Part of the pleasure of a SD book is the rarely-used words that pop out the page at you. IDHTBIFOM, but I know there were several in FR.
"Lacustrine" appears at least three times, including the punchy phrase "lacustrine roborant".
"Chabdys" is used to describe the Harrow's clothing at one point. I am off to find out what that means.
There were a couple more - one beginning with 'S' that I can't recall right now - but please feel free to add others.
ISTR there was also a great one line paragraph that I may adapt as my sig, something about Linden thinking she was destined to live surrounded by halfhands.
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Wordy words from FR
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Re: Wordy words from FR
"Surquedry" - pride, arrogance.thranathiril wrote: There were a couple more - one beginning with 'S' that I can't recall right now - but please feel free to add others.
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That was it! Thanks.dlbpharmd wrote: "Surquedry" - pride, arrogance.
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I saw "ensorcelled" several times. It appears to mean "under the effect of sorcery or a spell," or something along those lines. Love the vocabulary lessons. Love love love..........I wish I had made notes of the new words so I could share the meanings when I looked them up. SRD is a linguistic genius.
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..no so much repeated ,,and even used only once or twice:
elegiac..of mournful quality
threnody..a lament
cantrip..a mischievous playful act ( a trick)
lenitive...arcane medicine,,( a laxative..?)
crepuscular..resembling or relating to twilight
pennon,,,swallow tailed flag,,another term for pennant
numinous,,have a strong religous or spiritual quality
sensorium..all the faculties considered as a whole
and of course,,
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elegiac..of mournful quality
threnody..a lament
cantrip..a mischievous playful act ( a trick)
lenitive...arcane medicine,,( a laxative..?)
crepuscular..resembling or relating to twilight
pennon,,,swallow tailed flag,,another term for pennant
numinous,,have a strong religous or spiritual quality
sensorium..all the faculties considered as a whole
and of course,,
lurch... the nom de plume of a poster at KW
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what about <i>munificence</i>?
I had to look that one up, and it appears in FR with different variations.
I've read near to 40 novels in the last 2 years and that's the first time I remember seeing that word.
It's certainly a word that I've never heard anyone use in daily converse.
I had to look that one up, and it appears in FR with different variations.
I've read near to 40 novels in the last 2 years and that's the first time I remember seeing that word.
It's certainly a word that I've never heard anyone use in daily converse.
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howabout,,coign,,rite there in the opening line..Interesting a dictionary mentions,, the phrase,,coign of vantage,,being first used by Shakespeare in Macbeth...Now..I take one step further...on page two,,Donaldson completes the homage' with the words,,"vantage point".
Banquo in Macbeth uses Coign Of Vantage in a small way before Macbeth's Castle,(Act 1 Scene VI,)basically a stating of how Macbeth's home seems so very nice..Its a statement of naivete'...So..Donaldson begins FR with a tip of the hat to the bard,,referring to Linden's naivete'..a bit of wit and Humor?.I swear to the Creator.. If I hear one more person going on about being disappointed with this book..
Banquo in Macbeth uses Coign Of Vantage in a small way before Macbeth's Castle,(Act 1 Scene VI,)basically a stating of how Macbeth's home seems so very nice..Its a statement of naivete'...So..Donaldson begins FR with a tip of the hat to the bard,,referring to Linden's naivete'..a bit of wit and Humor?.I swear to the Creator.. If I hear one more person going on about being disappointed with this book..
If she withdrew from exaltation, she would be forced to think- And every thought led to fear and contradictions; to dilemmas for which she was unprepared.
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If you're talking about the Viles conversation, the word was actually "synesthesia," I think: A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.lurch wrote: sensorium..all the faculties considered as a whole
If you're talking about something beyond page 377, then don't tell me.
Good to have you back, Lurch! I've missed your quirky locutions!
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PUISSANT! puissance etc ....man ..it was really starting to puiss me off, it just doesn't seem to roll off the tongue for me, but I kinda got used to it.
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Indeed. You are not yet puissant enough to master the puissance. But it will come with time. Or maybe it was thyme. I can't remember. Anyway, to be sure, make an infusion of thyme and keep on reading, and we'll do this again in a month.ur-Thor wrote:PUISSANT! puissance etc ....man ..it was really starting to puiss me off, it just doesn't seem to roll off the tongue for me, but I kinda got used to it.
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