Fashion has had some questionable moments—remember "murse" and "spants"?—but it's certainly always providing new words for us to gather and add to the dictionary! Do you have a favorite fashion word?
What memorable words have you learned from books? Was it Charlotte herself who taught you "provender" and "garrulous"? Did you first encounter a "tesseract" in a novel? Today's Word of the Day definitely has a literary connection.
