Hygge (pronounced HU-guh) is a Danish word and way of living. Hygge, roughly and simplistically translated, means creating and fostering a warm, cozy atmosphere and enjoying it with the people you adore. I've been seeing hygge pop up here and there and the idea of it appealed to my quaintrelle soul. While hygge is not…
Heliotropic is the property of some plants of turning under the influence of light. Heliotropic is derived from helio- (a combining form meaning “sun”) and -tropic (a combining form with the meanings “turned toward, with an orientation toward”). Heliotropic was first used around 1870-1875. Heliotropic is a word often used in the plant world since…
Capricious seems quite the fitting word for March, what with it's fickle, ever changing weather and unpredictable elemental switches. Even time is capricious since time-change takes place, causing what I consider to be an erratic upheaval (despite it's supposed "predictable" format). Capriciousness has both positive and negative connotations, though the negative is often the focal…
Meliorism is the belief that the world can be improved through human effort. Meliorism was most likely drawn from the Latin melior (better) or the English meliorate, which is a synonym of ameliorate (to make better). Many credit British novelist George Eliot with coining meliorism and meliorist (an advocate of meliorism) in 1877, though meliorist…
Raconteurs are amazing people who are able to charm, captivate and amuse those around them with the magic of their words. To be a raconteur is to have quite an amazing gift and it's a gift so worth cultivating and sharing. Story-telling, that is excellent, raconteur worthy story-telling is something every great writer aspires to…
Nacarat is a red-orange color, sometimes pale, sometimes bright, sometimes both (things can be both pale and bright!). Nacarat can also refer to fabric that is dyed such a shade. Nacarat is the burning color of a sunset and the pale, flaming shades the sky dims to as night closes in. Autumn leaves, ripening pumpkins…
The 21st of June is the official start of the Summer season in the Eastern Hemisphere and what better way to mark it then by discovering the word Aestival? It states in it's very definition that aestival is something that belongs to or occurs in Summer. Using aestival (or estival, if one prefers - either…
Aquiver, now here's a lovely descriptive word...okay, so my month of vintage romance novel reading left something of an impression on me and aquiver is one of the words that I found repeated many a time (though since these were mostly Regency Romances from the 60's & 70's, aquiver was used in the most hilariously…
Yonderly is a terrific descriptive word that means absent-minded or distant-minded. One would have a yonderly stare if they were lost in thought or be yonderly if they were being inattentive when someone is talking or expressing themselves to them. Yonderly comes from the base word yonder, which means "over there" or "at a distance".…
Peiskos is a Norwegian word that describes the feelings one gets as they sit in front of a fire enjoying it's warmth. Peiskos is a beautiful feeling and it's exciting to find a word that actually describes that cozy in the bones sensation that comes from curling up in front of a crackling fire and…
Insouciance is a a word that almost has a lackadaisical tone to it, which seeing as insouciance means a calm, relaxed, indifferent state, is perfectly fitting. While I am usually rather wound-up, there are times when I do feel insouciant, whether it be just my mood or towards something. Insouciance is also one of those…
Ipseity means selfhood or self identity and it derives from the Latin ipse (self). Ipseity is the quality and nature of being oneself. It so many words, ipseity is the quintessential element of identity. We each of us posses ipseity and can define and identify our unique individuality by our ipseity. Ipseity means self, identity,…
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Xertz — (v) to gulp down quickly and greedily
Isaiah 26: 3-4 3 You will keep the mind that is dependent on you in perfect peace, for it is trusting in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, because in the Lord, the Lord himself, is an everlasting rock! I know everyone else has already moved onto a new month and a new devotional, but I'm taking my time.…
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Significado de Fulcral no Dicio, Dicionário Online de Português. O que é fulcral: adj. Que se refere a fulcro; com base ou ponto de apoio; axial. Fig. Relativo ao que é...
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