Here are a couple of new words I learned while reading Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith:
Riposte: a quick, sharp return in speech or action.
Here is how riposte was used on Kindle location 659 of 3361:
He would have been able to reply with some witty riposte, but what could he say?
Impecunious: having little or no money; penniless; poor.
Here is how impecunious was used on Kindle location 895 of 3361:
He was notoriously impecunious and the prospect of a bit of pin money was very attractive.
So those are some new words I learned lately, how about you? I can't wait to discuss this book with my group tonight!
4 comments:
I think there are a lot of impecunious people these days. I should have known riposte since I've looked it up before but I couldn't remember it. Hopefully seeing it again will help me.
I've seen both of those, but didn't remember the meaning of the first and only had a bit of a guess on the second. Thanks! I may get them better in my head now.
I think the previous comment by "anonymous" is spam.
Anyway - my husband uses 'impecuniosity' regularly - cause we're impecunious!
Two wonderful words there, Alexander McCall Smith always uses a lovely vocabulary.
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