In May of 2024, I published a post about improving my vocabulary. Specifically, using two seldom (I don't often speak or write them) used words.....plethora and ethereal. I can sadly say, that in the years since, I have used plethora, a few times. Exaggeration is a fault of mine. However, the word ethereal, is still not fitting into my written or spoken vocabulary. I've learned to pronounce it, just not how and when to use it.
I must admit, that improving my vocabulary, especially at my age, is not high on my personal improvement list. Truthfully, I am thankful that I can still think and speak with reasonable intelligence. I believe that I am holding steady, not slipping, but certainly not improving.
However, last week, when a passing acquaintance spoke the word "lachrymose", in an unusually long, accusatory tirade, I was stunned for a moment. Not because I didn't know what the word meant, because I certainly did! But, for the rest of the one-way conversation, I kept thinking, seriously, who uses that word?????
Maybe, I should find time to study the dictionary or at least start following the New York Times "Word of the Day". And, just maybe, avoiding boring conversations with jerks, should be at the top of my "to accomplish" list.
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All knowing and all powerful Lord. Patience is a Virtue. Help us in our struggle to master it and improve our many faults. We ask these things in Your Holy Name.
(Lachrymose: tearful or given to weeping. Extreme sadness)
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