Words of Sagacity

Sagacity is an impressive word. It means wisdom.It is related to the words, sagacious and sage.

Sagacious - adj. characterized by discernment, shrewdness and wisdom. From Latin. Noun forms: sagacity and sagaciousness.

Sage - n. a person of wisdom and prudence. It can also be used as an adjective: wise, prudent.

Prudent - adj. 1. cautious, discreet. 2. exercising sound judgement. 3. not extravagant. From Latin. Prudentially is also an official variation of this word.

Prudentially, I think I would rather be sagacious than shrewd, wise rather than prudent.

Thank you for indulging the sage philolog.

Spendthrift

Are you a spendthrift?

This is a weird word, made up from 2 words, spend and thrift. Spend is a verb which means to exchange money for some item or service, thrift is a noun which means the state of not having or not using money.

So it would be an oxymoron if those words appeared together.

But as one word it means someone who spends a lot of money, not one who is thrifty. odd.

Sobriquet

I came across a lovely word.
Mellifluous. French?

Sobriquet

It means a fanciful name or nickname. It can be spelled sobriquet or soubriquet. It is from French, so be sure to say, so-bri-kay!

So my sobriquet is Philolog!

more soothing sounds:
somni FA cient--hypnotic!
somniferous--soporific
soporific--tending to cause sleep or dull awareness, also hypnotic according to Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary.
somnolent--drowsy or sleepy, but no mention of hypnosis.

You can also say soporiferous instead of soporific! They are synonyms. However, soporiferous sounds more soothing to me.