Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Wordlover Wednesday: Schwarmerei

Todays wordlover word is...

Schwarmerei (shver-muh-RY)
Noun- 1) Extravagant enthusiasm. 2) Excessive sentimentality

Origin- German, from Schwarmerei (enthusiasm), from schwarmen (to swarm, to be wild or mad about). 

Example- "True fulfillment flowed solely from whatever they had in common, for that was always a condition of schwarmerei." 

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3 comments:

  1. Leigh CovingtonJanuary 4, 2012 at 4:50 PM

    Holy cow - how did you find that awesome word? It is fabulous!

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  2. Born BookishJanuary 4, 2012 at 6:45 PM

    It is awesome isn't it?! I found it on this amazingly wonderful website called wordsmith.org.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 4, 2012 at 7:42 PM

    I like the word! Awesome, I haven't heard of that one before!

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