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Wondrous Word Wednesday hosted by Kathy of BermudaOnion
My words have been taken from Angel's Advocate by Mary Stanton
1) Pestilential (page 37): You are a pestilential man, Lieutinant.
pes⋅ti⋅len⋅tial
–adjective
1. producing or tending to produce pestilence.
2. pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, esp. bubonic plague.
3. pernicious; harmful.
4. annoyingly troublesome.
2) Beignets (page 39):...set a tray filled with the coffeepot, a plate of beignets, and four cups of...
bei⋅gnet[ben-yey; Fr. be-nye]
–noun, plural bei⋅gnets Show IPA . 1. a fritter or doughnut. 2. French Cookery. any fruit, vegetable, seafood, etc., dipped in batter and deep-fried.
3) Exculpatory (page 52): Jst looking for every possible exculpatory road.
ex⋅cul⋅pa⋅to⋅ry
[ik-skuhl-puh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
–adjective
tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
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7 comments:
Great words! I knew beignet from visiting New Orleans - they're a specialty there. Thanks for participating today!
Mmm, I love beignets! Can you help define some of my words this week? I couldn't find definitions for some of them! http://wordlily.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/words-from-my-reading-10/
The beignets caught my eye too! Happy memories of New Orleans (they are all food memories, as it happens!)
I just read about beignets in a V. C. Andrews book the other day and had to look it up! It's probably a good thing since I'll be going to New Orleans in August! You had some interesting words this week.
Great words!
Now, if only I could say Pestilential then I think I would use that word a bit in my life. **smile**
Yum! I, too, have had beignets in New Orleans (is it Cafe du Monde?) Best when hot, hot, hot with coffee!
I so want to try a beignet.
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