I leaned a new-to-me word the other day
that has all kinds of possibilities in all kinds of situations. It's
usefulness makes me wonder why I didn't know about it before.
Velleity---a noun that means to
have a wish or desire to do something, but you are not interested in it enough
to act on it.
To learn a word, you're supposed to
use it in a sentence. Here's a couple of tries.
--My desire to take a walk around the
neighborhood in the rain was more of a velleity than a real plan.
--Velleity is what keeps me from
cleaning the lint out of the laundry sink.
Can you think of a way that you could use velleity in a sentence?
Can you think of a way that you could use velleity in a sentence?
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But wait, there's more.
Here's how you say velleity.
My velleity keeps me from quitting coffee for good. It sure would be nice, though, to say that I was caffeine-free.
ReplyDeleteLearned a new word, but my spell check thinks I'm spelling it wrong! Evidently my spell check has not learned a new word.
None of my spell checks know it either. The word is still new to me, so I have to think about it before I use it. I hope that becomes a regular part of my vocabulary, though.
DeleteThat's a new one for me too! Never heard of it before. How did you stumble upon it?
ReplyDeleteI was reading an editorial about the way we should be teaching our kids in schools today.
DeleteI opened the mail today and noticed a flier advertising a raffle for a 3.5 million dollar home. The velleity of living in such a mansion passed quickly though, when I thought about all the vacuuming!
ReplyDeleteBTW - this word is apparently so uncommon that my spellchecker doesn't even recognize it!
The velleity of the need for vacuuming passes quickly with me.
DeleteNever heard of it before but then I'm very velleiticious when it comes to reading the dictionary!
ReplyDeleteYou are too clever with your sentence!
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