Monday, September 16, 2013

Today's words

orchidaceous \or-kuh-DAY-shus\ - 1. of, relating to, or resembling the orchids  2. showy, ostentatious
Though I'd never heard this word, the first definition seems rather obvious. The second makes sense to me, as well, in light of the first.

valetudinarian \val-uh-too-duh-NAIR-ee-un\ - a person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially : one whose chief concern is his or her ill health
Can a seven-syllable word be considered to roll off the tongue? 

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