–noun
a person who is an adept conversationalist at table.
Shame:
My stomach
Is a deipnosophist.
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Thursday, 30 September 2010
Deipnosophist
DEIPNOSOPHIST
–noun
a person who is an adept conversationalist at table.
Shame:
My stomach
Is a deipnosophist.
–noun
a person who is an adept conversationalist at table.
Shame:
My stomach
Is a deipnosophist.
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Glabrous
GLABROUS
-adj.
1. having no hair or bristles; smooth
Glabrous love feels in a cage
Painted over by desire or ennui
It wants to escape the bonds
But finds only reflective matters
In which getting lost and trapped
Once again.
-adj.
1. having no hair or bristles; smooth
Glabrous love feels in a cage
Painted over by desire or ennui
It wants to escape the bonds
But finds only reflective matters
In which getting lost and trapped
Once again.
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Hypnagogic
HYPNAGOGIC
–adj.
1. of or pertaining to drowsiness.
2. inducing drowsiness.
Light dancing in darkness
Hypnagogic
Whispering of mysteries
Genies to be rubbed the right way.
–adj.
1. of or pertaining to drowsiness.
2. inducing drowsiness.
Light dancing in darkness
Hypnagogic
Whispering of mysteries
Genies to be rubbed the right way.
Monday, 27 September 2010
Adjuvant
ADJUVANT
–adj.
1. serving to help or assist; auxiliary.
2. Medicine/Medical . utilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment following cancer surgery.
–noun
3. a person or thing that aids or helps.
4. anything that aids in removing or preventing a disease, especially a substance added to a prescription to aid the effect of the main ingredient.
5. Immunology . a substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response.
Scooters as age adjuvant
Just looking at them
I become young once more.
–adj.
1. serving to help or assist; auxiliary.
2. Medicine/Medical . utilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment following cancer surgery.
–noun
3. a person or thing that aids or helps.
4. anything that aids in removing or preventing a disease, especially a substance added to a prescription to aid the effect of the main ingredient.
5. Immunology . a substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response.
Scooters as age adjuvant
Just looking at them
I become young once more.
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Dizen
DIZEN
-verb tr.
1. To attire with finery.
2. To dress or decorate in a gaudy manner.
Light dizens you
Becoming you less than shadows
Where one can idealize
Your shapes
And your soul.
-verb tr.
1. To attire with finery.
2. To dress or decorate in a gaudy manner.
Light dizens you
Becoming you less than shadows
Where one can idealize
Your shapes
And your soul.
Saturday, 25 September 2010
Tryst
TRYST
–noun
1. an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
2. an appointed meeting.
3. an appointed place of meeting.
–verb (used with object)
4. Chiefly Scot. to make an appointment or arrange a meeting with.
–verb (used without object)
5. Chiefly Scot. to make an appointment or agreement.
I had hoped the feral kittens could keep our tryst
But feared their mother would object to our meetings.
When I arrived, I was given an earful by the father.
–noun
1. an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
2. an appointed meeting.
3. an appointed place of meeting.
–verb (used with object)
4. Chiefly Scot. to make an appointment or arrange a meeting with.
–verb (used without object)
5. Chiefly Scot. to make an appointment or agreement.
I had hoped the feral kittens could keep our tryst
But feared their mother would object to our meetings.
When I arrived, I was given an earful by the father.
Friday, 24 September 2010
Uncanny
UNCANNY
–adj.
1. having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary.
2. mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange
An uncanny light takes holds of the clouds
A tremor tearing their curtain apart
To reveal another world dying in pain.
–adj.
1. having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary.
2. mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange
An uncanny light takes holds of the clouds
A tremor tearing their curtain apart
To reveal another world dying in pain.
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Clancular
CLANCULAR
-adj.
Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.
They had their clancular ways
Muffled in kisses and sighs
To handle life’s difficulties
The parents all too pliant
To offer any severe obstacle.
Background picture courtesy of the State Library Of New South Wales.
-adj.
Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.
They had their clancular ways
Muffled in kisses and sighs
To handle life’s difficulties
The parents all too pliant
To offer any severe obstacle.
Background picture courtesy of the State Library Of New South Wales.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Launch
LAUNCH
–verb (used with object)
1. to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
2. to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water.
3. to send forth, catapult, or release, as a self-propelled vehicle or weapon.
4. to start (a person) on a course, career, etc.
5. to set going; initiate.
6. to throw; hurl.
7. to start (a new venture) or promote (a new product).
8. Computers . to start (a software program).
–verb (used without object)
9. to burst out or plunge boldly or directly into action, speech, etc.
10.to start out or forth; push out or put forth on the water.
–noun
11.the act of launching.
–noun
1. a heavy open or half-decked boat propelled by oars or by an engine.
2. a large utility boat carried by a warship.
Helping a friend
Launch her book
A new adventure
For internet sailors
"Up from the Blue" a new novel by Susan Henderson
More at LitPark
–verb (used with object)
1. to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
2. to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water.
3. to send forth, catapult, or release, as a self-propelled vehicle or weapon.
4. to start (a person) on a course, career, etc.
5. to set going; initiate.
6. to throw; hurl.
7. to start (a new venture) or promote (a new product).
8. Computers . to start (a software program).
–verb (used without object)
9. to burst out or plunge boldly or directly into action, speech, etc.
10.to start out or forth; push out or put forth on the water.
–noun
11.the act of launching.
–noun
1. a heavy open or half-decked boat propelled by oars or by an engine.
2. a large utility boat carried by a warship.
Helping a friend
Launch her book
A new adventure
For internet sailors
"Up from the Blue" a new novel by Susan Henderson
More at LitPark
Monday, 20 September 2010
Abrogate
ABROGATE
–verb (used with object)
1. to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal.
2. to put aside; put an end to.
A flash from the past
Abrogated by later technology
Not yet an antiquity.
–verb (used with object)
1. to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal.
2. to put aside; put an end to.
A flash from the past
Abrogated by later technology
Not yet an antiquity.
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Bibulous
BIBULOUS
–adj.
1. fond of or addicted to drink.
2. absorbent; spongy.
I have a bibulous glass
Fond of wine pretty and red
Cajoling drinks in the shade
I need to watch it
And moderate its habit
Less it gets drunk
And profligate.
–adj.
1. fond of or addicted to drink.
2. absorbent; spongy.
I have a bibulous glass
Fond of wine pretty and red
Cajoling drinks in the shade
I need to watch it
And moderate its habit
Less it gets drunk
And profligate.
Saturday, 18 September 2010
Stertorous
STERTOROUS
–adj.
1. characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.
2. breathing in this manner.
I wonder if he dreams
Stertorous visions shaking his whiskers
–adj.
1. characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.
2. breathing in this manner.
I wonder if he dreams
Stertorous visions shaking his whiskers
Friday, 17 September 2010
Motile
MOTILE
–adj.
Biology . moving or capable of moving spontaneously.
Motile time
Growing tendrils
Pushing momentum
Expending the universe:
Sand is finite,
The seconds not.
The background picture is copyright of Willow of Willow Manor, who has put it forth as a writing prompt.
Join the writing fun at Magpie Tales.
–adj.
Biology . moving or capable of moving spontaneously.
Motile time
Growing tendrils
Pushing momentum
Expending the universe:
Sand is finite,
The seconds not.
The background picture is copyright of Willow of Willow Manor, who has put it forth as a writing prompt.
Join the writing fun at Magpie Tales.
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Vicarious
VICARIOUS
-adj.
1.
a. serving instead of someone or something else
b. that has been delegated
2. performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another
3. experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
4. occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the usual one
Despite its best efforts,
The vicarious palm tree
Is unable to provide dates.
-adj.
1.
a. serving instead of someone or something else
b. that has been delegated
2. performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another
3. experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
4. occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the usual one
Despite its best efforts,
The vicarious palm tree
Is unable to provide dates.
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Adjure
ADJURE
-verb
1. to command solemnly under or as if under oath or penalty of a curse
2. to urge or advise earnestly
The mirror adjure
Heavens might be much too close
Beware of impact!
-verb
1. to command solemnly under or as if under oath or penalty of a curse
2. to urge or advise earnestly
The mirror adjure
Heavens might be much too close
Beware of impact!
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Maquillage
MAQUILLAGE
-noun
Makeup or cosmetics.
Hiding behind graphic effects
The perfect maquillage or trick
Being there and yet not be quite
Ultimate escape illusion.
-noun
Makeup or cosmetics.
Hiding behind graphic effects
The perfect maquillage or trick
Being there and yet not be quite
Ultimate escape illusion.
Monday, 13 September 2010
Quiddity
QUIDDITY
-noun
1. The essence of someone or something.
2. A trifling point.
Four tin effigies
Quiddity of felines
On kitties' buffet.
-noun
1. The essence of someone or something.
2. A trifling point.
Four tin effigies
Quiddity of felines
On kitties' buffet.
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Tomato
TOMATO
–noun
1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
2. the fruit itself.
3. Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive . a girl or woman.
I dream of the time
Of your watering the garden
Guided by moonlight,
Our bed fragrant with green scent
Tomato trace on your skin.
–noun
1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
2. the fruit itself.
3. Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive . a girl or woman.
I dream of the time
Of your watering the garden
Guided by moonlight,
Our bed fragrant with green scent
Tomato trace on your skin.
Saturday, 11 September 2010
Latibule
LATIBULE
-noun
A hiding place
He found a latibule
Under the kitchen sink
An imperfect one at that
The faucet leaked.
-noun
A hiding place
He found a latibule
Under the kitchen sink
An imperfect one at that
The faucet leaked.
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