Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #7

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #7

After a long pause of these posts, today I’m sharing 5 words, the first this year. I can’t remember where I heard them. Some are from lectures, such as catenary. For fun we are watching a series of lectures on architecture, which is fascinating. Others…

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #6

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #6

Today I’m sharing 4 words. Although I heard eschatology before and understood its meaning from the reading I was doing, but, even so, I’ve decided to include it. Mores is a word I was puzzled about and didn’t get its meaning from the reading, so…

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #5

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #5

It’s been a while since my last Wondrous Words. Today I’m sharing 5 words in total. One is very well known, but I did not know its story and that is the last one. besom is a broom, a household implement used for sweeping. The…

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #4

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #4

I have three new words for today’s Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #4, a new instalment in this fascinating series. This time I have an interesting mix of words. The first word is from a non-fiction history book on the Spanish Civil War, it…

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #3

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #3

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #3 comes really soon after the second one, but I wanted to share two words I learned while at Oxford and a new one, so this was the best time to do it. The first word comes from Kamala…

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #2

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #2

It’s been almost two months since I made the first post of Wondrous Words. In this time I discovered 5 new words. It’s funny that one of them, the last one, I saw in 3 books in these two months, but never before. I didn’t…

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #1

Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #1

I am starting a new series, Wondrous Words. Words New To Me #1. I always enjoyed reading the new words Yvonne shares in her posts, like this last one. Also, if you fancy to see more, the linky is hosted on Mareli’s blog over at…