Word of the Day
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Noun verdure | |
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1 : the greenness of growing vegetation 2 : a condition of health and vigor | |
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Adjective disparate | |
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1 : markedly distinct in quality or character “music that combines disparate elements” 2 : containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements “… a disparate collection of esoteric treasures.” | |
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Just learned the Swedish word lagom — "just the right amount." Not too much, not too little. @robertbirming thinks it's a great life motto, and I wholeheartedly agree. Balance in how you live sounds simple — but in a world full of more, knowing when enough is enough is hard to master. I want this word on my wall somewhere — maybe in my little office. A daily reminder that I already have enough.
I gathered it had something to do with happiness or humor. I like it, though — I’ll save it for when the moment fits!
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Adjective waggish | |
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1 : resembling or characteristic of a wag “a waggish friend” 2 : done or made in waggery or for sport : humorous “waggish spoofs of popular songs” | |
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Adjective abstemious | |
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: marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol “an abstemious drinker” | |
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Welsh · Noun hiraeth | ||||
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Sound like anyone we know in politics? Hmm.
TIL a new word: hector
: bully, braggart
verb
: To behave in an arrogant or intimidating way; to act like a bully
: To intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure
TIL a new word: obsequious
: marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
was always followed around by his obsequious minions
📚 Currently reading: The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton — 19% through (p. 55 of 290).I was curious what foppish means. Here it goes…
“Kirke was an ill-informed and rather floppish man who possessed, as if by accident, a superbly logical brain.”
TIL a new word: foppish
: foolish, silly
: characteristic of a fop
a foppish dressing gown
: behaving or dressing in the manner of a fop