Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.
Here’s this week’s WOW:
Word: Banal
Part Of Speech: adjective ; noun: banality; plural noun: banalities; adverb: banally
Pronunciation: /bəˈnɑːl/
Meaning:
so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
Synonyms: trite, clichéd, vapid, predictable
Antonyms: original
Word Origin: mid 18th century (originally relating to feudal service in the sense ‘compulsory’, hence ‘common to all’): from French, from ban ‘a proclamation or call to arms’; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ban.
Use in sentence:
- adjective: When Greenblatt discusses the sources of Shakespeare ‘s inspiration, they are often stunningly banal and overly speculative.
- noun (pl): The trip offers an escape from the banalities of daily life.
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I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way!
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29 responses to “Word Of The Week (WOW #10)”
I agree that this is an interesting word, Heena. Its origin is interesting, too. 🙂
I’ll put my WOW up a little later on.
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Thanks Millie! 🙂
I’ll check it out whenever it’s up.
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Ah, my banal life! I wouldn’t have wanted it earlier, but at my age, banal is good – restful and peaceful, mostly. 🙂
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Awwww… you are so adorable Dagny (and not to forget a Classics’ Queen 😉 )
I’d also love to have a banal life if it means that I could live peacefully 🙂
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Good find! I like the word, and based on what is on television these days, it’s a word that should be used often. 😀
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Thanks Rob!
Hahah! I agree! A lot of other celebs are also saying that 😉
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To participate we just have post the word. Or do we have to include synonyms, antonyms, origin and whatever you have written?
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You’ll have to write all these things dear otherwise it won’t be much use to the readers.
There are a couple of others who do it and they also do it this way only.
If you participate then post a link to you post here in the comments, I’d love to read yours 🙂
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Ok. Thanks for the clarification
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You’re welcome dear!
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https://crazykidjournal.wordpress.com/word-power-word-of-the-week/
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https://crazykidjournal.wordpress.com/word-power-word-of-the-week/
Is this supposed to be the format?
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Yep. 🙂
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i have added the icon too
https://crazykidjournal.wordpress.com/word-power-word-of-the-week/
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Hello Heena. Here is my WOW for this week:
https://milliethom.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/word-of-the-week-wow-7/
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I’ll be over to check it out 🙂
Thanks!
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Great word, Heena. It’s one I can definitely see myself using. 🙂 Here’s the link for my WOW: https://thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/word-of-the-week-wow-felicitation/
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Thanks a lot 🙂
I’ll drop by by and check it out… thanks!
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I liked it! Great job. I used the word “verve” yesterday. My teen didn’t believe it was a real word. I told her to look it up!
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Thanks Sue! 🙂
Hahah! You got her… huh! Lol! 😉
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I started with your challenge! I love to learn more about words!:
https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/word-of-the-week-wow-10/
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That’s great! Thanks for participating… I’ll surely drop by your blog and check it out 🙂
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Thank you!
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Updated WOW for this week
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