Weird Word Wednesday

ennead

NOUN

rare

A group or set of nine.

Example sentences

‘I think that it goes back even further, to the Ennead, the pantheon of nine gods and goddesses in ancient Egypt.’

‘Ennead refers to a grouping of typically 9 gods.’

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Greek enneas, ennead-, from ennea ‘nine’.

Pronunciation

ennead/ˈɛnɪad/

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Weird Word Wednesday

enlace

VERB

literary

Entwine or entangle.

‘a web of green enlaced the thorn trees’

More example sentences

Origin

Middle English: from Old French enlacier, based on Latin laqueus ‘noose’.

Pronunciation

enlace/ɪnˈleɪs//ɛnˈleɪs/

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Weird Word Wednesday

enkindle

VERB

literary

1Set on fire.

‘the glare from its enkindled roof illumined its innermost recesses’

2Arouse or inspire (an emotion)

‘fresh remembrance of vexation must still enkindle rage’

Pronunciation

enkindle/ɛnˈkɪnd(ə)l//ɪnˈkɪnd(ə)l/

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Weird Word Wednesday

enkephalin

(also encephalin)

NOUN

Biochemistry

Either of two peptide compounds occurring naturally in the brain, related to the endorphins and having similar physiological effects.

Example sentences

Origin

1970s: from Greek enkephalos ‘brain’ (from en- ‘in’ + kephalē ‘head’) + -in.

Pronunciation

enkephalin/ɛnˈkɛf(ə)lɪn/

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Weird Word Wednesday

enjambed

ADJECTIVE

(of a line, couplet, or stanza of verse) ending part-way through a sentence or clause which continues in the next.

Example sentences

‘In the last four lines, all of them enjambed, Ryan begins to break against the units of grammatical and syntactical sense that give the first nine lines their air of balanced authority and control.’

‘Another aural effect created by it in highly enjambed poems is a counterpoint of the pauses expected at the end of lines with the pauses that occur mid-line as they frame a completed thought or grammatical unit.’

Origin

Late 19th century: from French enjamber ‘stride over’ + -ed.

Pronunciation

enjambed/ɛnˈdʒam//ɪnˈdʒam/

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