Revellian’s Expressive linguistics 101 #2
Revellian’s Expressive linguistics 101:Philology and psycho-linguistically descriptive dialectology
This week I introduce a fresh batch of cool words to add to your vocabulary, unless of course you already know these and use them regularly in your everyday posts!
- avarice
- indefatigable
- extravasate
- raucous
- tenebrous
- Avarice- An excessive desire of gain, greediness after wealth, covetousness, cupidity.
example: The store owner displayed a disgusting avariciousness when asking his employees to donate $100.00 to his birthday fund!
- indefatigable- Incapable of being fatigued, not readily exhausted, untiring
example: The woman looked to her friends after listening to their sob stories of sexual dissatisfaction and said, “I never have that problem. I know some of you asked about my walking with a limp and I tell you, it’s not from injury but from my husbands carnal indefatigableness!
- extravasate- to force out, to pass into surrounding tissue
example: Like a torturous hernia splitting an abdominal wall I was extravasated from the party. I thought I was on the invited list!
- raucous- Unpleasantly loud and harsh
example: The woman sported a wicked scowl after hearing the man scream at the children. She said in a most raucous tone, “They are deaf you disgusting ruffian!”
- tenebrous- shut off from the light, dark, murky, hard to understand, causing gloom
example: After four hours of the tenebrous literature seminar on using new words effectively, I was ready to extravasate myself from the room before I let off a raucous scream!
I like to use words in ways that seem out of place but add that special explosive quality needed for expressiveness.
example: I was engulfed in a scorching inferno of nuclear despisement when failing to make a timely comment on my girlfriends new hairstyle.
Next time be sure to immediately notice as you may be burned at the stake. I actually had a girl dump me years ago because of this exact situation.
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What a Whitman Sampler for wordies!
Hi Georganna, A very,very small sampler. However, it does come with a pamphlet insert describing the five tasty treats!
Mnmm New words
Guten Tag Herr Randy,
Be careful, some of these tasty treats might contain unwholesome liquid centers!
Hey there Bobby, thanks for adding me as a contact on MyBlogLog
I knew the Spanish word “tenebroso”, didn’t know there was an exact translation, “tenebrous”, sounds awesome ^^.
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Of course, I knew that! (Ms.Wonder que embroma justo) I did not use a translator!
I admit, I’m lazy where new words are concerned, so I love coming across new words, words I don’t look up in a dictionary or thesaurus (I recently bought a new Roget’s, and didn’t like its setup/format).
Extravasate, has a nice sound
Hi Anastasia!
I actually missed publishing this weeks episode because of illness. I’m all better now and next week I’ll have a fresh post. I find learning new words boring but I do try very hard to find humorous ways to remember them:)