Well, that certainly explains his pedilection for lionizing scat aromas.Yowser's French???
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It's predilection.Brad wrote: [Well, that certainly explains his pedilection for lionizing scat aromas.
Brad
/ooh, me feels good now.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
Word of the Day for Monday June 6, 2005
countenance \KOWN-tuh-nuhn(t)s\, noun: 1. Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect. 2. The face; the features. 3. An approving or encouraging look or expression. 4. Favor, good will, support; encouragement. 5. [Obsolete] Bearing; demeanor.
transitive verb: 1. To approve; to support; to encourage. 2. To tolerate or allow.
"He was not so handsome as his brother," wrote Mrs Papendiek of the Prince as he approached manhood, "but his countenance was of a sweetness and intelligence quite irresistible."
--Saul David, Prince of Pleasure
For Henry's sake she kept up appearances, had her hair done, applied discreet colours to her face, yet when she looked in the mirror, lipstick in hand, she saw a drained countenance, its expression wary, as if at any minute it might undergo disintegration, as if there were no longer any cells to separate the skin from the bone.
--Anita Brookner, Visitors
Hawthorne himself did not make the common surrender to Italy and complained of "discomfort and miseries," found the Roman winter an unadvertised blast of chills, and could not countenance nudity in sculptures.
--Elizabeth Hardwick, Sight-Readings
But this does not mean that the Serbian government was necessarily as committed to war with Austria as the Black Hand's leaders were, or that it was prepared to countenance the group's more extreme plans for fomenting cross-border, anti-Habsburg terrorism.
--Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism
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Countenance comes from Middle English contenaunce, from Old French, from Latin continentia, "restraint" (literally, "way one contains oneself"), from the present participle of continere, "to hold together; to hold in; to contain," from com-, "with, together" + tenere, "to hold." It is related to contain and content, "satisfied with what one has."
countenance \KOWN-tuh-nuhn(t)s\, noun: 1. Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect. 2. The face; the features. 3. An approving or encouraging look or expression. 4. Favor, good will, support; encouragement. 5. [Obsolete] Bearing; demeanor.
transitive verb: 1. To approve; to support; to encourage. 2. To tolerate or allow.
"He was not so handsome as his brother," wrote Mrs Papendiek of the Prince as he approached manhood, "but his countenance was of a sweetness and intelligence quite irresistible."
--Saul David, Prince of Pleasure
For Henry's sake she kept up appearances, had her hair done, applied discreet colours to her face, yet when she looked in the mirror, lipstick in hand, she saw a drained countenance, its expression wary, as if at any minute it might undergo disintegration, as if there were no longer any cells to separate the skin from the bone.
--Anita Brookner, Visitors
Hawthorne himself did not make the common surrender to Italy and complained of "discomfort and miseries," found the Roman winter an unadvertised blast of chills, and could not countenance nudity in sculptures.
--Elizabeth Hardwick, Sight-Readings
But this does not mean that the Serbian government was necessarily as committed to war with Austria as the Black Hand's leaders were, or that it was prepared to countenance the group's more extreme plans for fomenting cross-border, anti-Habsburg terrorism.
--Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism
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Countenance comes from Middle English contenaunce, from Old French, from Latin continentia, "restraint" (literally, "way one contains oneself"), from the present participle of continere, "to hold together; to hold in; to contain," from com-, "with, together" + tenere, "to hold." It is related to contain and content, "satisfied with what one has."
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
S Adams
nzilla: 
...I never saw a more interesting creature: his eyes have generally an expression of wildness, and even madness; but there are moments when, if any one performs an act of kindness towards him, or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were, with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equalled...
- Mary Shelley
...I never saw a more interesting creature: his eyes have generally an expression of wildness, and even madness; but there are moments when, if any one performs an act of kindness towards him, or does him any the most trifling service, his whole countenance is lighted up, as it were, with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equalled...
- Mary Shelley
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Word of the Day for Wednesday June 8, 2005
glutinous \GLOOT-nuhs\, adjective: Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; sticky.
"What do you mean?" I said, my mouth glutinous with melted marshmallow and caramel.
--T. Coraghessan Boyle, T. C. Boyle Stories
At this point Leonardo wakes, decides the sensation is extraordinary but not death, and gazing up through the glutinous film of boiled carrot drippings, says: No, Salai will be riding a horse.
--R. M. Berry, Leonardo's Horse
Besides, the sensation of glutinous raw egg-yolk sliding down my throat like a plump mollusc would not necessarily be helpful in my current state.
--Victoria Moore, "Dog daze - young alcoholics' way of life," New Statesman, January 1, 1999
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Glutinous derives from Latin glutinosus, from gluten, glutin-, "glue."
glutinous \GLOOT-nuhs\, adjective: Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; sticky.
"What do you mean?" I said, my mouth glutinous with melted marshmallow and caramel.
--T. Coraghessan Boyle, T. C. Boyle Stories
At this point Leonardo wakes, decides the sensation is extraordinary but not death, and gazing up through the glutinous film of boiled carrot drippings, says: No, Salai will be riding a horse.
--R. M. Berry, Leonardo's Horse
Besides, the sensation of glutinous raw egg-yolk sliding down my throat like a plump mollusc would not necessarily be helpful in my current state.
--Victoria Moore, "Dog daze - young alcoholics' way of life," New Statesman, January 1, 1999
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Glutinous derives from Latin glutinosus, from gluten, glutin-, "glue."
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
S Adams
Knew a guy once back home - the sort that will talk continuously about very dull stuff without allowing you to get a word in edgewise, and almost impossible to politely disengage from.
He was notorious at parties. Everybody avoided him. I forget who it was, but someone eventually dubbed him Glutinous Maximus.
Wonder where he is now. Actually no, strike that - I don't.
He was notorious at parties. Everybody avoided him. I forget who it was, but someone eventually dubbed him Glutinous Maximus.
Wonder where he is now. Actually no, strike that - I don't.
Colourless green ideas sleep furiously
Word of the Day for Thursday June 9, 2005
durance \DUR-uhn(t)s; DYUR-\, noun: 1. Imprisonment; confinement or restraint by or as if by force (usually used in the phrase "durance vile"). 2. [Archaic] Endurance.
As any ex-con emerging from durance vile eventually realizes, things haven't remained the same on the outside while he was doing time.
--"Deri's non-comeback," Jerusalem Post, June 27, 2003
Escaping from durance vile, our hero discovers the village where his colleague parked the trusty Tiger Moth.
--Frederick Forsyth, "Impatient with The English Patient," Spectator, March 29, 1997
One is like a prisoner, without a moment's respite from durance vile.
--Leah Garrett, "Trains and Train Travel in Modern Yiddish Literature," Jewish Social Studies, January 1, 2001
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Durance is from Middle English duraunce, "duration," from Old French durance, from durer, "to last; to endure," from Latin durare
durance \DUR-uhn(t)s; DYUR-\, noun: 1. Imprisonment; confinement or restraint by or as if by force (usually used in the phrase "durance vile"). 2. [Archaic] Endurance.
As any ex-con emerging from durance vile eventually realizes, things haven't remained the same on the outside while he was doing time.
--"Deri's non-comeback," Jerusalem Post, June 27, 2003
Escaping from durance vile, our hero discovers the village where his colleague parked the trusty Tiger Moth.
--Frederick Forsyth, "Impatient with The English Patient," Spectator, March 29, 1997
One is like a prisoner, without a moment's respite from durance vile.
--Leah Garrett, "Trains and Train Travel in Modern Yiddish Literature," Jewish Social Studies, January 1, 2001
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Durance is from Middle English duraunce, "duration," from Old French durance, from durer, "to last; to endure," from Latin durare
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
S Adams
Word of the Day for Monday June 13, 2005
blandishment \BLAN-dish-muhnt\, noun: Speech or action that flatters and tends to coax, entice, or persuade; allurement -- often used in the plural.
But she had not risen at all to the law fellow's blandishments, his attempts to interest her in his ideas and persuade her to set forth her own.
--John Bayley, Elegy for Iris
And that my English-speaking victims find my blandishments so pretty, accented as they are, and yield to my soft lustrous Italian pronunciations, is a constant source of bliss for me.
--Anne Rice, Vittorio, the Vampire
Perfect, gentle reader: I will not begin this book with a tribute to your discernment, because a person of your obvious accomplishments would certainly be immune to such blandishments.
--Richard Stengel, You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery
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Blandishment ultimately comes from Latin blandiri, "to flatter, caress, coax," from blandus, "flattering, mild."
blandishment \BLAN-dish-muhnt\, noun: Speech or action that flatters and tends to coax, entice, or persuade; allurement -- often used in the plural.
But she had not risen at all to the law fellow's blandishments, his attempts to interest her in his ideas and persuade her to set forth her own.
--John Bayley, Elegy for Iris
And that my English-speaking victims find my blandishments so pretty, accented as they are, and yield to my soft lustrous Italian pronunciations, is a constant source of bliss for me.
--Anne Rice, Vittorio, the Vampire
Perfect, gentle reader: I will not begin this book with a tribute to your discernment, because a person of your obvious accomplishments would certainly be immune to such blandishments.
--Richard Stengel, You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery
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Blandishment ultimately comes from Latin blandiri, "to flatter, caress, coax," from blandus, "flattering, mild."
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
S Adams
"Blimey! Ah coom in at usual time an' made bloomer, tha knaws. Soom blinkered blighter blared a bluidy blietzkrieg of blathering blandishments on me so reet awaay, weel, Ah went an' bloodgeoned the bluidy bloater an' blasted 'im joost right wi' trusty blunderbuss!"
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Looks like Felonius has reverted to his Mother-Tongue again.
Now we know why he's such a good "English-as-a Second-Language" teacher - personal experience.
Now we know why he's such a good "English-as-a Second-Language" teacher - personal experience.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
"So where the hell is he?" -- Laurie
Word of the Day for Tuesday June 14, 2005
peradventure \puhr-uhd-VEN-chuhr; pehr-\, adverb: [Archaic] Possibly; perhaps.
noun: Chance, uncertainty, or doubt.
It establishes beyond any peradventure of doubt that they were all wet and all wrong in their reports about the weapons of mass destruction, the chemical weapons, the biological weapons and the coming nuclear weapons as well.
--Daniel Schorr, interview, "Weekend Edition - Saturday," with Susan Stamberg, National Public Radio, July 10, 2004
The problem with Steve is that he looks like a liar. He is what a liar ought to look like. When he's telling God's own truth, hallelujah, you are certain beyond peradventure that he is lying.
--"The journal of Lynton Charles," New Statesman, March 4, 2002
And he was, beyond peradventure, the greatest reforming Labour prime minister of the last century.
--Peter Oborne, "Mr Blair has virtually unlimited power," Spectator, June 30, 2001
But the true face of Soviet power -- and the reality of international politics -- became clear beyond peradventure before long.
--George Bailey and Brian Crozier, "Revolution against revolution," National Review, October 14, 1988
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Peradventure derives from Old French per aventure, "by chance," from per, "through" (from Latin) + aventure, "chance," ultimately from the past participle of Latin advenire, "to arrive," from ad-, "to; toward" + venire, "to come."
peradventure \puhr-uhd-VEN-chuhr; pehr-\, adverb: [Archaic] Possibly; perhaps.
noun: Chance, uncertainty, or doubt.
It establishes beyond any peradventure of doubt that they were all wet and all wrong in their reports about the weapons of mass destruction, the chemical weapons, the biological weapons and the coming nuclear weapons as well.
--Daniel Schorr, interview, "Weekend Edition - Saturday," with Susan Stamberg, National Public Radio, July 10, 2004
The problem with Steve is that he looks like a liar. He is what a liar ought to look like. When he's telling God's own truth, hallelujah, you are certain beyond peradventure that he is lying.
--"The journal of Lynton Charles," New Statesman, March 4, 2002
And he was, beyond peradventure, the greatest reforming Labour prime minister of the last century.
--Peter Oborne, "Mr Blair has virtually unlimited power," Spectator, June 30, 2001
But the true face of Soviet power -- and the reality of international politics -- became clear beyond peradventure before long.
--George Bailey and Brian Crozier, "Revolution against revolution," National Review, October 14, 1988
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Peradventure derives from Old French per aventure, "by chance," from per, "through" (from Latin) + aventure, "chance," ultimately from the past participle of Latin advenire, "to arrive," from ad-, "to; toward" + venire, "to come."
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
S Adams
Word of the Day for Wednesday June 15, 2005
antiquarian \an-tuh-KWAIR-ee-uhn\, noun: One who collects, studies, or deals in objects or relics from the past.
adjective: 1. Of or pertaining to antiquarians or objects or relics from the past. 2 Dealing in or concerned with old or rare books.
From the depositions filed with the Loyalist Claims Commission after the Revolution, from a handful of letters gathered by an antiquarian at the beginning of the twentieth century, and from scattered court papers in scattered archives, it is possible to piece together some of the family's history.
--Linda K. Kerber, No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies
Except to antiquarians and preservationists, silent cinema has little presence on the cultural radar screen, its landmark films unrented on video, its iconic images spotted only as fodder for video collage on MTV.
--Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood
Indeed, the evident attention to detail and studied historicism bore the impress of Truefitt's years with the antiquarian Cottingham.
--Francis R. Kowsky, Country, Park & City
A friend of mine, the manager of an antiquarian bookshop in Leningrad in the 1960s, told me that he remembered well the twice-monthly visits of a matronly lady from the censorship bureau, who spent hours rifling through the thousands of books on his shelves, checking them against her latest copy of the Summary List (which was always being updated).
--David King, The Commissar Vanishes
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Antiquarian is from Latin antiquarius, "pertaining to antiquity," from antiquus, "ancient."
WIFE: You are an antiquarian!
HUSBAND: Yes I am, but since I spent all my time dealing with you, what does that make you?
antiquarian \an-tuh-KWAIR-ee-uhn\, noun: One who collects, studies, or deals in objects or relics from the past.
adjective: 1. Of or pertaining to antiquarians or objects or relics from the past. 2 Dealing in or concerned with old or rare books.
From the depositions filed with the Loyalist Claims Commission after the Revolution, from a handful of letters gathered by an antiquarian at the beginning of the twentieth century, and from scattered court papers in scattered archives, it is possible to piece together some of the family's history.
--Linda K. Kerber, No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies
Except to antiquarians and preservationists, silent cinema has little presence on the cultural radar screen, its landmark films unrented on video, its iconic images spotted only as fodder for video collage on MTV.
--Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood
Indeed, the evident attention to detail and studied historicism bore the impress of Truefitt's years with the antiquarian Cottingham.
--Francis R. Kowsky, Country, Park & City
A friend of mine, the manager of an antiquarian bookshop in Leningrad in the 1960s, told me that he remembered well the twice-monthly visits of a matronly lady from the censorship bureau, who spent hours rifling through the thousands of books on his shelves, checking them against her latest copy of the Summary List (which was always being updated).
--David King, The Commissar Vanishes
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Antiquarian is from Latin antiquarius, "pertaining to antiquity," from antiquus, "ancient."
WIFE: You are an antiquarian!
HUSBAND: Yes I am, but since I spent all my time dealing with you, what does that make you?
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
S Adams
Just to punctuate his beliefs on the topic beyond all peradventure, Kvetch wandered into the new age paraphenalia shop in piccadilly, bellied up to the bare-footed pot-smoking dead-head aquarian behind the counter, and plunked down his lifetime membership card in Anti-quarian Anglophiles Associated.
I'm running a little late.
Word of the Day for Thursday June 16, 2005
naif \nah-EEF; ny-\, adjective: Naive.
noun: A naive or inexperienced person.
It is only very naif critics who think that all one's influences must be contemporary.
--John Fowles, Wormholes
Their money-grubbing game: they feign a tragic past and prey on the sympathies of unsuspecting naifs, fishing for bank account numbers or photocopies of passports.
--Nathalie Atkinson, "Con heir," Toronto Life, September 1, 2003
Believing nothing, the skeptic is blind; believing everything, the naif is lame.
--"We Are All Wayfarers On the Waves of Time," Hinduism Today, November 30, 1998
But underneath their differences, they're variations on a theme: one a naif, one worldly-wise who learns from the naif.
--Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, "Torched Songs," Palm Beach Post, September 15, 2000
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Naif comes from French, from Old French naif, "naive, natural, just born," from Latin nativus, "native, rustic," literally "born, inborn, natural," from Latin nativus, "inborn, produced by birth," from natus, past participle of nasci, "to be born."
Word of the Day for Thursday June 16, 2005
naif \nah-EEF; ny-\, adjective: Naive.
noun: A naive or inexperienced person.
It is only very naif critics who think that all one's influences must be contemporary.
--John Fowles, Wormholes
Their money-grubbing game: they feign a tragic past and prey on the sympathies of unsuspecting naifs, fishing for bank account numbers or photocopies of passports.
--Nathalie Atkinson, "Con heir," Toronto Life, September 1, 2003
Believing nothing, the skeptic is blind; believing everything, the naif is lame.
--"We Are All Wayfarers On the Waves of Time," Hinduism Today, November 30, 1998
But underneath their differences, they're variations on a theme: one a naif, one worldly-wise who learns from the naif.
--Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, "Torched Songs," Palm Beach Post, September 15, 2000
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Naif comes from French, from Old French naif, "naive, natural, just born," from Latin nativus, "native, rustic," literally "born, inborn, natural," from Latin nativus, "inborn, produced by birth," from natus, past participle of nasci, "to be born."
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
S Adams
