adrian has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 1 list, listed 68 words, written 10 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 8 words.
adrian has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 1 list, listed 68 words, written 10 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 8 words.
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adrian commented on the list tess-of-the-dubervilles
toponyms
June 30, 2012
adrian commented on the list fuge
occurring in words (adj. and n.) f. mod.L. types in -fugus. According to classical L. analogy, this ending should be connected with fugĕre to flee (cf. profugus), and should have the sense 'fleeing from' (cf. lucifugus, erifuga). In the medical words febrifugus, lit. driving away fevers, vermifugus expelling worms, however, the ending derives its sense from L. fugāre, to put to flight. In imitation of the anglicized forms of these, nonce-wds. in -fuge have occasionally been formed; chiefly on Lat. stems, as DEMONIFUGE (q.v.), dolorifuge, something to drive away pain; but occasionally on Eng. words, as mendacity-fuge.
June 29, 2012
adrian commented on the word green malt in flour
Illegitimate pregnancy
June 26, 2012
adrian commented on the word Spotted Cow
English Ballad
June 26, 2012
adrian commented on the word clipsing and colling
Hugging about the waist and neck.
June 25, 2012
adrian commented on the word Forest of White Hart
"The Vale was known in former times as the Forest of White Hart, from a curious legend of King Henry III's reign, in which the killing by a certain Thomas de la Lynd of a beautiful white hart which the king had run down and spared, was made the occasion of a heavy fine."
— Tess of the d'Urbervilles
This "legend" also appears in a derivative work of the Battle Abbey Roll by Catherine Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland, titled The Battle Abbey Roll with some account of Norman lineages. It was published two years prior to Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
June 24, 2012
adrian commented on the word blackpot
Type of fatty blood sausage.
June 24, 2012
adrian commented on the word woof
"Weave we the woof. The thread is spun. The web is wove. The work is done."
— The Bard: A Pindaric Ode
June 4, 2012
adrian commented on the word shibboleth
"As her brain clouded over, as the memory of the views grew dim and the words of the book died away, she returned to her old shibboleth of nerves."
— A Room With A View
November 21, 2011
adrian commented on the user feedback
Thanks Erin, you're the best.
July 12, 2011