I like words. So I thought I'd start posting a "word of the day" post every so often either words that Ive just discovered or favorite words of mine. Ill try and provide sample sentences that are a little more interesting than the ones the spelling bee teachers gave
WORD OF THE DAY
stichomythia n : to speak dialogue in alternate lines also (ca 1861) : dialogue esp. of altercation or dispute delivered by two actors in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama)
The Lord rested on the seventh day, but no one talks of the 8th day, well, not a day so much as several hours lost to recorded memory, hours that screwed up time and calendars, forevermore, requiring an extra day every so many years, just to clear the error, the hours when God and Lucifer sang a duet of harmony and discord, a stichomythia giving contrast to the wondrous, infant universe light to shadow, melancholy to mirth, bitter to sweet, and, to the beauty of delicate, red petals, a vicious context in thorns.
WORD OF THE DAY
stichomythia n : to speak dialogue in alternate lines also (ca 1861) : dialogue esp. of altercation or dispute delivered by two actors in alternating lines (as in classical Greek drama)
The Lord rested on the seventh day, but no one talks of the 8th day, well, not a day so much as several hours lost to recorded memory, hours that screwed up time and calendars, forevermore, requiring an extra day every so many years, just to clear the error, the hours when God and Lucifer sang a duet of harmony and discord, a stichomythia giving contrast to the wondrous, infant universe light to shadow, melancholy to mirth, bitter to sweet, and, to the beauty of delicate, red petals, a vicious context in thorns.
elora1:
happy summer solstice! 