Phonetic Spelling: an-uh-kuh-LOO-thon Part(s) of Speech: noun Meaning(s): A construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry. An instance of anacoluthia Example: She employed, not from any refinement […]
Phonetic Spelling: an-uh-kuh-LOO-thon Part(s) of Speech: noun Meaning(s): A construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry. An instance of anacoluthia Example: She employed, not from any refinement […]
Phonetic Spelling: kat-uh-KREE-sis Part(s) of Speech: noun Meaning(s): Misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect. Example: This monstrous metaphor should more aptly be called […]
Phonetic Spelling: uh-POF-uh-sis Part(s) of Speech: noun Meaning(s): Denial of one’s intention to speak of a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated, as “I shall not mention Caesar’s avarice, nor his […]
Phonetic Spelling: TAHR-di-greyd Part(s) of Speech: adjective; noun Meaning(s): (adj.) Slow in pace or movement. (adj.)Belonging or pertaining to the phylum Tardigrada. (n.)Also called bear animalcule, water bear. Any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the […]
Phonetic Spelling: hur-TEL-uhs Part(s) of Speech: verb Meaning(s): Minutely hirsute. Example: Any noticeable hirsute or even hirtellous shadings visible upon the represented, unclothed, female form, anywhere below the eyebrows, say, is, in the judgment of this Department… — Frank Yerby, Tobias and the Angel A small annual herb commonly […]
Phonetic Spelling: AJ-i-tuh Part(s) of Speech: noun Meaning(s): Agitation; anxiety. Heartburn; indigestion. Example: And my being named after the patron saint of love, St. Valentine, when I’ve had nothing but agita in romance just makes it more painfully ironic. — Rosanna […]