Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Three words that are fun to say

frangible \FRAN-juh-buhl\, adjective:
Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.
Frangible ultimately derives from Latin frangere, "to break."
tarradiddle \tair-uh-DID-uhl\, noun;
also taradiddle:
1. A petty falsehood; a fib.
2. Pretentious nonsense.
Tarradiddle is of unknown origin.

effulgence \ ih-FULL-junss\ noun
radiant splendor : brilliance
Effulgence derives from the Latin verb "fulgēre," which means "to shine."

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