Below are the words that we have used for September 2022.
A “counterpane” is a decorative bedspread designed more to be seen than used for warmth. Traditionally, counterpanes were woven to showcase raised details, making the blanket seem embossed. However, many counterpanes were also quilted or knit. As nice as counterpanes are to look at, they are generally insubstantial as blankets. Sleepers in cold climates usually require additional layers beyond a counterpane to keep them warm at night. --courtesy WordGenius.com
While Shakespeare’s works are a popular source for modern rifacimentos, many of the plays were themselves reworkings of old stories, newer works, and details of history. “King Lear” is a rifacimento of the anonymous 1594 comedy “The True Chronicle History of King Leir,” which told the story of the early King Leir of Britain. Even “Romeo and Juliet” was a rifacimento of Arthur Brooke’s 1562 poem “The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet” (itself a rifacimento of an Italian story). In these cases, Shakespeare chose to emphasize elements of his own choosing — to develop and elevate characters that were perhaps marginal in the original text and to invent characters that didn’t previously exist.
| Day | Word |
|---|---|
| September 1 | Juku |
| September 2 | Concatenate |
| September 6 | Visagiste |
| September 7 | Counterpane |
| September 8 | Terza Rima |
| September 9 | Phronesis |
| September 12 | Quasi |
| September 13 | Zeugmatography |
| September 14 | Xocolatophobia |
| September 15 | Infracaninophile |
| September 16 | Phlogiston |
| September 18 | Ersatz |
| September 19 | Corsair |
| September 20 | Verdigris |
| September 21 | Perspicacious |
| September 22 | Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia |
| September 26 | Rifacimento |
| September 27 | Geitonogamy |
| September 28 | De Novo |
| September 29 | Keystone |
| September 30 | Gamboge |
Words courtesy WordGenius.com or Dictionary.com