Dragonfly: Any of various large insects of the order Odonata or suborder Anisoptera, having a long slender body and two pairs of narrow, net-veined wings that are usually held outstretched while the insect is at rest. Also called regionally darner, darning needle, mosquito fly, mosquito hawk, needle, skeeter hawk.
Poetry: The art or work of a poet.
Prolixity: Excessive wordiness in speech or writing; longwindedness
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way. ~Vincent Van Gogh~ Pull up a chair...
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What a beautiful word. One for the notebook.
ReplyDeletewell, why the hell is that word obsolete? it's freaking awesome that there is a word for this specifically:)))
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erin
We need to bring that word back into use.
ReplyDeleteJonathan, I put it in my word book, too. I plan to use it all winter. ;-) xo
ReplyDeleteErin, I know, right??? We need to all start using it and make people have to look it up and be awed by it. I think it's an awesome word. xo
Kelly, for sure. I used it twice yesterday. I had to tell Ray what it meant because he won't use the dictionary. Ha! xo