Twists and Turns
Musings and oozings (mostly about words) by Michael Gates
Wednesday, October 08, 2014
Word of the Day: rutilant
What's "the word I'm thinking of"? Today, it's....
rutilant [ROOT-ih-lunt] adjective (TWITO, page 128)
Bright red in color
"Though Prudence pretended to be unaffected by off-color jokes, her
rutilant
face gave her away."
(photo by me)
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