Word of the Day: BURGEONING
Beginning or blossoming
burgeoning (adj) - beginning to grow or growing and flourishing rapidly [bur-juh-ning]
burgeon means to develop, thrive, or send forth new growth
BREAKDOWN: The word burgeon can be traced back through French variants borjoner and burjuner to the word borjon meaning bud or shoot. Beyond that point, the etymology of burgeon becomes fuzzy with possible connections to either the Old High German burjan meaning to raise or lift up or the late Latin burra meaning wool.
“City planning finds its validation in the intuitive recognition that a burgeoning market society can not be trusted to produce spontaneously a habitable, sanitary, or even efficient city, much less a beautiful one.” —Murray Bookchin
[Our Wednesday Wildcards are fascinating and important words that are not necessarily or obviously derived from classical roots.]