Sunday, August 31, 2008

Words for this week

This week my reading has provided me with the following interesting sounding words.

Hummock
a knoll or hillock.

Interestingly this was used to describe a character's stomach.  I liked the sound of it.

Sepoy
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, esp. of the British.

Nautch
(in India) an exhibition of dancing by professional dancing girls.

Can you tell I am reading about British India?  The Siege of Krishnapur is certainly expanding my vocabulary amongst other things.

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