Focus on words
January 6th 2008 01:12
Since yesterday I’ve been getting a daily email from Doctor Dictionary at Dictionary.com. In these a particular and less commonly used word is focused on, and several examples (usually quite literate ones) are given of its proper use – or its varied uses, as the case may be.
Yesterday it was obdurate and today it’s lacunae. They’re both words that are familiar to me, although I’m not sure that I would have been able to define lacunae as well as obdurate.
Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to write a post each (as well as what ever else I might write) on the words that turn up in these emails, and perhaps not focus on the word as such but use it somewhere without necessarily informing readers what it is. Might be intriguing to see if people could guess the correct word each day.
In the meantime, those with a lacunae in their word collection might like to check out the meaning. Unless they’re too obdurate to do so!
Yesterday it was obdurate and today it’s lacunae. They’re both words that are familiar to me, although I’m not sure that I would have been able to define lacunae as well as obdurate.
Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to write a post each (as well as what ever else I might write) on the words that turn up in these emails, and perhaps not focus on the word as such but use it somewhere without necessarily informing readers what it is. Might be intriguing to see if people could guess the correct word each day.
In the meantime, those with a lacunae in their word collection might like to check out the meaning. Unless they’re too obdurate to do so!
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