The Coffee Writer

Category: Word of the Day

  • Word of the Day: Veneration

    veneration

    “The triumphant softball coach was treated with all the veneration of a movie star for days following the big game.”

     

    Veneration – noun

    1) to regard with reverential respect.

    2) adore, revere, reverence, worship.

     

    ~per Merriam-Webster

     

  • Word of the Day: Cadaver

    cadaver

    “The coroner’s assistant tripped over the cadaver in the darkness of the crime scene.”

    Cadaver – Noun

    : a dead body.

    ~per Merriam-Webster

  • Word of the Day: Kindred

    kindredspirits

    “Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”
    ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

    Kindred – adj.

    : of a like nature or character.

    ~per Merriam-Webster

  • Word of the Day: Nook

    As it happens, I like my Nook and wish I had a nook to read it in! Although I generally do more writing on my Nook than reading.

     

    nook-hd

    “With a Nook for company, I curled up in the breakfast nook to read in the sunshine.”

     

    Nook – noun

    1) an interior angle or corner formed usually by two walls.
    2) a sheltered or hidden place.
    3) a usually recessed section of a larger room.

    ~per Merriam-Webster

  • Word of the Day: Nostrum

     

    “When Trina came down with the flu, Old Bill suggested the nostrum of an onion peel and honey.”

    Nostrum – noun

    : a questionable medicine or remedy.

    ~ per Merriam-Webster

     

  • Word of the Day: Godhead

    Our-Surrendered-Nature

    “I have no idea how to use godhead in a sentence.”

     

    Godhead – noun

    1) divine nature or essence
    2) the nature of God, especially as existing in three persons

    ~per Merriam-Webster

  • Word of the Day: Adjective

    Back to the tedious basics…

     

     

    “A noun does not always require a colorful adjective; sometimes they can be rather bland.”

     

     

    Adjective – noun

    : a word that typically serves as a modifier of a noun

    ~ per Merriam-Webster

  • Word of the Day: Refectory

    Not sure I’ve heard this one recently if ever.  And I’m honestly not sure how to use it in a sentence just because, well, why?

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    “The Great Hall from the Harry Potter movies was based on a combination of the books and the refectory of Christ Church college at Oxford.”

     

    Refectory – noun

    : a dining hall (as in a monastery or college)

    ~per Merriam-Webster

  • Word of the Day: Autocracy

    kitteh

    “The fraternity is run as an autocracy by a four-legged feline with an affinity for tiaras.”

     

    Autocracy – noun

    :government by one person having unlimited power.

    ~per Merriam-Webster

  • Word of the Day: Interminable

    Photos-Vanishing Point“Wearing the mobility-limiting cast became an interminable experience after the first week.”

     

    Interminable – adj.

    1) Endless
    2) wearisomely protracted

    ~ per Merriam-Webster