I think my apartment building HAS domovoye. They live in the bowels of the airshaft and blow cold, cigarette-smelling air at us through the silverware drawer. They also play "music" on bedsprings when the wind blows. Sometimes after we make them offerings of old boots and milk, they stop blowing cigarette smoke at us and blow incense instead.
I'm not sure whether I love crepuscular or hate it. I love that there's a word for this concept, but the actual word itself seems more descriptive of an infected, peeling scab.
It really is a shame that "gingivitis" means a painful inflammation of the gums. It is such a nice word. It should refer to some kind of fizzy, gingery concoction that peps you up during the cold winter months.
emily_morine commented on the user arielarielariel
Awww, you're a pretty efficacious lingual doyenne yrself.
Jan 3, 2007
emily_morine commented on the word domovoi
I think my apartment building HAS domovoye. They live in the bowels of the airshaft and blow cold, cigarette-smelling air at us through the silverware drawer. They also play "music" on bedsprings when the wind blows. Sometimes after we make them offerings of old boots and milk, they stop blowing cigarette smoke at us and blow incense instead.
Dec 10, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word rhombomine
Raccoon-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word terrapine
Turtle-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word corvine
Crow-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word colubine
(Racer) Snake-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word crotaline
Rattlesnake-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word dasypine
Armadillo-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word delphine
Dolphin-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word orcine
Like a killer whale.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word ursine
(Grizzly) Bear-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word varanine
Like a monitor lizard.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word actinine
Sandpiper-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word macropodine
Kangaroo-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word meline
Badger-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word acrine
Frog-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word butine
Hawk-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word bosine
Yak-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word ovine
Sheep-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word lapine
Hare-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word cervine
Deer-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word caprine
Like an ibex.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word bubaline
Like a water-buffalo.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word myrmecophagine
Anteater-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word phocine
Seal-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word martine
Sable-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word musteline
Weasel-like.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word alopine
Like an arctic fox.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word crepuscular
I'm not sure whether I love crepuscular or hate it. I love that there's a word for this concept, but the actual word itself seems more descriptive of an infected, peeling scab.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word homunculus
OK, so I more like the concept of a homunculus than the actual word, but it's fairly descriptive.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word vivisection
OK, I just love the "vi" sound. It gets me every time.
Dec 8, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word afflatus
Far from seeming a good match to "a divine inspiration," this word reminds me of flatulence. Actually, maybe that's fitting. I'm not sure.
Dec 7, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word interstice
Such a nice knitty word. Just saying it is like splicing together a tricky seam.
Dec 7, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word gingivitis
It really is a shame that "gingivitis" means a painful inflammation of the gums. It is such a nice word. It should refer to some kind of fizzy, gingery concoction that peps you up during the cold winter months.
Dec 7, 2006
emily_morine commented on the word apercevoir
I just love the sound of this word, especially in the first conjugation: j'aperçois.
Dec 7, 2006