Saturday, 14 January 2012

Word of the week

inglenook - a recess or a seat beside a large fireplace, a chimney corner. The word is of Scottish origin, it was first used in 18th century and it is a blend of the words "ingle" - derived from Gealic aingeal meaning light, fire,  and "nook" - a word of unknown origin used to denominate a corner.

He was sitting in the inglenook, reading.

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