Vocabulary Word of the Day

[Astaroth]

This thread is intended to help you expand your vocabulary and learn new words to enrich your writing! A writer with a limited vocabulary will become repetitive and cannot be as precise in their narrative, so taking the time to discover unfamiliar words (or brush up on forgotten ones) is imperative.

A word and its definition will be posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday when I can get around to it. Let's vocab!​

 

[Astaroth]

The Word of the Day is...

loquacious
Ozzie's Pronunciation: "Low-kway-shus"
adjective

1: full of excessive talk : wordy
2: given to fluent or excessive talk : garrulous
— lo·qua·cious·ly adverb
— lo·qua·cious·ness noun

Ozzie's Example Usage: She was quite loquacious as they stood in line together for coffee, hardly pausing to draw breath between telling him about one topic and the next.

 

[Ms.Wrong]

Word used in a sentence: Ms. Wrong was loquacious when explaining how she does not like Ozzie throwing books at her!

 

[Zorilla]

hey Ozzie I love this thread could you maybe use a type font that has L's loking like the standard capital L shape so they aren't as easily confused with I's ?

 

[Astaroth]

Sure thing, Zori. Is that better?

 

[Zorilla]

yes ma'am Now just capitalize the first letter of the word next time (( no need to edit it now) thank you SO MUCH I appropriate it!.

 

[Astaroth]

The Word of the Day is...

scintillate
Ozzie's Pronunciation: "Sin-til-ate"
verb

1: to emit sparks : spark
2: to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks : sparkle <stars scintillate in the sky>
— scin·til·lat·ed
— scin·til·lat·ing
— scin·til·la·tor noun

Ozzie's Example Usage: Every strike of the hammer on the super-heated metal caused it to scintillate, and the blacksmith was thankful for the thick gloves that he wore as guard against the resulting sparks.

 

[Ms.Wrong]

scintillate in a sentence: Ms. Wrong wanted to scintillate a fire to the word of the day with a passion.

 

[Zorilla]

Zorilla's use: The vampire scintillated in the sunlight. His radiant glory coming to a quick and painful end as the rapid critics mauled him, breaking him into tiny scintillating giblets scattering him to all corners of the earth never to be seen again.

 

[Astaroth]

The Alternate Word Meaning of the Day is...

skirt
verb

1: to form or run along the border or edge of : border
2a: to provide a skirt for
2b: to furnish a border or shield for
3a: to go or pass around or about; specifically : to go around or keep away from in order to avoid danger or discovery
3b: to avoid especially because of difficulty or fear of controversy <skirted the issue>
3c: to evade or miss by a narrow margin <having skirted disaster — Edith Wharton>
— skirt·ed
— skirt·ing
— skirt·er noun

Ozzie's Example Usage: The pathway skirts the wall on the far side of the complex so closely that one only need reach out a hand to touch the ivy-covered stone barrier.

 

[Ms.Wrong]

Skirt in a sentence: Wrong skirted across the alley wall to avoid getting her new skirt dirty from a large puddle.