Word of the Day

[PastMember]

Capricious- a subject who is erratic or acts on a whim.

I just found this word a few days ago while reading one of those essays that explains a subject in twenty pages when it could be explained or argued in eight.

... He was a Harvard Professor...

Anyway, I need to expand my minuscule vocabulary. What is your favorite word or the day?

[Amanda N]

Lugubrious - Sorrowful, melancholy.

I learned this word thanks to an online comic.  Does anyone read Ozzie and Millie?  Well, Millie used it and it was obvious she didn't quite get it.  I think she knew what it meant, but it was obvious that she wasn't feeling sorrowful or melancholy.  Oh well.  :-D

[Eimi]

Piscatory - in relation to fish
For example - "a piscatoral smell"

I learned that one attempting to read Dickens XD

[Amanda N]

I find I have to take Dickens in small doses.  Kind of like Melville.  Oliver Twist is particularly this way.  It might be because I have children so it affects me more, but I had a hard time reading it in large amounts because I just felt so horrible for Oliver and he just didn't get a break, you know?