May 28, 20191 minRACONTEUSErah-kon-TOOS -- (n.) A woman strikingly skilled at telling a story. Few words honor that special talent of storytelling. Fewer bother to ...
Apr 30, 20191 minARCADIANarr-KAY-dee-un -- (n.) Wonderfully innocent; untroubled by worry or fear. “...she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and...
Apr 20, 20191 minRENASCENTREN-ah-sent -- (adj) Rising again into being or vigor. Although used more to describe something that has become popular again, the origin...
Apr 13, 20191 minVESPERTINEvess-purr-TEEN (n.) Occurring or flourishing in the evening. It is said that good things come to those who wait -- to a vespertine, that w...
Apr 9, 20191 minPALADIN(PAL-ah-din) -- (n.) A heroic figure; a champion, defender, and advocate of a noble cause. An exceptional word referring to exceptional s...
Apr 5, 20191 minSAUDADEsau-DAH-j -- (n.) A profound melancholy for something or someone that is lost. Behold a word of many layers. The Portuguese word "saudade...
Mar 13, 20191 minREDAMANCYRED-ah-man-SEE -- (n.) The act of loving one who loves in return; a love fully reciprocated. Love ebbs and flows in infinite ways to the ...
Mar 8, 20191 minORENDAo-REN-dah -- (n.) The spiritual energy flowing from all things animate and inanimate. Standing in a cathedral to the opening chorus of Ba...
Feb 25, 20191 minALIFEROUSUh-LI-fer-us -- (adj.) Having wings. This dashing word comes from England-- technically it's Latin--but it took an 18th century English s...
Feb 24, 20191 minELYSIANil-LI-zhun -- Divinely inspired, beautiful and peaceful. The phrase "Elysian Fields" or Elysium describes a place or position that one as...
Feb 11, 20191 minMETANOIAMEH-tah-NOY-a — (n.) The journey of changing one's heart, mind, self, or way of life. Deriving from the Greek metanoein meaning 'to chang...