Today's words from http://phrontistery.info/clw.html concern games and hobbies. Rather enlightening as to the types of games allowed in times gone by and others that have endured! Ascoliasm 1706 -1753 boys' game of beating each other with gloves or...
Lurid - definition: 1. gruesome; horrible; 2. glaringly vivid or sensational Base instincts are difficult to confront at the best of times. Unfortunately, we are bombarded with gruesome scenes on the daily news ranging from senseless bombings to murders and violent...
Quiddity - definition: 1) an eccentricity : an odd feature 2) the essence, nature or distinctive peculiarity of a thing. If we are honest most of us have some eccentricity. It may not be anything extreme, or for that matter 'visible', just something peculiar to us. A...
Whodunnit - definition: a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal This is one genre I have not yet delved into but there is always time! As a British native the author who comes to mind for me is, of course, Agatha...