Donaldson's Obscure Words - Official Thread

Post by **Landwaster** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:13 am

Crikey ... makes you ask yourself sometimes, doesn't it : why do I make so much work for myself?

Post by **W.B.** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:58 am

Why, so you can get that coveted membership to the masochists' club.

Post by **Roynish** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:43 am

The list is awesome. I am starting a reread of the first chronicles.
I noticed in my reading of the second chronicles a remarkable drop off of words in WGW. I think the hunting is far better previous to the last.

Landwaster again I commend you for taking up the bat and running with it.

An awesome resource is building.

Regards, Roynish.

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 5:59 pm

This is much too cool a thread to be down near the bottom of the second page...in fact, I wish someone would sticky it...

Post by **Landwaster** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 1:06 pm

I been asking for someone to sticky it

Nobody listens to me

Post by **DukkhaWaynhim** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:12 pm

INTERNET RESEARCHED WORDS

dromond (DROH-mond), ????, n. In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel

encyst (en-CIST) ??? v. To enclose in or as if in a cyst. [cyst: pathology term for an abnormal membranous sac containing a gaseous, liquid, or semisolid substance]

habiliments (ha-BIL-eh-ments) TOT-21 n. 1. clothing, especially the identifying clothing of an occasion or affiliation. 2. characteristic furnishings.

rue (ROO) ??? n., v. regret, remorse, or sorrow.

sabulous (SAB-yuh-lus) ??? adj. gritty or sandy.

sendaline (SEN-da-lin) ???, adj. having the characteristics of sendal: a thin silk fabric used in the middle ages, capable of holding most silk dyes.

vigas (VEE-guhs) ??? (pl. of viga) n. [Southwestern architecture] A rafter or roofbeam, especially a trimmed and peeled tree trunk whose end projects from an outside adobe wall.

guerdon (GAIR-dun) TPTP-???, n. a reward or payment; recompense.

REACHES / EDUCATED GUESSES
tersity [what context?] My guess is that it is a shorter way of saying terseness, which means "brief and to the point; effectively concise."

Hope this helps

This is a great resource!!

DukkhaWaynhim
[Weirdy, wordy, dictionerdy!]

Post by **W.B.** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 4:03 pm

Yeah, it's an unusual noun form of terse (adj.), and tersness is the more usual noun. But Donaldson wouldn't want to use the common form of the word.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:17 pm

Crepuscular was my favorite. It was used in Illearth War once, and then a bunch of times in Wounded Land, IIRC.

Post by **Dragonlily** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:03 pm

L. Ron Hubbard used crepuscular a lot.

Post by **danlo** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 12:53 am

That explains a lot LOL!!!

Post by **Landwaster** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:59 pm

Updated with Dukkha's additions and also with ochre/ocher

Post by **DukkhaWaynhim** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:40 am

Landwaster, you rock!!

DukkhaWaynhim
[Weird, warped, and wassail-ready!]

Post by **Landwaster** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:53 am

*does air guitar solo*

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 8:01 pm

Post by **dANdeLION** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:33 pm

Joy wrote:L. Ron Hubbard used crepuscular a lot.

NOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I am so NOT a fan of Mr. Scientology

Post by **matrixman** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:18 pm

Post by **markjeffrey** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:34 am

Yes, what IS it with Word Boy (SRD) and his penchant for effusive usage of preternaturally excessive verbiage? I mean I love the books, but for crying out loud would be nice to make it through a sentence without brain-splatting on a 16 syllable eye-crosser all the time.

Somebody has to ask him what it is with him and his 50 cent words at Elohimfest. And call him WordBoy when you do. I dare you.

Post by **Dragonlily** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:18 am

markjeffrey wrote:Somebody has to ask him what it is with him and his 50 cent words at Elohimfest. And call him WordBoy when you do. I dare you.

That's obviously your role, markjeffrey.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:24 pm

Oh and I WILL! I'm not afraid of SRD! BRING IT ON! I'll call him WordBoy and even say Bloody Hellfire when I do! I might even pay his phone bill for him! Or bring this icebox down around his ears!

But most of all, I'll ask him why, oh why, do I have to study honors vocabulary at the Loresraat or become an Unfettered One of word-lore just to slog through two paragraphs of anything he writes???

I mean, did he fail a vocabulary test as a small child and did it scar him for life? what what WHAT WHAT?? What is it?? He KNOWS we have no clue what these words mean! He knows we're going to have to get out a dictionary and look them up!

Post by **markjeffrey** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:30 pm

oh AND BY THE WAY, THAT WAS ME WHO WROTE THAT LAST POST!

I just forgot to login before I did. But I didn't want SRD to think I was a chicken and posting anonymously! I'm not afraid of him and his big words!

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