Search found 104 matches
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: victim
- Replies: 1
- Views: 866
victim
I think I may have suggested this before. The -im ending is interesting, but I can't find any convincing etymology online. Any ideas?
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: information
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2255
information
Can it be that this word still hasn't made the Good Word collection?
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:19 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: violin/violoncello
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1366
violin/violoncello
So many musical instruments have interesting names: from violoncello, saxophone and pianoforte/fortepiano to ocarina and didgeridoo. Some names, like the instruments, are more melodious than others.
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 5:24 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: nutmeg
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17522
nutmeg
Today's frowsty set me travelling through etymologies and the word nutmeg caught my attention.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:08 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: cottage
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7606
Re: cottage
Many thanks. So not very interesting after all.
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 5:12 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: cottage
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7606
cottage
Perhaps of interest?
Eileen Opiolka
Eileen Opiolka
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: morose
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5164
morose
A grey day here, but warmth at home keeps moroseness at bay. Isn't "morosity" an ugly word?
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 3:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Phenomenon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2872
Re: Phenomenon
Phantasia reminded me of phantasm and phantom, surely one of the few English words ending in -om?
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:04 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: parapet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5536
parapet
Interesting past tense with a single t
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 11:38 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: bode
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4183
bode
Doesn't it look like a past tense of Bide ? - bide, bode, bidden
- Wed May 03, 2023 4:27 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: list
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3332
list
Checking on "The wind bloweth where it listeth", I was surprised at how many meanings this little word holds.
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:27 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: depredation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2711
depredation
Sadly, a word still needed today.
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:33 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Maecenas
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3615
Maecenas
Not too many of them around!
- Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:14 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: peculiar
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2173
peculiar
noun and adjective, with an interesting shift in the adjective, I think.
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:00 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: gaunt
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3046
gaunt
This word came to mind as I caught sight of myself in a mirror!