Read Ambar Jones's previous newsletter articles below:
Pernicious (per-NISH-us) – from the Latin for “destructive” – means wicked or malicious; causing grave harm. Example (as used by William Shakespeare in Othello): “… may his pernicious soul / Rot half a grain a day!”
By Ambar Jones | Mon, Feb 21, 2011
Omniscient (om-NISH-unt) – from the Latin for “all-knowing” – means having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding. Example (as used by Dan Kois in a New York Times review of The Gospel of Anarchy by Justin Taylor): “The novel’s voice is unsteady: here omniscient, there limited to the characters’ worldviews, sometimes within the same sentence.”
By Ambar Jones | Fri, Dec 3, 2010
Fecundity (fih-KUN-dih-tee) — from the Latin for “fertility” — is the capacity for abundant production. Example (as used by Leon Wieseltier in a New York Times review of Saul Bellow: Letters, edited by Benjamin Taylor): “The unruliness of existence was Bellow’s lasting theme; but while he studied it, he never quite ordered it. In fiction and in [...]
By Ambar Jones | Mon, Nov 29, 2010
Escamotage (es-kam-uh-TAJ) — from the French — is sleight of hand; trickery; unfair or dishonest conduct. Example (as used by Davide Accomazzo in an article titled “High Frequency Trading: The Rise of the Machines”): “Many high frequency traders trade not for profit but for rebates paid by the electronic platforms to attract liquidity. This escamotage incentivizes useless [...]
By Ambar Jones | Thu, Mar 3, 2011
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