This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
eucatastrophe
ochlophobia
peristeronic
amatorculist
abnegation

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(uh-ma-TOR-kyuh-list)

MEANING:

noun: A pretend or insignificant lover.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin amatorculus (a little lover), diminutive of amator (lover), from amor (love). Earliest documented use: 1731.

USAGE:

“The titles all start with where he painted them ... The format is Location-Number-Quick-description ... Considering the whole title is ‘Thessaloniki-I-Winsome Amatorculist’ ... he is guessing it’s a painting of his one-night stand.”
Luchia Dertien; Gnomon; DSP Publications; 2015.

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