Month 5- Word of the Day 11
Fernweh
means
an ache for distant places, the craving for travel.
Fernweh
means
an ache for distant places, the craving for travel.
Thanatism means the belief that the soul dies with the body.
Primitivism means Doctrine that a simple and natural life is morally best or a Western art movement that borrows visual forms from non-Western or prehistoric peoples, such as Paul Gauguin’s inclusion of Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics.
Today’s word is Valetudinarian means a person who is excessively concerned about his or her poor health or ailments.
Olympiad means a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c. A celebration of modern Olympic games. The word originated from Latin Olympiad-, stem of Olympias < Greek Olympiás
Aeipathy means an enduring and consuming passion
Beginning today, I will be starting a series, where I shall have a new word with its meaning daily. This will help in building vocabulary. It shall be known as ” Word of the day”. Avuncular means of relating to, or characteristic of an uncle.
Wow, Thank you for the word