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.