Word of the Day – sibilate

Definition of sibilate – verb [sib-uh-leyt]

1. to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
2. to hiss.

‘I’m going to make you mine,’ she sibilates in my ear. I can feel her breath tickle my neck, and the soft slender curve of her body is warm against mine. I close my eyes. I am already hers!

 

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Word of the Day – interloper

Definition of interloper – noun [in-ter-loh-per]

1. a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others.
2. a person who intrudes into a region, field, or trade without a proper license.

She knew from the moment she met her that the old woman would be nothing but an interloper in her son’s marriage and that wasn’t a part of her plan.

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Word of the Day – tump

Definitions for tump – noun [tuhmp]

1. British Dialect. a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
2. British Dialect. a clump of grass, shrubs, or trees, especially rising from a swamp or bog.
3. British Dialect. a heap or stack, as a haystack.

He hoped they wouldn’t suspect the tump in the middle of his garden to be as suspicious as it was … a buried coffin.

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Word of the Day – schadenfreude

Definitions for schadenfreude – noun [shahd-n-froi-duh]

1. satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune.

He hadn’t seen her for many years and revelled in the schadenfreude that time had had on her appearance. ‘That’s what you get for dumping me,’ he thought.

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Word of the Day – calescent

Definitions for calescent – adjective [kuh-les-uhnt]

1. growing warm; increasing in heat.

He could feel the calescent vibe of agitation and frustration, a collective drive for vengeance brewing amongst these hooded vigilantes. His stomach turned. Even the truth could not help him now. Blood would be spilled tonight.

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Word of the Day – blinkered

Definitions for blinkered – adjective [bling-kerd]

1. narrow-minded and subjective; unwilling to understand another viewpoint.
2. having blinkers on; fitted with blinkers.

His father had warned him of the sultry seductions that came with success, but his stubborn, blinkered arrogance ignored the advice, and now he was back home and humbled with only an apology in his pocket.

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Word of the Day – farouche

Definitions for farouche – adjective [fa-roosh]

1. sullenly unsociable or shy.

His confidence, brought on by a few jeering mates and few early vodka shots, had propelled him across the busy dance floor in a twirling, hip-swinging gyrate to the presence of this beauty … the woman of his dreams … this Goddess. But now, under the dull, sobering scrutiny of her and her friends, he was suddenly farouche and berating himself for ever leaving his lounge room.

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Word of the Day – ferly

Definitions for ferly – noun [fer-lee]

1. something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror
2. astonishment; wonder
3. unexpected; strange; unusual.

He stood on a platform high above, hands folded across his chest, watching the crowd be seduced, the ferly of strobing lights, dancing shadows and hypnotic persuasive rhythm on the loud speaker, luring them unawares to their death, and he smiled—satisfied.

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Word of the Day – abrazo

Definitions for abrazo – noun [ah-brah-thaw/saw]

1. Spanish. An embrace – used in greeting someone.

He had watched them embrace many times before—warm, friendly, safe—but now he noticed the abrazo lingered, first arms and then eyes and he suddenly knew she was gone.

 

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Writer’s Quotes – Ayn Rand

Words are a lens to focus one’s mind.

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