Monday: bourgeoisie - The middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes: e.g. 'the rise of the bourgeoisie at the end of the eighteenth century'
Tuesday: Childe - A youth of noble birth
Wednesday: orthoepy - The correct or accepted pronunciation of words: e.g. 'Some letters and combinations of letters depend in their orthoepy upon the etymology of the word'
Thursday: terpsichorean - Relating to dancing: e.g. ''the twist' was a revolutionary terpsichorean innovation'
Friday: cumbersome - Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy
Saturday: emulous - Seeking to emulate someone or something
Sunday: tenebrous - Dark; shadowy or obscure: e.g. 'the tenebrous spiral staircase of the self'
Words and definitions from Oxford Dictionaries Online's Word of the Day.
Playing with this week's words!
- A Childe looks down on the bourgeoisie, and doesn't care about orthoepy!
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