Wondrous Words Wednesday …. June 29th 2011

My single word this week, is from a book that I have just finished, but have yet to review.

It was a fantastically moving, thought-provoking read and I have linked to my ‘Book Beginnings’ excerpt from the book, so that you can get a taster, although as usual, the Amazon link will take you through to the full synopsis, if you want to check out the reviews it has already received.

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‘This Perfect World’ by Suzanne Bugler

Lumpen: …” Heddy was dark and lumpen, with heavy eyebrows and an unfortunately large mole on her left cheek, right below her eye.”

Lumpen: …

adj.

1. Of or relating to dispossessed, often displaced people who have been cut off from the socioeconomic class with which they would ordinarily be identified: lumpen intellectuals unable to find work in their fields.

2. Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat.

3. Vulgar or common; plebeian: “Popular novelists and their mass readership remain a despised lumpen minority” (Leslie Fiedler).

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noun.

1. (used with a pl. verb) The lumpenproletariat.

2. (used with a sing. verb) A member of the lumpenproletariat.

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If, like me, you thought that ‘lumpen’ was an alternative to lumpy, large, or heavy …. how wrong could I have been!!!

Sometimes guessing at the meaning of a word I am uncertain of doesn’t pay off, it’s always better for me to check it out as I go.

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Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. It is hosted by Kathy, over at BermudaOnion’s Weblog. You can either stop by and leave a link to your own ‘mystery’ words of the week, or just browse the eclectic mix of words that others have discovered, there is always a great selection. Just don’t forget that Kathy and the rest of us, all love to read your comments as well!!