Friday, March 13, 2015

Today's words

The first two are from today's Dictionary Devil puzzle:

fricandeau \ˈfri-kən-ˌdō\ - larded veal roasted and glazed
I may have encountered this on a menu somewhere, but likely never ordered it.
schwarmerei \ˌshver-mə-ˈrī\ - excessive sentiment
Perhaps I'm often guilty of this?
And I'm familiar with today's WOTD . . .

nonage \NAH-nij\ - 1. minority  2a. a period of youth  b. lack of maturity
. . . but it always takes me a moment to remember that it's the opposite of dotage.
The difference in pronunciation style used in the WOTD feature compared to the dictionary entries drives me batty, but I'm not going to take the time today to make them match.

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