This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
psychrolute
empleomania
rupestrian
abulia

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(roo-PES-tree-uhn)

MEANING:

adjective: Relating to, composed of, or carved on rocks.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin rupes (rock). Earliest documented use: 1800.

USAGE:

“Set in a former 13th-century rupestrian chapel, the hotel has incredible interiors, with towering arches, golden stone, and rooms carved into the cave.”
Zara Sekhavati; Matera Life & Death; The Independent (London, UK); Jan 12, 2019.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: