no matter how much i read, or write, i still encounter words that i have never seen before. yesterday when i was reading harper’s (the only magazine i consume regularly besides the new yorker), i found (and had to look up) six new words, all of which i really like.
here they are:
chuffed – very pleased; dirigible – steerable, self-propelled airship; perfervid – zealous, extremely eager; pabulum – any substance that can be used as food (usually for animals); lambent – flickering lightly over a surface, effortlessly light or brilliant; haruspex – a priest in ancient rome
i love english…a lot. it’s my native language, and i’m better at english than any other language in which i sometimes attempt to write or speak. but i’m also massively frustrated by the limitations of my own vocabulary.
at least in my non-native languages, i have pared down my expectations of what i can possibly communicate. but i really like to have high hopes for my capacity in english. until i read roland barthes, or dostoevsky and have to reread and re-read so many times to even begin to understand.
*hate=love
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i love your parenthetical humor!