Bermudaonion has started a new meme that asks you to share new words that you have learned during your reading adventures in the last week. Feel free to join in the fun!The word that I found this last week is from Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas.
Acrimony: sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.
It was used in the following sentence on page 120 of Tallgrass:
If there were more like him in Ellis, we wouldn't have such acrimony.
And then the next sentence I thought was very appropriate and made me laugh:
Do you know what that word means?
Well I actually did have a pretty good idea of what this word meant, but now I know for sure!
What new words did you find this last week?
6 comments:
I've always thought that Acrimony sounded like its definition...harsh!
I am with Serena.... I thought Acrimony meant harsh / bitter. It is a great word. I think I can actually use this one.
That was funny! I may have to play along next week. I always keep a dictionary handy just in case.
Sometimes I can figure out what a word means by the way it's used, but I like to look it up just to be sure. Thanks for playing along!
I like that word.
acrimony and acrimonious are words that might actually be part of my verbal vocabulary. I know I read them, might write them (given the opportunity), and don't think they're so awkward that I wouldn't speak them.
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