A lot of modern architects design...
January 8, 2012
profligacy
\ PROF-li-guh-see \ , noun;
1.
Reckless extravagance.
2.
Shameless dissoluteness.
3.
Great abundance.
I spent the beautiful rainy afternoon in nothing less but profligacy—getting up right before lunch, having seconds for lunch, listening to songs that MUST have been written on, or for a rainy Sunday, and playing Creeps on the iPad.
January 1-7, 2012
novation \noh-VEY-shuhn\ , noun: 1. The introduction of something new; innovation. 2. Law. The substitution of a new obligation for an old one, usually by the substitution of a new debtor or of a new creditor. A new year brings a multitude of novations, especially resolutions. Let’s hope I keep up with this one. truss \truhs\ , verb: 1. To tie, bind, or fasten. 2. To make fast with...
New Year's resolution
Use a new word everyday. I’ll be basing my WFTDs off dictionary.reference.com’s WFTDs! Minimum requirement for myself is to write a sentence using the word, describing anything from the day that has passed. If I have more time (or more feelings), I will write a poem, a paragraph or even a story. YAY for literacy!
December 2011
12 posts
demn
Katie Donovan, "Yearn On"
sharingpoetry:
I want you to feel the unbearable lack of me. I want your skin to yearn for the soft lure of mine; I want those hints of red on your canvas to deepen in passion for me: carmine, burgundy. I want you to keep stubbing your toe on the memory of me; I want your head to be dizzy and your stomach in a spin; I want you to hear my voice in your ear, to touch your face ...
November 2011
28 posts
People we love shouldn't die
We always talk about how death comes to us when we’ve fulfilled our mission on earth, or when God deems us worthy to enter his Kingdom. But what about the people we leave behind? When does it become the right time for a loved one to leave you?
When you’ve finished college? When you’ve landed a stable job? When you’ve got a family of your own? When you no longer live with...
“The sea is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe.
Its...”
– Jules Verne. 2000 Leagues Under The Sea.
7 things to keep in mind
Many things are simple
Know what you’re trying to do
There is always a sequence of events
Things don’t get done if people don’t do them
Things rarely turn out as expected
Things either are or they aren’t
Look at things from others’ points of view
—Fergus O’Connell (via Marlon)
