Weird Word: Amanuensis
by Nojh on Sep.28, 2012, under Articles, Weird Words, Writing
Amanuensis
Noun
- One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts
- A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.
Used in a sentence:
- Her official title was Amanuensis to the High Grand Poobah, which was as glamorous as it sounded but also just as useful.
Source: Wiktionary
Commentary:
This is a word I can’t pronounce. I mean I can but I had to have a friend explain it to me first. That being said this is a great word to use for a fantasy title. Especially for say a foreign character who sets themselves up to be the amazing awesome person, only for your people to learn that they were really just middle management or something similar. Gives your wordy people a sense of fulfillment that they have something over the characters, perhaps. Either way the difficulty pronouncing the word earns it a weird word mention.
