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Neale Lucas
Jul 20, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET" by David Mitchell. FEBRIFUGE noun noun: febrifuge; plural noun:...
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Neale Lucas
Jul 16, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from "BATAVIA" by Peter Fitzsimons. PRIMA FACIE adjective based on the first impression; accepted as correct...
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Neale Lucas
Jul 8, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET" by David Mitchell. INGRAVESCENT adjective MEDICINE adjective:...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 26, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
NOMENCLATURE noun the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline. "the Linnean system of...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 13, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet" by David Mitchell. In the novel Jacob's Psalter is a family...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 6, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day again comes from "BROTHER ALIVE" by Zain Khalid. SPELAEAN ADJECTIVE of, found in, or inhabiting caves spelaean...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 2, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from BROTHER ALIVE by Zain Khalid. It will be published by Ultimo Press in August 2022. EFFLUVIUM noun plural...
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Neale Lucas
May 29, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the day comes from David Mitchell's fourth novel "BLACK SWAN GREEN" SOPHISTRY noun the use of clever but false arguments,...
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Neale Lucas
May 21, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "MY FATHER AND OTHER ANMIMALS" by Sam Vincent. Published by Black Inc with a release date of August 2022....
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Neale Lucas
May 12, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "THE CHANGE" by Kirsten miller. SCHADENFREUDE noun pleasure derived by someone from another person's...
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Neale Lucas
May 10, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
DERACINATE verb uproot (someone) from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment, especially : to remove the racial or...
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Neale Lucas
Apr 23, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from David Mitchell's masterpiece "CLOUD ATLAS", which Nat and I have just about finished. QUIXOTISM Quixotism...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 30, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
ODALISQUE An odalisque (Ottoman Turkish: اوطهلق, Turkish: odalık) was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio,...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 24, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "A CARING LIFE" by Keith Cox, which will be published by Macmillan in May. CARDIOVERSION Cardioversion is...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 16, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "CLOUD ATLAS" by David Mitchell. DENDROGLYPH NOUN the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 11, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "WAKE" by Shelly Burr. PETRICHOR Petrichor is the term coined by Australian scientists in 1964 to describe...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 9, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from Tom Watson's debut novel "METRONOME" TESSELLATE verb decorate or cover (a surface) with a pattern of...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 21, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from "NUMBER9DREAM" by David Mitchell. THEOPNEUST Adjective given by inspiration of the Spirit of God :...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 7, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes again from "THE KEEPERS" by Al Campbell. Which is a stellar novel halfway through. VESTIBULAR adjective ANATOMY...
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Neale Lucas
Feb 5, 20221 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The Word of the Day comes from "THE KEEPERS" by Al Campbell. MATRYOSHKA I have only ever heard of these dolls being called Babushka...
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