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Word of the Day 11/12/19 Wordie
Wordie (noun)
wordie [ wur-dee ]
noun
1. a person with an enthusiastic interest in words and language; a logophile: a new board game that will appeal to wordies of all ages.
Origin: word + -ie
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR WORDIE
Clark and Wordie lived opposite in a room called “Auld Reekie.”
SOUTH!|SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
Hurley took some photographs and Wordie came back rejoicing with a little dust and some moss.
SOUTH!|SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
He was muttering something to himsel; but the elder could only hear a wordie noo an' then.
WILSON'S TALES OF THE BORDERS AND OF SCOTLAND|VARIOUS
We pushed the ship against a small banded berg, from which Wordie secured several large lumps of biotite granite.
SOUTH!|SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
wordie [ wur-dee ]
noun
1. a person with an enthusiastic interest in words and language; a logophile: a new board game that will appeal to wordies of all ages.
Origin: word + -ie
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR WORDIE
Clark and Wordie lived opposite in a room called “Auld Reekie.”
SOUTH!|SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
Hurley took some photographs and Wordie came back rejoicing with a little dust and some moss.
SOUTH!|SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
He was muttering something to himsel; but the elder could only hear a wordie noo an' then.
WILSON'S TALES OF THE BORDERS AND OF SCOTLAND|VARIOUS
We pushed the ship against a small banded berg, from which Wordie secured several large lumps of biotite granite.
SOUTH!|SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.