Bolton School Boys’ Division
Word of the Week January – February half term 2018
Word of the Week 8th January 2018
Sublime Defintion: (adjective) 1. of very great excellence or beauty 2. (of a person’s attitude or behaviour) extreme or unparalleled (verb) 1. (chemistry)(of a solid substance) change directly into vapour when heated, typically forming a solid deposit again on cooling 2. (archaic) elevate to a high degree of moral or spiritual purity or excellence
Examples: Mozart’s sublime piano concertos; He had the sublime confidence of youth; The ice sublimed away, leaving the books dry and undamaged; Let your thoughts be sublimed by the spirit of God. Translations: Spanish – sublime Russian – возвышенный (vozvyshennyy) Greek – μεγαλείο German – sublimieren(verb) (megaleío) himmlisch (adjective)
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Word of the Week 15th January 2018
Raconteur Definition: a person who tells anecdotes in a skilful and amusing way (noun) Example: He was a colourful raconteur. Translations: Spanish - el narrador, anecdotista Greek
- καλός αφηγητής (kalós afigitís)
Russian – хороший рассказчик (khoroshiy rasskazchik) German – Erzähler
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Word of the Week 22nd January 2018
Commodious Definition: (adjective) 1. (formal) roomy and comfortable 2. (archaic) convenient Examples: They moved to a more commodious dwelling; She was sitting in a commodious armchair. Translations: Spanish – grande Russian – удобный (udobnyy) Greek – ευρύχωρος German – geräumig (evrýchoros)
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Word of the Week 29th January 2018
Malapropism Definition: the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often with an amusing effect (e.g. ‘dance a flamingo’ instead of flamenco) (noun) Example: In class, everyone laughed at Sean’s malapropism when he complained about electrical votes instead of electoral votes. Translations: Spanish – despropósito lingüístico
Greek –
κακή χρήση λέξης (kakí chrísi lexis) How often can you use this word…?
Russian – неправильное употребление слов (nepravil'noye upotrebleniye slov) German – Malapropismus
Word of the Week 5th February 2018
Ecstatic Definition: (adjective) 1. feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement 2. involving an experience of mystic selftranscendence (noun) a person subject to mystical experiences Examples: The ecstatic fans filled the stadium; An ecstatic vision of God. Translations: Spanish – extático Russian – экстатический (ekstaticheskiy) Greek – εκστατικός German – begeistert (Ekstatikós)
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