New (old) Words
Listed here are forgotten and newly acquired words discovered while reading
Gone With the Wind by, Margaret Mitchell
We are reading Gone With the Wind in celebration of Margaret Mitchell's birthday: November 8, 1900 "Hardships make or break people." ~ Margaret Mitchell
PICKANINNY: Pickaninny is a North American historical racial slur which refers to a dark-skinned child of African descent. It is a pidgin word form, which may be derived from the Portuguese pequenino
ReplyDeleteIMPORTUNATE: persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion
ReplyDeleteBOGTROTTER: a native or resident of Ireland
ReplyDeleteCAPITULATE: to cease resisting
ReplyDeleteBASQUE: tight-fitting underwear for women that covers the top part of the body and provides support for the breasts
ReplyDeleteSADIRON: a solid iron for smoothing clothes
ReplyDeleteHOYDON: a boisterous girl
ReplyDeleteSTENTOR: a person with a powerful voice
ReplyDeleteSPAVIN: a disorder of a horse's hock
ReplyDeleteSUPERFLUITY: an unnecessarily or excessively large amount or number of something
ReplyDeleteFURORE: an outbreak of public anger or excitement
ReplyDeleteRABBLE: a disorderly crowd; a mob
ReplyDeleteADIEUX: goodbye
ReplyDeletePASSEL: a large group of people or things of indeterminate number; a pack
ReplyDeleteDIDO: a mischievous trick; prank; antic
ReplyDeleteWOEBEGONE: sad or miserable in appearance
ReplyDeleteMESALLIANCE: a marriage with a person thought to be unsuitable or of a lower social position
ReplyDeleteCUR: an aggressive dog or one that is in poor condition, especially a mongrel
ReplyDeleteSUB ROSA: happening or done in secret
ReplyDeleteQUIBBLE: argue or raise objections about a trivial matter
ReplyDeleteZOUAVE: a member of a light-infantry corps in the French army, originally formed of Algerians and long retaining their oriental uniform
ReplyDeleteLACHRYMOSE: tearful or given to weeping
ReplyDeleteDISHABILLE: the state of being only partly or scantily clothed
ReplyDeleteCELLARET: a cabinet for keeping bottles of wine and liquor.
ReplyDeleteFURBELOW: a gathered strip or pleated border of a skirt or petticoat
ReplyDeleteTABLEAU: a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant.
ReplyDeleteESCUTCHEON: shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms.
ReplyDeleteTUMBRIL: an open cart that tilted backward to empty out its load, in particular one used to convey condemned prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
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