Word of the Week: Farmer
Farmer [ˈfärmər] Noun: a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock.
“Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.”
Solomon, Ecclesiastes 11.4
Word of the Week: Funtastic
Funtastic [funˈtastik] Adjective: imaginative or fanciful, light-hearted
You got me! Funtastic is not a real word unless you live in the realm of young Wanderers!
To see what I mean, check out some of our free downloadable funtastic coloring pages!
Jack Wanderer
Word of the Week: Appointed
Appointed
[əˈpoin(t)əd] Adjective: (of a building or room) equipped or furnished in a specified way or to a specified standard
“It was a simple design and yet the design worked and was very beautifully appointed.”
Jack Wanderer
Word of the Week: Ferreted
Ferreted
[ˈferət ed] Verb: search tenaciously for and find something
“While this could be a separate closet in your home, which ultimately is my preference, it does not have to be. Space can be ferreted out in a laundry room or a linen closet. “
Jack Wanderer
Word of the Week: Mélange
Mélange
[māˈlänj] Noun: a mixture or a medley
“The mélange of the sixties left him marked as his taste and appreciation for varieties of music and art will attest.”
Jack Wanderer
Word of the Week: Seminal
Seminal:
[sem-ə-nəl] Adjective: strongly influencing later developments (of a work, event, moment, or figure)
“Indeed, the seminal moment came to me in the eleventh year of my own marriage. ”
Jack Wanderer
Word of the Week: Repudiation
Repudiation
[rəˌpyo͞odēˈāSH(ə)n] Noun: rejection of a proposal or idea
“One recently much reported subject in real estate and the evolution of modern living is the small home. Some would say this is a repudiation by younger generations of the American largesse. “
Jack Wanderer
Word of the Week: Haberdasher
Haberdasher
[habərˌdaSHər] Noun: a dealer in men’s furnishings, as shirts, ties, gloves, socks, and hats
“Standing in the middle of a densely-packed room of well-heeled haberdashers and style mavens planning their next great designs, it will suddenly rush upon you and you will be frozen with indecision.”
Jack Wanderer
Word of the Week: Precarious
Precarious
[prəˈkerēəs] Adjective : not securely held or in place
