Your challenge for the day

[black_samvara]

Use "monadnock" in conversation.

PRONUNCIATION:(muh-NAD-nok)
MEANING: (n) An isolated hill or mountain that, having resisted erosion, rises above a plain.

Comments

[doctor_k_]

In Alice? Too easy. dozens of 'em scattered round the place.

[black_samvara]

I am describing a coworker :)

[shrydar]

I love the mini monadnock's you get when pebbles protect red clay from the rain..

(I know - probably geologically inaccurate, but it's a better word for them than any I've come across before..)

[riverbella]

As her circle of friends diminishes and becomes increasingly enfeebled, my mother continues strong and joyful--a monadnock amidst the ravages of age.

Is there a word for somebody who loves words? A (Latin word for "word")ophile or some such?