Esoteric
For Penny Fuller's Part E: The A-Z of Unusual Words Challenge
My Word - Esoteric.
Definition from English Cambridge Dictionary - very unusual and understood or liked by only a small number of people, especially those with special knowledge.
My Connection - I have always had a deep love for both the words "esoteric" and "exoteric" (the opposite of esoteric) and the strange duality between the words. I have always enjoyed learning things that not everyone might know and going down little rabbit holes. At the same time, I believe knowledge should be accessible to everyone and anyone. Even if some things are harder to comprehend and understand than others.
My Poem
esoteric (follow) intellect
eclectic inspirate
exoteric (fallow) interject
ecstatic instigate
enigmatic (fellow) hard to elaborate
egregious not to exacerbate
edict (follow) the expostulate
elicit the expatiate
ensconce (follow) the existential
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Thanks for reading!
Author's Notes: Apologies for the influx of things from me over the last few days. Had a big gust of inspiration for many of the challenges and thought I'd capitalise on it. This is for Penny Fuller's Part E: The A-Z of Unusual Words Challenge, which you can find out more about below.
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Comments (10)
I completely forgotten about this word. It reminded me of how many pieces of this world feel esoteric in and of themselves
Great word choice and loved the alliterative feat you pulled off in this piece! Quite a collection of fantastic “e” words!
Hilarious tongue twister 😃.
I've known the word esoteric but not exotheric! So I still learnt a new word from you hehehehe. Loved your poem! 🍩🥐
I liked this, Paul. It's both rhythmic and tripping with all those Es.
Rabbit holes are my specialty, but I think there are enough of them that I can afford to share. Good word. Great poem, but it has a lotta big words.
I like that you are inspired once more, we are better off for it. You make me chuckle, cry, scratch my head in bewilderment and thankful
You had days of being a prolific writer and all the works in my opinion were great and were fun to read.
This is Very creative! And I learned a lot of new words. Also don't apologize for creating and posting.
That's a new vocab list for me to give to my stodents!