'That is or is to be repeated'(OED) is the definition of today's word, which is repetend. Unfortunately, this chain is far too repetend for my liking and I see no sign that its repetend nature is showing any signs of…
DelFebruary 2, 2014
Given that it is the Chinese New Year today, it is no surprise that the OED has chosen the adjective philhippic as its word of the day. Philhippic means: 'Fond of or interested in horses' (OED). As we have a…
DelJanuary 31, 2014
Today's word of the day was paysagist, meaning: 'A landscape artist' (OED) and it applies to photographers as much as to painters. Indeed, one of the examples given makes mention of 'that most indefatigable photographic paysagist', Ansel Adams. I am…
DelJanuary 30, 2014
The obvious shot for today's word, which was wordhoard, meaning: 'A store of words; (in later use esp.) the vocabulary of a person, group, or language' (OED), would have been a dictionary, or my shelf of dictionaries, or similar. However,…
DelJanuary 29, 2014
In short, today's word is pern, which means 'to spin, revolve, to move with a winding or spiral motion' (OED) and it is way too late to get into a long discussion about W B Yeats, to whom the word…
DelJanuary 28, 2014
Today's inbox delivered a phrase rather than a word, namely rus in urbe, which means: 'The creation of an illusion of the countryside in a city; an urban building, garden, prospect, etc., which suggests the countryside' (OED). So the obvious…
DelJanuary 27, 2014
When I saw today's word, I must admit that Australia was not the first thought that came into my mind - I veered more towards the yellow brick road and I don't mean the Elton John album. However, I have…
DelJanuary 26, 2014
As tonight is Burn's night, it was no surprise that the OED chose something Scottish for its word of the day and I was very excited to open my inbox this morning and see nippy sweetie meaning: 'A drink of…
DelJanuary 25, 2014
Another tenuous link tonight, I'm afraid. Today's word was looder, which is a transitive verb meaning: ' To give (a person) a severe beating; to thrash'(OED). I'm not a violent person and so was certainly not going to go out…
DelJanuary 24, 2014
I have some lovely seafood shots from today, but I'm afraid they are not for sharing, since I can only share the pic informed by the OED word of the day, which was me-too. Me-too is defined as: 'A person…
DelJanuary 23, 2014
Well this was a tough one. I could think of plenty of ways to exemplify the OED word of the day, but trying to get the right snap to go with it was far from easy. Today's word is walker,…
DelJanuary 22, 2014
Today's word of the day is quass and it means: 'To drink copiously or in excess; to quaff' (OED). I wonder if this should be two separate definitions, since drinking to excess has rather negative connotations, whereas quaffing has a…
DelJanuary 21, 2014
With Christmas now a dim and distant memory, the wheels of commercialism are already grinding towards Valentine's Day. I am very lucky that I have people I love and people who love me (at least I think they do …).…
DelJanuary 20, 2014
The OED chose supercherie as today's word of the day. A supercherie is: 'An attack made upon a person at a disadvantage; foul play; an instance of this' (OED). I thought that it would be rather unkind to go round…
DelJanuary 19, 2014
I thought I was going to have to resort to a rebus today, because I knew that a trip to Cirencester was not going to produce a result for the word of the day, which is placeman: 'A person who…
DelJanuary 18, 2014
Some of you will know that I am a bit of a Costa fan, but I'm afraid, after stopping for coffee on the motorway this morning, I need to revisit this fanship. The service included a lot of attitude and…
DelJanuary 17, 2014
Today's pic of the Natural History Museum represents linguipotence - 'mastery of language or languages; ability to use language'(OED). This wasn't the easiest word to shoot, so forgive the somewhat tenuous link, however, it does sort of work on two…
DelJanuary 16, 2014
Today's OED word of the day is agerasia - 'the quality of not growing old' (OED). This was always going to be a tough one, but I figured that anyone who died young and was immortalised in a statue, would…
DelJanuary 15, 2014
The upside of using the OED WOTD to inform my blog is that I am inspired to go and look for things. The downside is that on days like today, when I have other commitments, there is no time to…
DelJanuary 14, 2014