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Umbra is one of those really great descriptive words that gets used in detective novels and poetry and scrabble (u words are always great!). Umbra is more than just a shadow, however, since umbra means the darkest, deepest part of a shadow. Umbra is often used in astronomy to describe the cone-shaped area of full… Continue reading Word Nerd: Umbra
Chivalry, now here's a word that's thrown around quite a lot, yet often in a rather disparaging way. It can feel as though in the same breath that you hear "Chivalry is dead." you'll hear something about how patronizing chivalrous guys can act toward women or something of the sort - and I call bunk… Continue reading Word Nerd: Chivalry
Apricity is an exquisite word that derives from the Latin aprīcus ("warmed by the sun"). Apricity is a particularly apt word since yesterday marked Imbolc which is the middle of the Winter season. It's also the time when the Groundhog makes his prediction and I know many feeling a sense of apricity hope for an early… Continue reading Word Nerd: Apricity
Tenebrific is darkness and gloom in one glorious descriptive term. Tenebrific is Latin in origin (combining tenebrea which translated would be darkness + fic) and it's one of those deliciously poetic words that adds a poignant touch to whatever it may be used in. Winter, especially those seemingly dead middling weeks that stretch on forever… Continue reading Word Nerd: Tenebrific
Chirography is the art or study of handwriting in all of it's aspects (including scriptotherapy!). Chirography is distinct from typography in that it is focused on what is written by and from the hand, not printed fonts (which are an amazing category unto themselves - and quite rightly so). I am a huge fan of… Continue reading Word Nerd: Chirography
Lilt is another one of those oh, so charmingly simple looking words (much like limn) that holds so much in it's definition. Lilt is a spirited, rhythmical, light, and pleasant way of sounding or moving and how utterly lovely is that?! While I defined lilt as a noun for descriptive means, lilt is also a… Continue reading Word Nerd: Lilt
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