Words for Wednesday

By fromskilledhands ( March 3, 2010 at 10:35 am) · Filed under Cuyahoga Valley, Words for Wednesday, , ,

Snow near Elements Gallery, Peninsula, OH

The quality of the light has changed in my Valley. The heavier tones of Winter are being replaced by the lightness of Spring.  That does not mean that the 24″ of snow on the ground won’t have a topping of more white stuff. It does, however, signify that there is plenty of mud underneath just waiting to be caked on the dogs’ feet.

Nuthatches, woodpeckers, juncos, tufted titmice, chickadees, finches and brilliant red cardinals are visiting the feeders, singing the songs that suggest that Spring is on it’s way.

My Word-A-Day calendar has brought pages of words to me, some new, others, old friends.  Here’s a sampling:

**Conventicle: a noun.  1. An assembly of an irregular or unlawful character. 2. an assembly for religious worship, especially a meeting for worship not sanctioned by law. 3. a meetinghouse

**Fulgent: an adjective. Dazzingly bright: radiant.

**Parry: a verb. 1. To ward off a weapon or blow. 2. to evade especially by an adroit answer.

**Infix: a noun.  A derivational or inflectional affix appearing in the body of a word

**Clepe: a verb.  To name or call

**Rectitudinous: an adjective. 1. Characterized by straightness or moral integrity. 2. piously self-righteous.

**Harbinger: a noun.  1. A person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another, herald. 2. anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign; 3.  a person sent in advance of troops, a royal train etc., to provide secure lodgings or other accommodations.

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