Word O’ Day

Hello, and welcome to yet another installment of Word O’ Day.

Even in today’s world of steroid-infused superstars, Today’s WOD is surely a juicer:  Defenestration. 

Defenestration, a noun pronounced dee-fen-uh-strey-shuhn, means the act of throwing something, often a person of power, from a window. It is derived from the Latin word for window.

Runnin’ on Usage:  Henrietta’s cat Chalmers had mounted a veritable invasion of Ronald’s personal space, and while this was immediately somewhat amusing to the young man, it eventually led to the restive grimalkin’s defenestration from Ronald’s 2nd floor chambers.

That’s all for now!

-Eric

It has been a long while since last I wrote one of these. Never fear, you will be placated! I’d like to say the gap was due to a lack of good words, but really it was just sloth. While I acknowledge my laziness, I certainly hope to avoid the severity of Thephrastus’ representation of that particular sin, which he identifies as, 

a lazy and beastly negligence of a man’s own person, whereby he becomes so sordid as to be offensive to those about him.

With my utmost apologies, today’s WOD is a thriller:  Caparison.

Caparison, a noun pronounced kuh-par-uh-suhn, is an ornamental covering or tack for a horse.  It can also mean, generally, rich or resplendent clothing.  Additionally, it may be employed as a verb, meaning to cover a horse with a caparison, or, generally again, to adorn opulently.  It is derived form an Old Spanish word for cape, which was, in turn, from a Latin word for cloak.

Lesser leather never weathered wetter Usage better:  As the two grew closer, each involving the other more in their daily decisions and pursuits, inevitably, the debate over which caparison was best suited to Ronald’s favorite Hanoverian set them at odds, with Ronald preferring a traditional knight-themed model to Henrietta’s more modern and flamboyant bullfighting selection.

Those two are going to have to learn to get along if they want this thing to last.

Tralala,

-Eric