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1/26/2013
I’m still using words from, Hounded, Book 1 of The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne. Hearne’s Druid character, Atticus, speaks a strange–but delightful–combination of medieval and modern, Irish,...
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2/2/2013
More words from Hounded, Book 1 of The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne. flibbertigibbet? Not from the parchment bag in a frozen turkey. flibbertigibbet: noun: 1. a chattering or flighty,...
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Looked That Up 2/9/2013
More words from: Hounded, by Kevin Hearne. Book 1 of The Iron Druid Chronicles Woad: More than a good Scrabble world? woad: noun 1. a European plant, Isatis tinctoria, of the mustard family, formerly...
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Looked That Up 2/16/2013
1 Word from Ever After by Kim Harrison Either I was too engrossed in the story or the novel’s vocabulary is contained within mine. I knew this word but the context it which it was used made me wonder,...
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Looked That Up 2/23/13
Words from Hexed by Kevin Hearne Book 2 Iron Druid Chronicles. Potentates: Strong spirits like bootleg whiskey? potentates: noun- a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler....
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3/2/2013
Words from Hexed by Kevin Hearnes Iron Druid Chronicles Book 2 Solipsism: Something related to sunburned lips? solipsism: noun 1. Philosophy . the theory that only the self exists, or can be...
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3/9/2013
This Weeks Words are from: Frost Burned [Mercy Thompson Book 7] Patricia Briggs Using the highlight feature on my Kindle, I’m now including the actual sentences the words were used in. Parse: I...
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3/16/2013
This Weeks Words are from: Frost Burned, [Mercy Thompson Book 7] Patricia Briggs obstreperous obstreperous: adjective 1.resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly. 2.noisy,...
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3/23/2013
3 Words From One Sentence on: Page 50 Hexed by Kevin Hearne Book 2 Iron Druid Chronicle Bacchants carry around thyrsi which are staves wrapped in ivy leaves… (page 50) Bacchants: noun 1. a priest,...
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4/13/2013
Words from: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire An October Daye Novel extemporizing I was extemporizing wildly, but I had no way of knowing that. [Loc 4882-43] extemporize: verb (used without...
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