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Struthious

Posted by: foxrafer on: July 9, 2010

struthious \STROO-thee-us\ | adjective 1 : of or relating to the ostriches and related birds The ostrich genus is Struthio and its binomial name is Struthio camelus so struthious seems like a logical word. I can be quite struthious at times, sticking my head in the sand, although I understand that’s actually an ostrich myth. [...]

Congeries

Posted by: foxrafer on: July 8, 2010

congeries \KAHN-juh-reez\ | noun 1 : aggregation, collection New word for me; not sure if it’s ever something I would use. It makes me think it should be the name of a nation of people (The Congeries have one of the highest voter turnouts in the region.) Maybe I could use it for the name [...]


Willingness to join soil, sound, hands; memory follows me ~ Viggo Mortensen

 

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