Feature and Follow #5
September 28, 2012
The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read.
Q: What is the BIGGEST word you’ve seen used in a book lately – that made you stop and look it up? Might as well leave the definition & book too.
Arabella by Georgette Heyer had quite a few words that I needed to look up. At this stage I know most of the slang but the fabric and clothing always confuse me 🙂
Cestus
1. a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
2. Classical Mythology . the girdle of Venus, decorated with every object that could arouse amorous desire.Kerseymere
a heavily fulled woolen cloth constructed in twill weave and finished with a fine nap.
Complaisance
1. the quality of being complaisant (compliant).
2. a complaisant act.
18 Comments
leave one →
Adina's Book Blog 
🙂
ooo good words.. I like ’em 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Keely @ Realms of an Open Mind
Eeek! Three new words to me! 😀 I just have to figure out how they are pronounced! lol 😉
Me too 🙂
Wow! those are very unusual words in my vocabulary!
Holy cow, I would definitely need to look up those words! I have been meaning to read something by Georgette Heyer. Any suggestions on where to start?
I would recommend These Old Shades. It’s a crazy fun romp 🙂
Jeez haha those words are huge! LOL I’d have to look them up to! Thanks so much for the follow I’m following you back! 🙂
Great words! New follower via email! 😀 Thanks for stopping by my blog. Happy Friday!
Hi, I’m a new follower through GFC =)
Little bit ashamed that I didn’t know Cestus as half of my degree is in Ancient History, and I particularly love ancient Greece…
Rinn
http://rinnreads.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/feature-follow-2.html
Hopping through. I love Heyer’s books but there are lots of unfamiliar words. Especially because she uses a lot of slang.
My Hop
Great word choices. I was trying to pronounce them right now and I think I sort of failed. ALOT. LOL!
My F&F
Old follower! 🙂
I knew the first and third, but the one in the middle…. I wouldn’t even know how to go about pronouncing that! 😉
Thanks for stopping by my blog this week!
Definitely didn’t know the first two words 😀
New follower! Hopping by. And this is my ff:
http://bookwormmia.blogspot.com/2012/09/feature-follow-5.html
All three I haven’t heard of before. Happy Weekend!
My FF
Woah- I’ve never seen those words before 😛 Thanks for stopping by my FF, new follower via e-mail !
Wow, those are some interesting words! I don’t think I’ve ever heard of those words.
Ooh, I love this! I’ve learned several new words from Seraphina in the past week!