{"id":58,"date":"2021-01-24T08:16:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T13:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordofweek.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2021-01-24T08:16:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T13:16:57","slug":"word-of-the-week-41-prurient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordofweek.com\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"W<\/strong>ORD OF THE <\/strong>W<\/strong>EEK <\/strong>#41 – prurient<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

prurient – <\/strong>adjective  – pronounced PRURR eeunt \u2013 also an adverb – pruriently<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is another great word that I recently came across in a novel.\u00a0 It is perfect for Word of the Week, as it is a word you may have seen or heard but did not know its meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It means as having or encouraging an excessive or unwholesome interest in matters of sex.\u00a0 I might argue that this definition could be subject to individual interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019d been the subject of much prurient <\/em><\/strong>curiosity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here is an interesting recent example from the Washington Post July, 2020 with the headline \u201cThe Post Pub survived D.C.\u2019s ups and downs for 43 years, but it couldn\u2019t survive the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo Beaulieu removed the tables and installed a counter to accommodate his more prurient <\/em><\/strong>patrons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I need to think about that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about this word and to hear it pronounced correctly visit this site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/prurient<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A previous Word of the Week revisited:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

assuage <\/strong>– to make a situation or feeling less intense as famously written in a letter by A. Lincoln\u2026.”I pray our Heavenly Father may assuage you of the anguish of your grief”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/assuage.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quote of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July, 1863 the battle of Fort Wagner, outside of Charleston, NC, took place.\u00a0 Although the blacks had recently been allowed to fight for the Union they had not yet proven their courage. There were doubters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Wagner was well protected, and the first assault was unsuccessful.\u00a0 It then fell to the 54th<\/sup> Massachusetts, an all-black Volunteer<\/strong> Regiment, to carry-out the next attack. The army was not integrated. Due to the strategic position of Fort Wagner it was clear that the casualty rate would be high.\u00a0 Further it was understood that any black soldiers, if captured, would face far worse treatment than whites.\u00a0 Of the 650 black men deployed, over 250 were killed, wounded, or captured.\u00a0 It was in that battle that the blacks proved their courage beyond any doubts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the attack, the soldier carrying the US flag (color guard), was killed. Sergeant William Carney scooped up the flag and, although severely wounded, continued the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his actions in that battle, Carney received our nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor.\u00a0 It was the last given out for the Civil War and the first given to a black man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When returning from the battle he is quoted as saying\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoys, I only did my duty; the old flag never touched the ground.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about this famous battle\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/the-54th-massachusetts-and-the-second-battle-of-fort-wagner.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is another photo to perhaps put a smile on your face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Until next Saturday,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gramps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty one weeks of great words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 –\u00a0 \u00a0exacerbate – to make worse “Your input just exacerbates an already difficult situation.”
2 – assuage – to make a situation or feeling less intense. “I pray our heavenly Father may assuage you of the anguish of your grief.”
<\/a>3 –\u00a0 \u00a0force majeure’ –\u00a0\u00a0unforeseeable circumstance that prevents someone from fulfilling a contract. “The tenant will not be required to pay rent due to the force majeure’ clause.
4 –\u00a0 \u00a0sanguine –\u00a0optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation. “I’m trying to be\u00a0sanguine\u00a0about this, but I see a major roadblock”
5 –\u00a0 \u00a0segue – (seg way)\u00a0proceed to what follows without pause.\u00a0 “She has the skill to easily\u00a0segue from political conversations into subjects less controversial.”
6 –\u00a0 \u00a0bifurcate –\u00a0to cause to divide into two branches or parts. “We have decided to bifurcate this large project.”
7 –\u00a0 \u00a0indolent –\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>habitually lazy – “His failure in life may stem from his indolent ways as a youth”.
8 –\u00a0 \u00a0ameliorate –\u00a0to make better or more tolerable\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0“this drug should ameliorate your pain”
9 –\u00a0 \u00a0truncate –\u00a0to shorten by or as if by cutting off – “A truncated version of this report is on the web.”
10 – nascent –\u00a0coming or having recently come into existence\u00a0\u00a0“His nascent idea for a business turned into a goldmine”
11 – b\u00e9chamel – a rich white sauce – “He made a lump-free b\u00e9chamel for her, and, in return, she gave him her love.”
12 – anarchy –\u00a0 absence of government – “The revolution began when anarchy took root in just one city”.
13 – rhetorical question – a question not intended to require an answer. “Is this a beautiful day or what?”
14 – milieu –\u00a0the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops.- “His discipline is a result of growing up as part of the military milieu”
15 – nadir – the lowest point – “The stock market reached its current nadir in March”
16 – black swan event – comes as a surprise and has a major effect. “This pandemic is considered by many to be a black swan event.”
17 – myopic –\u00a0narrow in perspective and without concern for broader implications.\u00a0 “Your myopic view of this project is disturbing”.
18 – quixotic –\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>foolishly impractical\u00a0especially in the pursuit of ideals – “His quixotic pursuit for her affection was quite simply foolish.”
19 – prescience –\u00a0human anticipation of the course of events – foresight.\u00a0 “His intuitive prescience helped to make him a success”
20 – laconic and laconic riposte – use of a minimum of words, and a short clever response to an insult or challenge.\u00a0 In response to a demand to\u00a0immediately\u00a0surrender\u00a0he sent back the following: “Nuts”.
21 – protean – ability to change, versatile.\u00a0 “The coronavirus is protean in its ability to either make you sick or not.”
22 – ephemeral – lasting a very short time or perhaps only one day. “Custer was chasing an ephemeral Indian city.”
23 – catch-22 –\u00a0a dilemma or difficult\u00a0circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.\u00a0 From the novel “Catch-22”.
24 – arrogate –\u00a0to take or claim something without justification. “In order to accomplish his dream he arrogated to himself controversial powers”.
25 – obtuse – difficult to understand, lacking intellect.\u00a0 “The responses to his remarks this week were even more obtuse.”\u00a0
26 –\u00a0purloin –\u00a0to appropriate wrongfully (steal), often pertaining to a theft that is a breach of trust.\u00a0 “When she opened her new office she purloined one of my listings”.
27 – salience –\u00a0the quality of being particularly\u00a0noticeable\u00a0or important.\u00a0\u00a0“It is not clear that raising the electoral salience of the Supreme Court will work to the president\u2019s advantage.
28 – confabulate – to talk normally or to hold a discussion.\u00a0 “He likes to confabulate.”
29 – animus – a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will. \u201cI have no animus or agenda for the Affordable Care Act.\u201d
30 \u2013 puerile – to act or communicate in a juvenile, silly or childish manner. \u201cHis puerile ways are giving a poor impression at his job interviews\u201d.
31 \u2013 regnant – having the greatest influence – \u201cThe regnant belief\u201d.
32 \u2013 roil \u2013 to be agitated or chaotic \u2013 \u201cthe politics of slavery was roiling the United States\u201d.
33 \u2013 sonder – The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
34 \u2013 inculcate – To instill or teach someone an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction. \u201cThey will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture.\u201d
35 \u2013 mendacity \u2013 untruthfulness, lying. \u201cHe blew the whistle on the mendacity of the politician.\u201d
36 \u2013 pejorative \u2013 Expressing contempt or disapproval.\u00a0 Having negative connotations.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPermissiveness is often used a pejorative term\u201d.
37 \u2013 dystopian \u2013 A world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized fearful lives, often associated with a totalitarian government or an environmentally degraded world. \u201cThe dystopian future of a society bereft of reason\u201d.
38 \u2013 Occam\u2019s razor \u2013 The simplest answer may be the preferred answer.
39 \u2013 execrate or execrable \u2013 very bad \u2013 \u201cThe execrable hotel food.\u201d
40 \u2013 immutable \u2013 unchangeable \u2013 Do not make the mistake of assuming that public opinion is immutable.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
41 \u2013 prurient – having or encouraging an excessive or unwholesome interest in matters of sex.\u00a0
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