Each of the following words has been "encased" in verse. Poeticized.
These various verses may "Re-Verse" another poem I found using that specific word in context.
Or, they might actually define or spotlight or feature the word in some way, or simply use the word in a context that will underscore
its meaning.
Each gives the pronunciation and definition(s), and - best of all includes quotations - quotations of two types:
*The asterisk next to a word indicates that the verse for it was written for a special person and/or occasion.
Words in this color are included in my first book, Words'Worth's Vocabulary Verse A to Z : A Rhyming Romp Through the
Alphabet.
Words in this color will appear in my next book, For Better and For Verse : An Omnium-Gatherum of Words at Play.
These various verses may "Re-Verse" another poem I found using that specific word in context.
Or, they might actually define or spotlight or feature the word in some way, or simply use the word in a context that will underscore
its meaning.
Each gives the pronunciation and definition(s), and - best of all includes quotations - quotations of two types:
- from news, or poetry or literature and including the word being versified;
"word" quotes from my own database of quotations that focus on words. I endeavor to pick one that ties in to the meaning of the
word being celebrated.
*The asterisk next to a word indicates that the verse for it was written for a special person and/or occasion.
Words in this color are included in my first book, Words'Worth's Vocabulary Verse A to Z : A Rhyming Romp Through the
Alphabet.
Words in this color will appear in my next book, For Better and For Verse : An Omnium-Gatherum of Words at Play.
| Vocabulary Verse Words, Verse, and Whimsy! |
abattoir abecedarian abjure absinthe absquatulate accelerando accoutered acumen adipose affable afflatus aglet akimbo alack alacrity amanuensis anfractuous angst anhedonia anomaly antecede aperçu aphorism apotheosis appetence aquiline artifice assiduous atrophy au fond avoirdupois badinage bamboozle bas bleu bascule bathos bawdy / bawdry bedight berceuse bereft bête noire bêtise bifurcation bijou bilious billet-doux bisextile blandishment blowzy Boolean bosky Bromeliad brumal brummagem bucolic bumptious |
- burnoose
buzzword
cachinnation
callipygian
callow
canoodle
cant
cantabile
carapace
career/careen
castigate
casuistry
cavil
certiorari
charming
chatelaine
chiasmus
choro
chortle
churl
cirrose
cleave
cockamamie
cogitate
cognomen
compeer
condign
confabulate
congeries
conjugal
connubial
cosseted
coterie
coup de foudre
coxcomb
crepuscular
cri de coeur
Croesus
cuckoo
cyan
Decalogue
decrepitate
demesne
denigrate
dernier cri
desideratum
detritus
diacritical
didactic
diffident
dilatory
diorama*
dipsomaniacal
dishabille
disingenuous
dissembling
dissimilitude
diurnal
doughty
doyenne
dulcet
Ebenezer ebriosity ebullient eidolon elixir emblazon empyrean* embonpoint enceinte* enjambment ennui ensorcell ephebe epithet epigone epitome equivoque eructation erudite escritoire espial estivation etiolate evanescence exculpation exegesis exercitation explicate* factotum* fainéant fait accompli faux feckless fermata festal* fête* fettle fey fidus Achates figgy pudding* filibuster fillip finitude flagitious flâneur flibbertigibbet florescence flout flummox forte frangible fribble friendship* frisson froideur fulmination fundament furbelow fustian |
- gallimaufry
gasconade
gild
gloaming
gobsmacked
gormandize
gossamer
gravitas
grimalkin
Grub Street
gumption
habiliment
hauteur
hebetude
hic jacet
hirsute
hobbledehoy
Hobson’s choice
homily
homunculus
hortatory
hoyden
hunky-dory
iconoclasm
ignis fatuus
ignominy
ilk
imbrue
immolate
implacable
importune
imprecation
in perpetuum
inchoate
indolence
ineluctable
inert
infarction
iniquitous
insouciance
innominate
intermezzo
irenic
jabot
Janus-faced
jape
jebel*
jejune
jeremiad
jeunesse doree
jocosity
jocundity
juggernaut
junket
kamikaze
keening
ken
kerfuffle
kismet*
kith
lambent leonine lickspittle lissome litotes littoral logophile louche lucent lucubration lycanthropy ma foi macedoine magnanimous maladroit manumit marmoreal maunder mazurka mendacity mercurial mesomorph millenium minion mirabile dictu misanthrope mise en scene mizzle moderation moiety moil moot moribund mot juste moue mountebank mufti mummery myrmidon nascent nativity ne plus ultra nimiety nonage nosopoetic nugatory obdurate obeisance obiter dictum omphalos oneiric onomatopoeia orison orotund osculate |
- overweening
oxymoron
paean*
palindrome
palliative
palter
paradiddle
parle
paronomasia
parvenu
pate
patois
patootie
patrimony
peccable
pendulous
peradventure
peregrination
peripatetic
perky
perspicacity
Phyrric
piano
pinquefy
pelf
pied
pied-a-terre
piffle
pizzicato
plangent
pleonasm
pneumatic
poetry
polemics
politic
polyglot
portentous
posthumous
potpourri
precatory
prescient
prestidigitator
probity
prolix
Procrustean
pule
purpure
purr
pusillanimous
pythoness
quantum
querulous
query*
quibble
qui vive
quiddity
quidnunc
(and marplot)
quiff
quotidian raddled* rake rapscallian refulgent rejoice* repertoire reticule retinue ribald riparian riposte risibility robustious rodomontade rumination ruth sang-froid sardonic satisficing Scaramouch Schadenfreude Screed selah senescence* seraph* serried shrift sibyl simulacrum sine qua non skittles sobriquet solecism solipsistic sonnet sophrosyne* soporific soubrette soupçon splenetic sprachgefűhl stolid Stygian subjunctive sublimation succor sui generis superannuated supererogatory susurrus syllabub syzygy tautonym tawdry tendentious termagant threnody |
- Tilghman Island*
tilth
timorous
tome
tontine
tractable
traducetrenchan
t
triolet
troglodyte
truculent
tryst
tuffet
twee
ubiquitous
ululate
umbrageous
underling
undulating
unguent
uxorious
vacillate
vade mecum
vagary
vapidity
velleity
verdict*
verity
vernal
villanelle
visage
viscous
vivisect
votary
wanton
wassail
wattle
Weltanschauung
whelk
wizened
wroth
xenagogue
Xanadu
xanthic
Xanthippe
xenophobe
yare
yclept*
yegg
yin and yang
yesteryear
yurt
zabaglione
zaftig
Zeitgeist
zephyr
zetetic
zucchetto
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