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Gloaming

Gloaming: Evening twilight; shade or dusky light; or even as an adjective as in: gloaming-sky, gloaming-hour, etc. If you are of Scots heritage, you may recognize this word. I first heard it at one of my husband’s family gatherings. It was part of a poem: ‘roamin’ in the gloamin’. At the time, I’d no idea …

Farrago

Farrago: A confused group; a medley, mixture, hotchpotch. The OED dates common usage about 1637. Old enough for me to include in my Avelynn novels, which are a farrago of different story elements. An author takes a farrago of plot, characterization, setting, and theme, mixes them all together, waves a magic wand, and viola, they …

Embrangled

The Latest Word is: Embrangle: To entangle, confuse, perplex. The Oxford English Dictionary has embrangle coming into common usage in the 1600s but its etymology dates back to the early 1500s with brangle, which, I’ve decided, is a cool word all on its own and may have to write a post on it, too—when we …