Welcome to another wonderful episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! A mind is a terrible thing to waste, so keep yours in tip-top shape by reading a good book or learning new words. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:
Stenotopic: [sten-uh-top-ik] an adjective meaning 'able to tolerate only a restricted range of ecological conditions or habitats'. So your relative who must have the window open exactly five inches and who cannot eat anything but plain chicken breast and steamed broccoli? Stenotopic. -- "More Weird and Wonderful Words", Erin McKean, Ed., Oxford University Press, 2003.
Example: Ken liked to travel, but his wife was so stenotopic that they could only vacation within a day's drive of their house.
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