Ciceronian (adj)
sis-er-oh-nee-an
Characteristic of the work and thought of Cicero.
From Cicero
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Gaiman promises a year of learning, where you can discover creative writing skills from some of the best in the field!
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This list, and all the lists will be the top ten bestselling books of that year, from 1918 to 2018. As the lists continue you’ll see trends through the years as popular authors shine through, but for today it’s the ten bestselling books of 1919.
Ludic (adj)
loo-dik
Showing spontaneous and undirected playfulness.
1940s: from French ludique, from Latin ludere ‘to play’, from ludus ‘sport’.
Piacular (adj) (rare)
pai-ak-oo-lar
Making or requiring atonement.
Early 17th century: from Latin piacularis, from piaculum ‘expiation’, from piare ‘appease’.
Zorbing (noun)
zaw-bing
A sport in which one is secured inside a large transparent ball which is then rolled along the ground or down hills.
1990s: invented word from Zorb (the name of the ball used in this activity) + -ing.
Jólabókaflóðið is Icelandic for Yule Book Flood and that’s because every year there’s an annual release of new books that occurs just before Chirstmas, it’s a national publishing tradition and in Iceland, Christmas is planned around it.
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Segue (adj)
seg-way
Move without interruption from one piece of music or scene to another.
Move or shift from one role, state, or condition to another.
From Latin
Each list will be ten books, the ten bestselling books of the last one hundred years and as we’re still in 2018 (just) we’re starting with 1918.
As the lists continue you’ll see trends through the years as popular authors shine through, but for today it’s the ten bestselling books of 1918.