Kupu Māori
Kōrero
Speak/talk
Pedant
"One who is unimaginative, rigid, or overly concerned with minor details in the presentation or use of knowledge"
Acommodation?
Should be two Cs
"Accommodation"
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
1984 (George Orwell)
"Go Set a Watchman" is a 2015 book by this author. 🐦⬛
Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird 🐦⬛
Pūrākau
Myth/legend/story
Limerence
"A state or feeling of deep infatuation"
Seperate?
Should be an A after the P
"Separate"
"It's time to trust my instincts, close my eyes, and leap!"
Defying Gravity (Wicked, by Stephen Schwartz)
"The Lair of the White Worm" is a 1911 book by this author. 🩸
Bram Stoker, author of Dracula 🩸
Whare Pukapuka
Library
Metonymy
"A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated (such as "crown" in "lands belonging to the crown")"
Simulacrim?
The second I should be a U instead.
"Simulacrum"
"To live would be an awfully big adventure"
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
"Baby No-eyes" is a 1998 book by this NZ author. 🏠
Patricia Grace, author of Potiki 🏠
Pātai
Question
Sesquipedalian
"Given to or characterized by the use of long words"
Unneccessary?
Should only have one C
"Unnecessary"
"Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Ozymandias (Percy Shelley)
"The Last Man" is an 1826 book by this author. 🧟♂️
Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein 🧟♂️
Kaituhituhi
Author
Bathos
"The sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style; or anticlimax"
Beaurucracy?
The EA should be after the first R
"Bureaucracy"
"Back then, I swore I was gonna marry him someday, but I realized some bigger dreams of mine"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a 1922 short story by this author. ❇️
F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby ❇️