Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary! Check out this week’s word ‘Feuilleton’, a new entrant to the Oxford Dictionary

Feuilleton

Noun

Definition: A part of a newspaper or magazine devoted to fiction, criticism, or light literature.

Examples:

• Her sharp wit has made her one of Russia’s masters of the literary feuilleton

• An article printed in a feuilleton.

• Roth was a master of the feuilleton, or think piece, which held an honoured place in the pages of Europe’s great newspapers during the 20th century.

• Et voila, this halo of glory has evaporated before the indifference of the crowd; it’s annoying, especially when one has gone to such trouble and expense to construct one’s success out of the praise of newspaper feuilletons.

Origin:

Mid 19th century: French, from feuillet, diminutive of feuille ‘leaf’.

Published in Dawn, Young World, July 2nd, 2016