stonepicnicking_okapi: colourful squares (ittensquare)
2024-06-26 12:16 pm
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Wordy Wednesday: eleemosynary

The Wednesday word is...

eleemosynary [el-e-MOS-e-ner-ee]

1. supported by charity or dependent on it
2. gratuitous, charitable in purpose

examples

There is good reason to treat eleemosynary institutions as tax-exempt entities as long as they can show their funds are mostly dependent on charity.

Philanthropy in business is never truly eleemosynary.
stonepicnicking_okapi: lemons (lemons)
2024-06-19 03:03 pm
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Word: Otiose

The Wednesday word is...

otiose

(adjective)
  • serving no practical purpose or result
  • indolent; idle.

examples

he did fuss, uttering otiose explanations

While reading Mouselet’s column, Sloth deleted the second paragraph because he found it otiose and unnecessary. One paragraph extolling the virtues of Inspector Stanley Hopkins was enough for any article ostensibly dedicated to the highlights of the Marylebone Flower Show.
stonepicnicking_okapi: bookshelf (bookshelf)
2024-06-13 03:20 pm
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Word: Chrysalism

I did not get this up yesterday (on Wordy Wednesday) but this is from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows so a make-believe word for a common emotion/state (mostly on the sad end of the spectrum).

chrysalism: The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm