Showing posts with label lexicon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lexicon. Show all posts

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Words You Should Know: Apposite

apposite (adj): strikingly appropriate; relevant

Cheetah print was an apposite clothing pattern choice today because it suits my fiery mood.

Friday, January 30, 2015

Words You Should Know: Epeolatry

epeolatry (n): the worship of words

All my life the most benevolent deity seemed to be the lexicon of the world, of all languages; my epeolatry developed early, in the library of my youth.