Mine is "palimpsest". I first encountered this word while reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
Definition: a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.
I love that there's a word for this.
12 Comments
bonegakrejg@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 3y
"Defenestrate". Meaning to throw someone or something out of a window.
OptimistPrime@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
Ahh yeah! That's another one of my favorites
Sraebog@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3y
Mine is “snickerdoodle” which brought back long forgotten memories of bake sales. Also it’s just a delightful word!
OptimistPrime@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
One of the best cookies
cheeseisdisgusting@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
One in Spanish that I really liked: arrebol. The definition is “the reddish colour of the sky during twilight”. It’s a pretty word for a pretty concept. 🌅
OptimistPrime@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
Love that
TychoRC@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y
I just came across "palimpsest" for the first time recently too! It was while reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by VE Schwab. It's been a while since I had to look a word up, so it stuck in my mind, lol.
BrerChicken@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I'm a big fan of portmanteau, not a hard one but a fun one. And in Spanish the word cuaderno always made me happy, it means "notebook."
Knoll0114@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Florid; as in, "Wilde's florid prose..."
I don't know why but it's stuck in my mind since.
whomst@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Susurrus (n) a soft murmuring or rustling sound; whisper
It's just fun to say
FantasticFox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
"Incipient" - it means something that is just beginning.
myhouseonneptune@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Pulchritudinous! It means pretty, but it sounds like an insult :-D