Friday, January 30, 2026

GAD Mystery Word of the Day


My bookish meme for 2026: the Golden Age of Detection (GAD) Mystery Word of the Day. Whenever I find a word that I'm unfamiliar with--or shall we say not absolutely confident I know the exact meaning of, I'm going to actually take time to look it up and share it with mystery-lovers everywhere. 😊

Today's GAD Mystery Word of the Day is curvetting (verb): 1. leaping in dressage with all four feet off the ground; 2. prancing or frisking about

[about a fatal car accident] "But he was curvetting about to such an extent that Andy knew something was wrong. He said he couldn't have taken the corner properly like that." (Shadows Before by Dorothy Bowers)

 

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