Wondrous Words Wednesday is hosted by BermudaOnion and is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love.
I think this is a great idea! I decided to start taking part in this and highlighting words that are new to me/that I really like/that struck me for some reason..!
This week my words are all from Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield (Orion)
1 striation (noun) - 'There were indeed abrasion marks that William had taken for striations in the stone.'
One of a number of parallel lines or scratches on the surface of a rock that were inscribed by rock fragments embedded in the base of a glacier as it moved across the rock.
2 prestidigitation (noun) - '...fingertips bouncing off each other in a spellbinding display of prestiditigitation...'
Performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; sleight of hand.
A show of skill or deceitful cleverness.
3 bombazine (noun) - '...looking for bombazine and parramatta and mourning silk and merino...'
A fine twilled fabric of silk and worsted or cotton, often dyed black and used for mourning clothes.
Definitions from the free dictionary
