The wheels of the words go round and round…

Welcome to WednesdayWord Sass!

because.WORDS.are.SEXY!

For those of you who don’t know, I am a little…okay A LOT in love with the English language – I could drink at the fountain of words!  So in honour of my love of The Dictionary, I have decided to share the love.

Each Wednesday I’ll be wheeling out a new word in my attempt to put the va va voom back into vocabulary!

We have such an ocean of choice and yet we stick to the same-same.  Nothing wrong with that, but change is as good as a well-deserved vacation, so let’s click-it-in — you never know, it may just be FUN!

Let the word wave begin…

calliopean

[kuh-ly-uh-PEE-uhn]

Adjective meaning:  piercingly loud

And used in a sentence…or two!

Sunday we were doing yardwork when our ears perked to one of the season’s unmistakable aural cues… the calliopean siren’s song of the ice cream truck.

Although minute in stature, Adrienne Rich was calliopean in eloquence, and this generously erudite woman shone a sometimes unflattering but always searching light on the world she has recently exited.

Whimsical Wednesday to you, my lovelies!

Your WordMistress™ signing off.

xx