Filipendulous and Vespine
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1word1dayHappy Monday! Two words because I missed last week.
Filipendulous
adjective
Pronunciation:
[fil-i-pen-du-los]
Definition:
Being suspended by a single thread.
Etymology:
From the Latin filum meaning a thread and the French pendere meaning to hang.
Vespine
adjective
Pronunciation:
[ves-pin]
Definition:
Resembling a wasp.
Etymology:
From the Latin vespa meaning wasp.
"Dr Scott had been lost in the jungle for two weeks or more. A large, buzzing, vespine insect had taken his assistant whom he found later wrapped in a cacoon, his entire weight held filipendulous and swinging slowly from a tree branch."
Love Tahlia, Who's assigning you homework: have you managed to work any 1word1day words into daily conversation lately?
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Date: 2010-09-20 07:19 am (UTC)You win a gold star