OT- Word of the day.

[Renegade 13]

TerranC said:

I thought it was Hebrew/Yiddish.

Ah, you could be right. Not the first time I was wrong!

[Alneyan]

Piquant:
1. Spicy.
2. Appealingly provocative.
3 Charming, interesting, or attractive.
4. Archaic: Causing hurt feelings; stinging.

Being fairly lazy, the above definition comes straigth from the trusted dictionary. For once, a French word has almost kept the same meaning in English and the same spelling (well, expect that the fourth meaning is the most common in French; is it really archaic?).

Oh, and what about creating words as well? For example, wouldn't "gabegie" be a nice-looking word for English? It means "turmoil or various trouble, especially due to a mismanagement" in French, but you could probably broaden its meaning a bit.

Let's see: "The word "Gabegie" was the only one fitting to describe the situation at the office after his blunder." Hmm... It is perhaps not such a great idea.

[Iansidious]

Alneyan! tut tut tut. You didn't tell us how to pronounce it. I myself said pee*quant. But, I found out piquant is pronounced pee*kent. I offically ban Alneyan for one week effective today. For voilating the rule of words . While I'm here...
Today's Word:
Effulgence pronounced ef·ful·gence

n
brightness: brightness or a brilliant light radiating from something (literary)

[Kamog]

vicarious
adjective
1. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
2. Endured or done by one person substituting for another
3. Acting or serving in place of someone or something else; substituted.
4. Committed or entrusted to another, as powers or authority; delegated.

adverb
vicariously

[Iansidious]

I like that Kamog. I will use that today in an e-mail. But I have to put this word out...

Today's Word:
Qwerty pronounced KWER*ty

n
having standard typewriter keyboard layout: used to describe a typewriter or computer keyboard with the standard arrangement of keys for the alphabet, with the top row of alphabetic characters beginning with the letters q,w, e, r, t, and y.

And I have something special. A bonus word!

Today's bonus Word:
Azerty pronounced a*zer*ty. Not hard at all.

adj
having European typewriter keyboard layout: used to describe a computer or typewriter keyboard layout in continental Europe, where the top row of letters, beginning from the left, runs A, Z, E, R, T, Y.


Can you handle all this!

[Kamog]

premonitory

adjective
1. Giving previous warning or notice
2. Warning of future misfortune

[Iansidious]

Today's Word:
Coiffeur kwaa fúr

n
male hair stylist: a male hairdresser (formal)

[Alneyan]

Kamog! You were supposed not to post until Lan had lifted his wicked ban upon the user known as Alneyan (I am speaking on his behalf, nothing more; I am his lawyer if you will)! How could you do this to me... erh, to my client

Kidding aside, I cannot truly post how it is supposed to be pronounced because I do not know how you pronounce all these French words. So I will gently refer you to the closest up-to-date dictionary (mine is seriously lacking in the field of French words) to find out how to pronounce it. On the other hand, I could give you the French pronouncation, but that wouldn't be all too helpful, would it?

My lawyer has declared me to be innocent, and so I am going back to business. The word "coiffeur" has also a feminine form "coiffeuse" that might be used in English as well. The pronouncation might be something like "kwaa fuz", but I do not know the phonetical alphabet.

My word shall be "Parvenu" (a feminine form might be used, but would be rather rare I guess. It would be "parvenue"). It is a more formal word for "upstart", as in "Did you see who is the current king at KOTH? That parvenu, Asmala, just snatched the crown as if it were his. The youth these days...". My apologises go to Asmala for having targetted him by my vile accusations.

And since I have been unable to post for the past few days, here goes another word: Sphery (pronounced like, erh, a sphere). This word means "relating to the celestial spheres" or "starlike", and, to the best of my knowledge, is mostly used in poetry or in literature.