I really dislike the word “discomfiting.” Here is a usage in a recent book review: …in order to “restore” Cleopatra — to see her at all — one must strip away an “encrusted myth” created by those for whom “citing her sexual prowess was evidently less discomfiting than acknowledging her intellectual gifts.” This is definition [...]
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Words I don’t Like: “Discomfiting”
Posted in Bad Words, tagged Cleopatra, discomfiting, discomfort on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
