Five clever words of the day to incorporate within our writing

Tuesday's Writing Quote of the day

" My train of thought derailed. There were no survivors!! "   unknown

 

1) eccentricity -

a :  the quality or state of being eccentric
b :  deviation from an established pattern or norm; especially :  odd or whimsical behavior

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a :  a mathematical constant that for a given conic section is the ratio of the distances from any point of the conic section to a focus and the corresponding directrix
b :  the eccentricity of an astronomical orbit used as a measure of its deviation from circularity

 

2) idiosyncrasy - a peculiarity of constitution or temperament :  an individualizing characteristic or quality

b :  individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food)

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:  characteristic peculiarity (as of temperament); broadly :  eccentricity

 

 3) panjandrum - a powerful personage or pretentious official

 

4) pretentious - making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing) <the pretentious fraud who assumes a love of culture that is alien to him — Richard Watts>

b :  expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature <pretentious language> <pretentious houses>

:  making demands on one's skill, ability, or means :  ambitious <the pretentious daring of the Green Mountain Boys in crossing the lake — American Guide Series: Vermont>

5) hodgepodge -

a mixture of different things

 

  *all definitions  c/o meridian Webster http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary

 

"  When I write the passion of my heart speaks directly to the paper  " S.G.