(noun)-the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose.
Origin: late 16th century, French
To me, this definition sort of contradicts itself. “Trickery” and “legal” don’t seem like they should go together. “Trickery” may not necessarily be illegal, but it’s generally not right.
I recently had the opportunity to use CHICANERY in a novel I’m working on, The Daughter's Predicament, book 2 in my Quilting Circle series (due to release May 2019). One character is talking to another about an omission of a major bit of information that another character has a right to know before following through with an agreement—a wedding.
"And Mr. Mallory is fine with all this chicanery?"
CHICANERY led me to SOPHISTRY because it was in the definition in the picture. SOPHISTRY (noun) use of FALLACIOUS argument, especially with the intention of deceiving; a FALLACIOUS argument.
So naturally, SOPHISTRY led me to FALLACIOUS (adjective) based on a mistaken belief.
These would all be fun words to use, in either everyday conversation or in a story. Fill it with all sorts of CHICANERY, SOPHISTRY, and FALLACIOUSNESS. How fun would that be? Loads & loads!
I love it when one fun word leads to another. And in this case, another.
Washington State, 1893
When Lily Lexington Bremmer arrives in Kamola with her young son, she’s reluctant to join the social center of her new community, the quilting circle, but the friendly ladies pull her in. She begins piecing a sunshine and shadows quilt because it mirrors her life. She has a secret that lurks in the shadows and hopes it doesn’t come out into the light. Dark places in her past are best forgotten, but her new life is full of sunshine. Will her secrets cast shadows on her bright future?
Widower Edric Hammond and his father are doing their best to raise his two young daughters. He meets Lily and her son when they arrive in town and helps her find a job and a place to live. Lily resists Edric’s charms at first but finds herself falling in love with this kind, gentle man and his two darling daughters. Lily has stolen his heart with her first warm smile, but he’s cautious about bringing another woman into his girls’ lives due to the harshness of their own mother.
Can Edric forgive Lily her past to take hold of a promising chance at love?
THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT is now available in ebook and paperback.
So naturally, SOPHISTRY led me to FALLACIOUS (adjective) based on a mistaken belief.
These would all be fun words to use, in either everyday conversation or in a story. Fill it with all sorts of CHICANERY, SOPHISTRY, and FALLACIOUSNESS. How fun would that be? Loads & loads!
I love it when one fun word leads to another. And in this case, another.
NEW!
THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT ~ A sweet historical romance that will tug at your heart. This is book 1 in the Quilting Circle series.Washington State, 1893
When Lily Lexington Bremmer arrives in Kamola with her young son, she’s reluctant to join the social center of her new community, the quilting circle, but the friendly ladies pull her in. She begins piecing a sunshine and shadows quilt because it mirrors her life. She has a secret that lurks in the shadows and hopes it doesn’t come out into the light. Dark places in her past are best forgotten, but her new life is full of sunshine. Will her secrets cast shadows on her bright future?
Widower Edric Hammond and his father are doing their best to raise his two young daughters. He meets Lily and her son when they arrive in town and helps her find a job and a place to live. Lily resists Edric’s charms at first but finds herself falling in love with this kind, gentle man and his two darling daughters. Lily has stolen his heart with her first warm smile, but he’s cautious about bringing another woman into his girls’ lives due to the harshness of their own mother.
Can Edric forgive Lily her past to take hold of a promising chance at love?
THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT is now available in ebook and paperback.
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MARY DAVIS is a bestselling, award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and contemporary themes. She has five titles releasing in 2018; "Holly & Ivy" in A Bouquet of Brides Collection in January, Courting Her Amish Heart in March, The Widow’s Plight in July, Courting Her Secret Heart September, & “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in MISSAdventure Brides Collection in December. She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.
Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over thirty-three years and two cats. She has three adult children and one incredibly adorable grandchild. Find her online at:
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