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Tag Archives: words
Mimesis
The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style. Jonathan Swift
A-words
ANI Tropical American birds related to the cuckoo ANG A Hollywood director ACERB Sour or bitter to the taste Abbe Title for lower-ranking Catholic clergymen in France ADANO Fctional town in Sicily from the novel, A Bell for Adano Of … Continue reading
Passage
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is ‘elephant’. Charlie Chaplin
Old wisedom
Eating words has never given me indigestion. Winston Churchill
Mimesis
There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary. Dave Barry
Quote
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling
Common incommons
ODAY American jazz singer OLIO English name for a Spanish stew also known as Olla podrida ORZO A pasta shaped like grains of rice, frequently used in soups. OBI A wide sash worn by women in Japan ODER A river … Continue reading
Echo
Freeing oneself from words is liberation. Bodhidharma
Short crosswordese words
Please take a look at some words, which are frequently found in crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. JIB A triangular sail set ahead of the foremost mast Ezra He led the second body of exiled Israelites that … Continue reading
Unforgetable
Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it. Eugene Delacroix