| quoddamodotative (adj) | existing in a certain manner |
Small, but yet not small.
Tag Archives: word of the semi-week
Uxorious day
Of course the semi-week’s word has to be “uxorious”–meaning “excessively fond of one’s wife”.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Theomastix
This semi-week’s word might apply to this horrid winter we’ve been having. It’s a noun meaning “a punisher of mortals sent by God, or such a punishment”. Thanks, as usual, to the phrontistery for the definition.
Gawdelpus
This semi-week’s delightful word sounds just like what it is: it’s a “helpless person”. Hee hee!
Jactitation
This funny word of the semi-week means “a tossing, twitching or jerking of the body; a false claim”. Such a funny connection between a bodily movement and an abstraction. Courtesy of the Phrontistery.
Today I am old
My birthday just started. How did I get to be 26 so quickly? One nice thing about this being-alive process is that I’m not as easily bothered by things that really used to stick in my craw. I find it easier both to relax and to focus. Howbeit, I can’t resist an aging-related word of the semi-week. So I’ll just say I’m anicular–I am “like an old woman”.
Max-approved word of the semi-week: ailurophile
An ailurophile is a cat lover.
As you may imagine, this word has been in my vocabulary for quite a while.
Scrumptrulescent scallion pancakes
This semi-week’s word is an unusual choice; it’s a recent neologism to be found mostly on urbandictionary. It’s a word of passion; its tinge of Latinate classiness adds to the splendor it tries to express.
And I think it expresses well the deliciousness of scallion pancakes. If you’ve never had them, they’re thin, crispy, and multilayered, with tender morsels of scallion, the unctuous richness of sesame oil, and accompanied by a perky dipping sauce. They are definitely worth making a couple of times (I didn’t do them too well the first time; but have some patience). They’re really quite easy for their level of excellence.
I use this recipe, but I usually use part whole wheat flour. It improves the texture and adds an additional dimension of nuttiness. Scrumptrulescent!
The enemy of my enemy
Today on the side of the road, I spied a cop giving a ticket to a tow truck driver. I did not know whom to root for. I was truly emberlucocked. That’s this semi-week’s word, and it means “confused, bewildered”.
Word of the semi-week: gelid!
Well, I’ve been very derelict in my duties recently. Family time has eaten up all my energy, and I have eaten more than my share. But I’m back, and in honor of the huge cold monster bearing down upon practically the whole of North America, I give you this semi-week’s word: gelid.
It’s essentially an adjective for “extremely cold”, and it comes to us from the Latin gelu for “frost”. You’ll be seeing some of my pictures of this immense gelu pretty soon.
I am not very good at making snow men, as you’ll see. What I made was more a tiny snow Jabba the Hutt.
Thinky Fun 