http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/ For the love of language (and some fiber arts, too) Sun, 20 May 2012 23:22:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/#comment-4546 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:14:46 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=3224#comment-4546 [...] more, still more words from The Hidden — and yet another installment of words from The Hidden. Oh! And one more! More great words on my [...]

]]> http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/#comment-4517 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:49:19 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=3224#comment-4517 [...] more, still more words from The Hidden — and yet another installment of words from The Hidden. (And we’re not done yet, folks, one [...]

]]> http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/#comment-4476 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:40:50 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=3224#comment-4476 [...] more, and still more words from The Hidden. (And we’re not done yet, folks!) More great words on my Words from my reading [...]

]]> http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/#comment-4448 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:39:31 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=3224#comment-4448 I love “palimpsest”! I remember when I first learned that word, and I was so excited they had a whole word for that. That little kid “HOW COOL” feeling has stuck with me on this word!

]]> http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/#comment-4446 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:08:42 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=3224#comment-4446 Yes, indeed, it is a lot of words from one book — this is the third week, and I’m nowhere close to done with my list, I should have words for at least two more weeks from this book. And yes, it’s somewhat distracting, but I did learn a lot of words because of it!

]]> http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/#comment-4444 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:43:21 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=3224#comment-4444 That’s a lot of words for one book and you say there are more? I think it would be distracting to have that many. On the other hand, look how much you learned.

]]> http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/#comment-4443 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:26:45 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=3224#comment-4443 Vertiginous is the only one I knew. I’ve used helter-skelter in other ways, but never heard that definition. INteresting finds.

]]> http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/#comment-4442 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:18:37 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=3224#comment-4442 Oh, I’m so sorry!

]]> http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/#comment-4441 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:12:43 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=3224#comment-4441 Unfortunately I’m all too familiar with vertiginous since I struggle with vertigo. You found some great words!

]]> http://wordlily.com/2009/12/02/words-from-my-reading-27/#comment-4437 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:46:35 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=3224#comment-4437 Seriously. I had a good guess on the root of vertiginous, but the context didn’t help me out on that one.

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