EM's Word of the Week for 4.20.11 -- insensate

Word of the Week for 4.20.11: insensate

Define the word, then use it in your writing, whether in a sentence, paragraph or short story. Enjoy!

Word of the Week for 4.13.11: Larrikin

Word of the Week for 4.13.11: Larrikin.

Define the word, then use it in your writing, whether in a sentence, paragraph or short story. Enjoy!

Elemental Muse's Word of the Week for 4.4.11 -- pleonasm

Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what that word means, employ the word in a sentence (or paragraph) and use it to jump-start a freewriting session. Build a short story from it, build an article from it, build *something written* from it. The main thing is to USE that word to think about what the word means, how it feels to you as a writer, how you could use that word in a piece of writing (could be a sentence, could be a longer piece) and go from there.

This week's word is pleonasm

Have a good week, everyone! :)

Last Word of the Week for 3.4.11: suffumigation

Last Word of the Week for 3.4.11: suffumigation

Definition:

–noun
1. The act of fumigating, literally from below; fumigation.
2. The act of burning perfumes: one of the ceremonies in incantation.
3. A fume; especially, a preparation used in fumigating.

Source: Wordnik.com

Elemental Muse's Word of the Week for 3.4.11 -- suffumigation

Each week, I'll choose a Word of the Week. I'll post the word on my blogs and on Facebook. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what that word means, employ the word in a sentence (or paragraph) and use it to jump-start a freewriting session. Build a short story from it, build an article from it, build *something written* from it. The main thing is to USE that word to think about what the word means, how it feels to you as a writer, how you could use that word in a piece of writing (could be a sentence, could be a longer piece) and go from there.



This week's word is suffumigation


Have a good week, everyone! :)

Last Word of the Week for 2.25.11: tachyphrasia

Word of the Week for 2.25.11: tachyphrasia

Definition:

–noun
1. Very rapid and voluble speech.

Source: WordNet

Elemental Muse's Word of the Week for 2.25.11 -- tachyphrasia

Each week, I'll choose a Word of the Week. I'll post the word on my blogs and on Facebook. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what that word means, employ the word in a sentence (or paragraph) and use it to jump-start a freewriting session. Build a short story from it, build an article from it, build *something written* from it. The main thing is to USE that word to think about what the word means, how it feels to you as a writer, how you could use that word in a piece of writing (could be a sentence, could be a longer piece) and go from there.



This week's word is tachyphrasia



Have a good end of the week, everyone! :)

Elemental Muse's Word of the Week for 2.17.11 -- fulgurites

Each week, I'll choose a Word of the Week. I'll post the word on my blogs and on Facebook. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what that word means, employ the word in a sentence (or paragraph) and use it to jump-start a freewriting session. Build a short story from it, build an article from it, build *something written* from it. The main thing is to USE that word to think about what the word means, how it feels to you as a writer, how you could use that word in a piece of writing (could be a sentence, could be a longer piece) and go from there.

This week's word is fulgurites

Have a good end of the week, everyone! :)

Last Word of the Week for 02.10.11 -- Quadrumane

Definition:

quadrumane: An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member of the now obsolete order of mammals Quadrumana, comprising all non-human primates; a primate.

Source: http://www.wordnik.com/words/quadrumane

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Elemental Muse's Word of the Week: quadrumane

Each week, I'll choose a Word of the Week. I'll post the word on my blogs and on Facebook. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what that word means, employ the word in a sentence (or paragraph) and use it to jump-start a freewriting session. Build a short story from it, build an article from it, build *something written* from it. The main thing is to USE that word to think about what the word means, how it feels to you as a writer, how you could use that word in a piece of writing (could be a sentence, could be a longer piece) and go from there.

This week's word is quadrumane

Have a good end of the week, everyone! :)

Last week's word: knissomancy

Definition of last week's word:


knissomancy: Divination using burning incense


Source: phrontistery.info


Hope you had fun with it! ;) I burn incense all the time, so this one was of special interest to me.

Elemental Muse's Word of the Week: knissomancy

To recap: each week, I'll choose a Word of the Week. I'll post the word on my blogs and on Facebook. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to find out what that word means, employ the word in a sentence (or paragraph) and use it to jump-start a freewriting session. Build a short story from it, build an article from it, build *something written* from it. The main thing is to USE that word to think about what the word means, how it feels to you as a writer, how you could use that word in a piece of writing (could be a sentence, could be a longer piece) and go from there.

Have a good week, everyone! :)

Last week's word: zelotic

Last week's word: zelotic

Definition of last week's word:

Zelotic: of the nature of a zealot

Source: http://phrontistery.info/index.html

Hope you had fun with it!