A.Word.A.Day | effulgent

By Daniel Miessler on March 23rd, 2011: Tagged as Language | Vocabulary

effulgent

PRONUNCIATION:
(i-FUHL-juhnt, i-fool-)

MEANING:
adjective: Shining brilliantly; radiant.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin effulgere (to shine out), from ex- (out) + fulgere (to shine). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhel- (to shine or burn), which is also the source of blaze, blank, blond, bleach, blanket, and flame. Earliest documented use: 1737.

USAGE:
“No other ballet so remorselessly exposes the gulf between effulgent grandeur and mere competence.”
via wordsmith.org

Hat tip to Lauren for the link.

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My Vocabulary Cloud

By Daniel Miessler on April 13th, 2007: Tagged as Blogging | Metrics | Vocabulary | Writing

words

A fellow blogger over at Pretty Good on Paper has a very interesting project going. He takes blogs and pulls down all their content and analyzes the vocabulary used. He just finished analyzing my blog today, and has posted the results.

venn_diagram

 

According to his analysis, my blog added a respectable 528 new words to the database, which is evidently something of a feat given how many blogs he’s already assimilated. Although I suppose a lot of that had to do with the fact that I have posts all the way back to 1996.

Anyway, it’s a very cool project and I suggest you check it out.

[ Link: What Words Do You Own? ]

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