Interesting word. Had to check the etymology: from French jérémiade (1762), in reference to "Lamentations of Jeremiah" in the Old Testament.
From the prophet Jeremiah? Got to be... ETA: whoops, just noticed Louanne's post... but I thought of it immediately, I swear!
I want to recite short stories, and apposite sounds too much like opposite, so I don't think I will actually use it that much. Apt, relevant, suitable, there are already plenty of synonyms that sound different and convey the meaning clear enough.
Can't quite figure out where to put this so I'll put it here—I learned that the two seemingly different meanings of Spell (two of them anyway) are actually identical. Or super closely related. When language first came into being words were magic, and so you would spell them. When the letters are put together properly, and words as well, they carry meaning, and that my friends is magic. Animal sounds shaped and combined to carry meaning. What a revolutionary concept, that we take completely for granted. Far more powerful in a way than the Gutenberg press.
Chatoyant adjective (Of agem, especially when cut en cabochon) showing a band of bright lustre caused by reflection from inclusions in the stone.
Interesting because I learned this word from your post and it came up in a book I was reading last night. Thanks!
There’s actually a list of a number of unusual phobias. Here are some you may not have heard. Arachibutyrophobia: fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. Nomophobia: fear of being without your mobile phone. Xanthophobia: fear of the colour yellow. Pogonophobia: fear of beards. Vestiphobia: fear of clothing. Eisoptrophobia: fear of mirrors Deipnophobia: fear of dining with others. .
Is there a "mania" for fear of washing dishes? I would rather have a roofing tack driven into my skull than to wash dishes. Is this even abnormal? I am sure there are millions that feel as I do.
See, when I was younger, I wasn't sure if "the die is cast" meant that someone had thrown some dice, or if a die (e.g. a coin die) had been made by casting it in metal. The phrase could in theory mean either.
I have been trying to fit that word. Even biting off chunks it still is more than a mouthful. I shall print it and tack it over the sink!
This is the greatest movie you've probably never seen. The Razor's Edge, based on the Somerset Maugham book. And I love washing dishes because of it.
Barratry noun ARCHAIC fraud or gross negligence of a ship's master or crew at the expense of its owners or users.
