Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Kathy aka Bermuda Onion where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. Feel free to join in the fun.THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE by Julie Orringer
cornichons - Afterward they drank a bottle of champagne in the sitting room and ate a feeast of cold pate and bread and cheese and cornichons. (p. 117)
cornichons: a cucumber pickle; gherkin.
charrette - Classes began the first Monday of January with a two-day charrette. (p. 123)
charrette: a final, intensive effort to finish a project, esp. an architectural design project, before a deadline.
sybarite - "He's a sybarite and a fond old fool." (p. 438)
sybarite: a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
What new words did you discover this week?
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Check in the pickle section the next time you go to the grocery store: you'll see jars marked cornichons! (I've gotten them many times!)
I feel like I should have known cornichon, but I didn't. That word sounds too fancy to be pickles. Thanks for participating!
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