WORDS OF THE WEEK III

✨ Chatoyant

📖 Meaning:

Having a shifting, cat’s-eye-like shine or luster.

🌍 Origin:

From French chatoyer meaning “to shine like a cat’s eye.”

📝 Use it like this:

“Her eyes held a chatoyant glow.”

💡 Zekie’s Tip:

Use it when describing things or people with layered beauty - something that changes with perspective.

🏙 Pied-à-terre

📖 Meaning:

A small, temporary or secondary home, especially in a city.

🌍 Origin:

French, literally “foot on the ground.”

📝 Use it like this:

“He kept a pied-à-terre in Lagos for weekend escapes.”

💡 Zekie’s Tip:

It’s deeper than it looks - perfect for writing about spaces, situations, or even people that feel like temporary safe places.

🌟 Heyday

📖 Meaning:

A time of peak success, popularity, or happiness.

🌍 Origin:

From an exclamation of joy or surprise in the 1500s.

📝 Use it like this:

“In her heyday, she lit up every stage she touched.”

💡 Zekie’s Tip:

Use this for nostalgic reflections or to declare that your prime isn’t behind you, it's just starting. 👑

🐈 Feline

📖 Meaning:

Relating to or resembling a cat - graceful, sleek, independent.

🌍 Origin:

From Latin felinus, meaning “of a cat.”

📝 Use it like this:

“She moved with feline elegance.”

💡 Zekie’s Tip:

Best used for metaphors around mystery, alertness, or strength in quietness.

🌬 Whitherward

📖 Meaning:

Toward what place? In which direction?

🌍 Origin:

From Middle English whiderward - a poetic blend of "whither" + "-ward."

📝 Use it like this:

“He asked whitherward her dreams were calling.”

💡 Zekie’s Tip:

Perfect for poetic writing about uncertain journeys.