I ran across a few new-to-me words this week.
calumniate– to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
” They are calumniated, and are vindicated.” (pg. 78, Trinity by Joseph F. Girzone)
dirndl– full, gathered skirt attached to a waistband or hip yoke; any skirt with gathers at the waistband.
“The skirt was a green dirndl with tiny black, white and electric-blue shapes swarming across it.” (pg. 113, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath)
corrasable– “erasable”
“I counted out three hundred and fifty sheets of corrasable bond from my mother’s stock in the hall closet.” (pg 120, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath)
Play along at Bermudaonion’s Weblog.
Back in the old days, as a teenager, I used to wear dirndl skirts all the time. They were actually easy to sew. I like your other words too.
Liked your words. My favorite in your list is calumniate.
Guess it is us somewhat older folks who remember Dirndl skirts. Corrasable – now that is a good one, kind of hard to work into conversations these days.
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Three great words. I like the sound of the last one which is new for me!
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I don’t think we should let Trevor near any of these words, huh? They’re good ones, though.
I recently finished The Bell Jar…I think it’s the most depressing book I’ve ever read.
I was thinking I must be older than you, because, like Margot, I used to wear dirndl skirts too. Thanks for participating today!
It’s a generation gap – dirndl skirts were quite popular when I was a teenager!
Lots of drindls in Germany!
I don’t remember ever seeing the word corrasable before! (I’ve read The Bell Jar, so technically I have seen this word before; I just don’t remember it.)
Are you going to review The Bell Jar? I read it years ago in university and thought it was very funny (in a very dark humour sort of way), which freaked out my roommate at the time. (She didn’t think it was funny!) I’ve been meaning to reread it to see what I’d think of it now (20 years later!).