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'm highlighting words that are new to me/that I really like/that struck me for some reason..!
This week my words are all taken from The Moon Field by Judith Allnatt, a very moving story set in 1914, which I am two-thirds through reading.
1 revetting (verb) - 'Exhausted by the digging and revetting…'
To retain (an embankment, for example) with a layer of stone, concrete, or other supporting material; provide with a revetment.
To retain (an embankment, for example) with a layer of stone, concrete, or other supporting material; provide with a revetment.
2 cyanotic (adjective) - '…their hair and beards rimed white, their faces with a blue, cyanotic pallor.'
A bluish discolouration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
A bluish discolouration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
3 bole (noun) - 'He got behind the bole of one of the larger trees…'
The trunk of a tree.
4 estaminet (noun) - 'When at rest, he went with Haycock and the others to the warm estaminets; he saw their spirits revive with food and drink.'
A small café
(from French, perhaps from Walloon dialect staminet manger)
The trunk of a tree.
4 estaminet (noun) - 'When at rest, he went with Haycock and the others to the warm estaminets; he saw their spirits revive with food and drink.'
A small café
(from French, perhaps from Walloon dialect staminet manger)
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