Today's word

argillaceous \ˌär-jə-ˈlā-shəs\ - of, relating to, or containing clay or clay minerals : clayey

This word is new for me. I could see needing it to discuss some of my labors during the summer of my 19th birthday, toiling in the heat in the red argillaceous soil of north Georgia, helping my stepfather build his log house while trying to avoid his ongoing sexual abuse - and yes, even though I was of age by then and even though neither of us understood it in those terms, it was still sexual abuse.