Word of the Day #51

And here’s a Turkish word with a beautiful meaning… moonlight shining on the water is such a very poetic thing to describe, isn’t it? *sigh* ❤

Word of the Day #44

Word of the Day #39

Word of the Day #38

Italian. Don’t you just love the way it rolls under your tongue when you say it? ❤

Word of the Day #35

It’s really only the last meaning that is used now — “the trace of someone’s perfume”. The others constitute the original meanings (and they’re so beautiful, aren’t they? ❤ ) that have somehow vanished as the word evolved. Such a pity…

Word of the Day #31

One of the earliest and most beautiful words in my word-hunting journey… ❤

Word of the Day #23

German, to me, has always seemed like a very harsh language. I never would have thought it could contain a word as delicate and beautiful as this…

Word of the Day #17

This is the original Spanish meaning of the word. Beautiful, right? ❤ Sadly, in English, the word’s gradually come to have a very mundane meaning : “an area in the arena taken by a bull for a defensive stand, in a bullfight”.

When the bullfighter is preparing for the kill that will end the match, the bull stakes out his turf—querencia—a place in the ring where he feels strong and safe. That’s how the meanings got linked up…

Word of the Day #11

This is a Welsh word, actually, but the meaning is so beautiful, I had to share…