Gher- a tent-like dwelling for a nomad in Central Asia.

You can see a great picture of one on Flickr.

Have you ever heard of a gher? What new words did you stumble across this week?

I think I have a pretty good vocabulary, but I’m always coming across words in my reading that I don’t know.

On Wednesdays, I look them up, and then I share them with you. This week’s words are taken from The Canine Condition by Alex Vardamis.

Do you know any of these words?

Canophobe: I can’t find a real definition for this, but I think it is being used as a description of cynophobia or a fear of dogs. If you know for sure, let me know.

Sentence: “He is, I suspect, a lifelong canophobe” (14).

Prescient: to know things before they happen

Sentence: “You’re Prescient, Paula” (36).

Proboscis: the nose or snout of a dog, bear, or other animal

Sentence: “He swings his massive head from side to side, ears erect and proboscis snuffling the breeze” (59).

Do you know any of these words? Have you stumbled across any new words in your reading this week?

I’m taking a Renaissance literature class this semester where we’re reading The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. I am finding lots of words that either I didn’t know, or they have slightly different meanings today.

The English language has really changed a lot since the 1500s!

Do you know any of these words?

ought = also spelled aught = anything

louting = bowing

weare = spend

wastfull = desolate

mell = meddle

fray = frighten

sprights = spirits

playnd = complained

whilome = formerly

scath = unexpected harm

warely = vigilantly

forelore = deserted

envyes = grudges

trains = tricks

curious = intricate

Have you stumbled across any new words this week? Join in or find more at Bermuda Onion.