Monday, March 22, 2010

Elation

ELATION!

Yes!

Hypnotic elation!

Circle of elation.

Jubiliation.

Tintinabulation.

Elation comes from Latin and means state of joyfulness.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Some more monosyllables

Hone - verb - to move toward, or direct attention to an objective; practice.

Ilk - noun - sort, category.

Thwart -- verb -- prevent, block, defeat, frustrate.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Dalliance

dalliance

alliance?

D'alliance?

French, n'est pas?

dally?

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Glut

The word of the month, is Glut.

It is a very unusual, a little awkward, monosyllabic word.

The noun means an excessive amount, surfeit, overflow, abundance.

The verb means to feed or supply in excess.

The word comes from Old French, but I suspect they have a much different pronunciation.