Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Bermudaonion where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading.
Here are my words for this week:
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
1. Proletariat- term used to identify a lower social class proletarian. Originally it was identified as those people who had no wealth other than their sons. The term was initially used in a derogatory sense.
2. Paregyric- is a formal public speech, or written verse, delivered in a high praise of a person of thing, a generally highly studied and discriminating eulogy, not expected to be critical.
MiddleMarch by George Eliot
1. Plutocracy- is rule by the wealthy, or power provided by wealth
2. blazonry- a dazzling display
3. bursquerie- abruptness of manner
4. pilulous- like a pill; small, insignificant
3 comments:
You're reading some pretty heavy books! Blazonry is a fantastic word - I'd like to remember it, so I can use it. Thanks for participating today.
The only word I've heard before is proletariat. Great words this week :)
I encountered a new-to-me word while reading this week: suppurating. As in, "His eyes were red suppurating pits."
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