Q: What is the BIGGEST word you've seen used in a book lately - that made you stop and look it up? Might as well leave the definition & book too.
To be honest, I can't think of one in a fiction book. I have a pretty good vocabulary and it would take something really obscure to catch me out.
In non-fiction, however, I just read a book called The Horologicon by Mark Forsyth (review coming in a couple of weeks' time) which looks at words that we no longer use. Naturally, a few of those I had not come across.
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I have to admit I don't look up words very often, and after I look them up, I tend to forget what they were to begin with, just sort of absorb them.
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Tough question today!
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Christina @ Ensconced in YA
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I have a similar answer :3
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I felt the same way!
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http://picturemereading.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/meme-feature-and-follow-friday-complicated-word
It depends on what I am reading if its paperback I just glaze over it if its on my Kindle I might check it out.
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