Happy Wednesday — it’s time for some new words! You know how this works – share a few words from your current book that you had to look up, then head over to Bermuda Onion’s Weblog to learn some new ones.
This week, my words are from Waiting for Sunrise
1. Architraves – The molded frame around a doorway or window.
“…the slanting sunrays picking out the details on the grand, solid buildings, casting sharp, dark shadows on the caryatids and the friezes, the pediments and the cornices, the balusters and the architraves.
2. Capuziner – Cappuccino, from a name for the Capuchin monks the drink is named for.
“When [the brandy] arrived, he tipped it in his capuziner and took out Blanche’s letter.”
3. Frowsty – Stale and unclean smelling
“He remembered the small frowsty room in Dover Street, the one gas lamp, cleanish sheets on the narrow bed.”
What new words did you learn this week?