Solemnization

Once again, at 1:30 in the morning, I had no clue which word to use. I asked my roommate and he suggested "somniloquence ". Unfortunately, it wasn't in the dictionary I looked up, and my computer tells me it's misspelled yet doesn't give me an possibility even remotely close to it (he swears it's in the book he's reading, "Waves" by Virginia Woolf). Either way, my online dictionary gave me options and he got rather excited about solemnization, so that's my word for today!

Solemnization is a noun form of solemnize, meaning

"1: to observe or honor with solemnity
2: to perform with pomp or ceremony ; especially : to celebrate (a marriage) with religious rites
3: to make solemn : dignify".

Both words come from the idea of "solemn", an adjective, which came from Latin, sollemnis (solemn, go figure). So the next time you want to say "oh, sad day!", think of solemn. Then think of solemnize. And finally, think of solemnization, because it's just such a fun word to say.


Apparently somniloquence is a word. Found it on a different online dictionary as "sleep talking". Who knew!


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