I love to collect words. The funnier they sound, the more antiquated or the more sesquipedalian (having many syllables!!) the better. Did you know, for example, the collective noun for a group of weasels is a Boogle? I mean, firstly, what an amazing word?! But, secondly, who the heck even came up with that word and got it set in stone?
I found a really special word this weekend, Quiddity; the essential nature or quality of something (or someone) that makes it different from other things. The sea has a different quiddity from the woods and my quiddity is as different from all of yours as yours are different from the rest of the world.
Isn't that a nice thought for a dreary Saturday?
Isn't that a nice thought for a dreary Saturday?
And to those lovely three people (Renee, Louise and Oleah) who nominated me for one of those Liebster Award things, thank you. I apologise for being the Scrooge at the party - I always mean to answer these questions and join in the linking but then I get as far as coming up with two interesting facts about myself and then get stuck and grouchy and write about something else instead.
Hence this post on Quiddity.
What a fun word!
ReplyDeleteI quite like it - although now I have typed/said it too often it just sounds weird..
DeleteThat's an awesome word! Although I can't help but think of Quidditch :)
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Haha, well yes, now me too!!
DeleteWow . . . that photo of the sunset is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI've nominated you for the Liebster Award! http://iwishispokelatinandgerman.blogspot.com/2013/01/liebster-award.html
Keep up the awesome blogging! :)
Awwwh thank you so much! :)
DeleteI've never met anyone else who collects words!! I even have a word notebook haha.
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Molly
thecottagediaries.blogspot.co.nz
Oh, I need to be more organised - I am terrible for writing 'words to remember' (as well as to-do-lists and important phone numbers) on scraps of paper and leaving them in unlikely places...
DeleteWhat a lovely word! One of my favorite words is petrichor: it means the smell of the ground after rain. I love it.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe there is a word for that, that is wonderful. Thank you :)
DeleteI just found your blog and just wanted to tell you that I really like it. Your photos are great.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I really like the word mellifluous, meaning, smooth, sweet, and flowing. it just sounds like something flowy, and comes from the word for honey.