Archive for May 11th, 2012
Weird Word: Estuary
by Nojh on May.11, 2012, under Articles, Weird Words, Writing
Estuary
Noun
estuary
- Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge.
- An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
Used in a sentence:
- The horse had alacrity but it just didn’t have nimbleness it needed to dodge the obstacles.
Source: Wiktionary
Commentary:
I want to say this word was on one of my spelling lists back in grade school. It is hauntingly familiar. While not as fun to pronounce as some of our words it is still a very useful word to know if you’re trying to describe a map or a location a long a coast. What person hasn’t had that come up in conversation every other day or so?
