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I liked apotheosis the way it was used in the Gap :)

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1 entry found for roynish.
roynish

\Royn"ish\, a. [F. rogneux, from rogne scab, mange, itch.] Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. [Written also roinish.] [Obs.] ``The roynish clown.'' --Shak.


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Did I say that I hate the word "Puissance" ?

Oh yes, I already did! :lol:
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MrKABC wrote:Did I say that I hate the word "Puissance" ?

Oh yes, I already did! :lol:
That get's my vote - makes me feel like gritting my teeth and closing my eyes against it....
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Eldritch Tarn.

Don't know about the other books, but it cropped up several times in ROTE and started to grate!
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'vertigo' from LFB springs to mind.
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To the best of my knowledge, these words only appear once throughout the entire Chronicles, but they still caught my attention: 'tor' and 'col' (from Brinn's explanation of the seduction of the merewives.) I remember thinking "What the hell does that mean?"
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..Concerning " puissance"..that word makes me laff. There is a term for those kinds of words,at this time I can't recall,,and if there isn't a term, there ought to be.
..The phonetics of the word, directs the mind in one direction , but the actual meaning..is contray, in a sense. As in " puissance",,while conotations of casper milque toast may come to mind in the hearing of it..its actual meaning is..strength. SRD uses it to such frequency,,I have to believe he is trying to tell us something by doing so. Am I the only one who no problem looking up words SRD finds in Olde English Dictionarys and attempts to see the "play" in his usage?
...Sorry,,by his repeated use of a or any word,,the dividend on possibly having to look it up,,is enriched at every repeated use...Its when one can " feel" a word that it can become uncomfortable. But that is enriching also. He used the word flensing, i think twice in Rune. Gave me the willies. And I'm going to go see the bio-pic on Bobby Darren tomorrow..............MEL
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Jeez, I'd forgotten about "vertigo" and all its various incarnations.
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Let's see...how about a three-way tie between roynish, telic, and carious? None of which exactly make sense in the context they're used...and they're used a lot. I've never understood what he means when he uses these words in some places, going by the only definitions of them I can find...it's only a little annoying though...
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fightingmyinstincts wrote:Let's see...how about a three-way tie between roynish, telic, and carious? None of which exactly make sense in the context they're used...and they're used a lot. I've never understood what he means when he uses these words in some places, going by the only definitions of them I can find...it's only a little annoying though...
You forgot PUISSANCE. Did I mention that I utterly and truly HATE that word?? :twisted:
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Just to be contrary, I'll say I like all the words offered so far. I also admire Donaldson's use of "condign" and "incodign". Yep, I sure do.
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Word: Succor

Phrase: "Hell and blood!"

Used together: Why can I not find succor? Hell and blood!
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I initially thought that formication might have some kind of sexual connotation. Imagine my surprise when I found that it really meant "an abnormal sensation as of insects running over or into the skin."
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Nav wrote:I initially thought that formication might have some kind of sexual connotation. Imagine my surprise when I found that it really meant "an abnormal sensation as of insects running over or into the skin."
That's fornication... :-P
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The first time I saw it, in Runes, I read it as "fornication" at first glance. Believe me, I did a quick double-take on that one.
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:LOLS: Yep, me too, pretty much every time I saw it...I must have an exceptionally dirty mind...Yar.
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8O Don't let those degenerates in the Pants Thread see this topic! :haha:
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fightingmyinstincts wrote::LOLS: Yep, me too, pretty much every time I saw it...I must have an exceptionally dirty mind...Yar.
<laughing> I still think "fornication" when I read those pages... Can't help it... I have never heard of the word "formication" until I picked up Runes!

Sooooo... where do I find a caesure so I can go get some fornication? And how much do I have to pay??? :twisted:
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