This week’s obscure English word is griseous. It refers to a colour mixed with grey and is thought to originate from Medieval Latin, griseus. Your challenge: write a sentence or two in the comments using this word. Copyright © Matthew Wright 2019 Advertisements

This week’s obscure English word is antiphony. In music, antiphony refers to one musical sound ‘answering’ another, perhaps during a choral piece. But the word can also mean any sound or echo, or sometimes sounds in opposition. Your challenge: write a sentence or two in the comments using this word. Copyright © Matthew Wright 2018

This week’s obscure English word is judgement. Or judgment. It’s not obscure of itself, of course, but what’s interesting – and somewhat obscure – about it is the spelling. Usually we’d associate differences of this kind with United States or British English. But this time that’s not entirely true. ‘Judgment’ is usually standard US spelling, … More The obscure word of the week is judgement

The first obscure English word for 2019 is ebracteate. It’s a botanical term referring to a plant that has no bracts. Of course you’ll want to know what ‘bracts’ means now, I can see that coming. Well, maybe another time… Your challenge: write a sentence or two in the comments using this word. Copyright © … More The obscure word of the week is ebracteate