Top 10 favourite words
Alright, i know a bunch of these are art words… but all favorite words to say and use. (also i added a senstance i wrote using the words for fun. for most of them
In alphabetical order:
Chiaroscuro - n. the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.
The scenery was hypnotizing and unfamiliar. Never before had he been so drawn into an image like he was by the chiaroscuro landscape before him.
Coagulated - v. (of a fluid, especially blood) change to a solid or semisolid state.
The coagulated blood was sticky, having pooled and dried on the concrete underneath her head in the time that she had spent unconscious.
Contrapposto - n. an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with while balancing those of the hips and legs.
He stood contrapposto, left hip jutting out while his right shoulder rested against the molding of the door frame.
Emanate - v. (of something abstract but perceptible) issue or spread out from (a source)
Their joy was obvious and radiant, emanating from between them to infect everything around them.
Exalted - adj. (of a person or their rank or status) placed at a high or powerful level; held in high regard.
Though they were truly peers, he ruled over the other members of the AV club like an exalted prince with godly heritage.
Haberdashery - n. the goods and wares sold by a haberdasher. (a hat maker)
Lament - n./v. a passionate expression of grief or sorrow **possibly my favorite word of all time**
“This house is a hole that you could never fill,” she lamented before turning her back on him for the final time.
Moratorium - n. a temporary prohibition of an activity
It was in that second he realized he’d gone to far. Seeing someone in pain from his foolish actions only emphasized the obvious truth he’d been ignoring; The way he was living his life was no ok, and a moratorium was needed.
Sfumato - n. the technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or hazy forms.
The smoke obscured her vision, reminding her vaguely of the sfumato in Caravaggio’s paintings–the way there still seemed to be life in the darker parts of the image just past where she could see.
Plutoid - n. a body orbiting beyond Neptune that is massive enough to be rounded in shape that is not large enough to be a planet.
Sitting in the bleachers the girl watched her friends dance at the school social. She felt a like a lone plutoid, drifting on the edge of solar system, not enough to be a planet but still more than an asteroid.
Honorable mentions: Claymore, Pontoon, Epee, Queue, Adjourned, Geyser