Vocabulary Lesson

[jackshoegazer]

In my ongoing quest to increase my vocabulary, I hereby present some of my latest additions, brought to you by Dictionary.com's Word of the Day. Some of them are very different than what I imagined them to mean.

saturnine \SAT-uhr-nyn\, adjective:
1. Born under or being under the astrological influence of the
planet Saturn.
2. Gloomy or sullen in disposition.
3. Having a sardonic or bitter aspect.

lionize \LY-uh-nyz\, transitive verb:
To treat or regard as an object great interest or importance.

finical \FIN-ih-kuhl\, adjective:
Extremely or unduly particular in standards or taste;
fastidious; finicky.

recreant \REK-ree-uhnt\, adjective:
1. Cowardly; craven.
2. Unfaithful; disloyal.

tumid\TOO-mid; TYOO-\, adjective:
1. Swollen, enlarged, or distended; as, "a tumid leg."
2. Bulging; protuberant.
3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; inflated; bombastic.

unfledged \uhn-FLEJD\, adjective:
1. Lacking the feathers necessary for flight.
2. Not fully developed; immature.

betimes \bih-TYMZ\, adverb:
1. Early; in good time; before it is late.
2. At times; on occasion.
3. [Archaic] Soon; in a short time.

glutinous \GLOOT-nuhs\, adjective:
Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; sticky.

durance \DUR-uhn(t)s; DYUR-\, noun:
1. Imprisonment; confinement or restraint by or as if by force
(usually used in the phrase "durance vile").
2. [Archaic] Endurance.

Comments

[anubis75.livejournal.com]

I'm about as saturnine as they come without being completely morose.

[maeghanne.livejournal.com]

Oh please! ;)

[anubis75.livejournal.com]

Ask [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] what a cynical bastard I can be; P

[maeghanne.livejournal.com]

Haha!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Based on your posts, I don't see that at all. If I had to use planetary energies to describe my impressions of you, I would say you're very Jupiterian with just enough Saturn to keep you from expanding into oblivion, with just a dash of Mercury and Pluto for flavor.

[anubis75.livejournal.com]

Well when you're a January-born aquarian you can't help but have a strong Saturnian influennce. I'd say the Jupiter is what I strive for.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

It could be worse. You could have Capricornian Sea-Goats beating down your astrological doors :)