Hello Fellow Scriveners and Lovers of Words.

Here are a few more terms, which intrigued me, so I checked out their meaning and origin.
Enjoy!

Curmudgeon: a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man (Merriam-Webster)

Etymology: 1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from French coeur mechant “evil heart” is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur “dog.” Liberman says the word “must have been borrowed from Gaelic (and references muigean “disagreeable person”), with variant spelling of intensive prefix ker. Related: Curmudgeonly.

Why just an old man? I’m a woman and perfectly capable of being very curmudgeonly!

Evanescence: the process or fact of evanescing, disappearing, vanishing. (Merriam-Webster)

Etymology: comes from the Latin evanescere meaning “disappear, vanish.”
“the evanescence of a rainbow detracts not a whit from its beauty” – (said who? couldn’t find the source)

Obsequious: “obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.”–I don’t need to worry about this one. I’ve never been very obedient!

Etymology:  late 15th century (not depreciatory in early use): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliance,’ from obsequi ‘follow, comply with.’

Any words that intrigue, puzzle, excite you?

Have a wonderful weekend!