In an anti-dumbing down effort, I humbly submit and admit words that I had to look up while I was reading. Probably won't be a daily post, but you get the spirit of it. Feel free to add your own words in the comments.
puissant
context: Believer Mag, September 06, "Interactive Propaganda", page 25
looked up in Webster's New World Third College Edition
pu is sant (pyoo' i sent, pwis' ent, pyoo is' ent) adj. [OFr, powerful] (Now Chiefly Literary) powerful, strong
My sentence: I don't go out with guys who wear puissant after-shave.
What is your sentence?
Hi Judy,
ReplyDeleteHappens to me all the time! The phrase I looked up yesterday -
"There weren't any touts."
Context: Wild Horses by Dick Francis, page 118 -
looked up in Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary:
tout
1. to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
2. In Horse Racing; to act as a tout, a. to provide information on a horse running in a particular race, b. to spy on a horse in training.
My sentence: I don't plan to tout for anybody in the next presidential race.
signed: From A to Z
Good one!
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