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Today I’m sharing another word from The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith. It’s a great mystery that I haven’t had enough time to read lately! (Too many presents to wrap…)
Robert Galbraith, aka J K Rowling, writes with finesse:
Exhausted as Strike was, it took awhile for him to fall asleep, and when he did, Charlotte wove in and out of every dream, gorgeous, vituperative, and haunted.
vituperative \vī-‘tü-pǝr-rāt-iv\ adj from Latin vituperare from vitium fault + parare to make;
containing or characterized by verbal abuse
I spent the weekend working at my daughter’s swim meet – we hosted over 1000 swimmers from across the state and beyond. Our aquatics center throbbed with shouts of coaches, athletes, and parents. A competitive atmosphere like that creates the perfect milieu for stress and vituperative outbursts.
Word Nerd Workout
Think of a character, from fiction or your own life, that you could describe as vituperative. My example: Rosa Hubermann, Liesel Meminger’s foster-mother in The Book Thief.
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My Husband says the Momma from “Throw Momma From the Train.” I’ve never actually seen it, to tell the truth. Since I am surrounded by all things princess with my Daughter, how about Cinderella’s stepmother?
I can’t think of any vituperative people in my life. If I did, I would distance myself from them. More and more, I’ve seen football coaches act vituperative toward referees and it really bothers me because of the example they’re setting for their players.
Great word, and nice picture.
Thanks! I love this picture – I took it during a head to head swim off. Very intense!
Great new to me word!
Luckily, I can’t think of many vituperative people in my actual life.
But this scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail came to mind! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8yjNbcKkNY
Ha, ha! Thanks Dianne! And I’m glad you don’t have vituperative people around you. 😉