by Jessica | Mar 5, 2014 | Words
Today’s Word Wednesday is wrest. I was writing a poem years ago, and I wanted something symbolizing painful parting and a word that partnered with Rome and womb. The perfect word: wrest. I love this word because of that poem and I think because of the paradox of the...
by Jessica | Feb 26, 2014 | Words
Today’s Word Wednesday is effulgence, a sort of opposite of last week’s choice, penumbra. I should mention I was watching Big Fish last week, and there’s a scene where Danny DeVito, a circus ringmaster, announces the entrance of a circus performer, a giant...
by Jessica | Feb 19, 2014 | Words
Today’s Word Wednesday selection is penumbra, with an honorable mention to umbra. It’s one of many great words with scientific and literary common usages. A little about my friend (taken from the online Oxford English Dictionary): penumbra Line breaks:...
by Jessica | Feb 12, 2014 | Words
The second entry in my literary look book of great words is fulcrum. A little about my lovely friend (taken from the online Oxford English Dictionary): fulcrum Line breaks: ful|crum Pronunciation: /ˈfʊlkrəm 1. the point against which a lever is placed to get a...
by Jessica | Feb 5, 2014 | Words
Welcome to the first Word Wednesday! The first entry in my literary look book of great words is amaranthine. A little about my lovely friend (taken from the online Oxford English Dictionary, US English): amaranth Syllabification: am·a·ranth any plant of the genus...
by Jessica | Feb 3, 2014 | Words
Words are celebrities to me. A well written article is my People magazine and a brilliant book is my Rolling Stone. A finely crafted sentence is a rock star, and I think the world would be a better place if we adored words as much as Hollywood hotties. I recently...
