MAKURA NO SOSHI: A WOMAN WHO LOVES INSECTS
Thursday, September 12, 2002
Words That Are Pleasing To Say Out Loud
bricolage
--
n.
(1) the process of making or assembling something from various materials at hand (2) something so made
persimmon
--
n.
(1) any of a genus (
Diospyros
) of trees of the ebony family with white, cup-shaped flowers, hard wood, and yellow or orange-red, plumlike fruit (2) the fruit, sour and astringent when green, but sweet and edible when thoroughly ripe
absinthe
--
n.
(1) wormwood (
Artemisia absinthium
) or its essence (2) (a) a green, bitter, toxic liqueur made with wormwood oil and anise: now illegal in most countries (b) a similar drink, as anis or pastis, made with a wormwood sbustitute --
absinthism
n.
a diseased condition caused by drinking too much absinthe
crepuscular
--
adj.
(1) of or like twilight; dim (2) active at twilight or just before sunrise (
crepuscular
insects)
tumescence
--
n.
to swell up, inceptive of
tumere
, to swell: see
TUMOR
(1) a swelling; distention (2) a swollen or distended part --
tumescent
adj.
susurrus
--
n.
a whispering, murmuring, or rustling sound
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