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Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 3:19pm |
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Cacoethes: an irresistible urge to do something inadvisable Now I need to figure out how to pronounce it.
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I like the word gridelin. I did a search for a word to describe grayish-purple (or purplish-gray) and that's the word. My friend suggested I use it as the interim title of my current novel-in-progress, so what the heck? Gridelin.
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It is pronounced cacoethes, pretty much just like it sounds!
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That is a beautiful and useful word to add to the ol' armoury. Thank you! I am personally very fond of the word 'esculent'. Fit to be eaten! I often find it easier to remember words if I write them in a sentence, so: "My, that gridelin mushroom looks esculent! I have a real cacoethes to eat it." |
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You crack me up, good sir.
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Pithy sayings are for the apt. For a longer message, you need a condo.
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Is your novel a sci-fi? Because it sounds kinda space like. Or dark like fences are closing in on someone... |
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Gorgeous sentence!!
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Ooh, thanks for asking!! And yeah, you're really close! The gridelin aspect is the fog, which is closing around the church. The story's supposed to be a gothic horror novel, but whenever I try to write horror, it comes out campy. It cracks me up!
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Edited by Lynne - 01 Feb 2019 at 7:14pm |
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nounreputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes. distinction or reputation attaching to a person or thing and thus possessing a cachet for others or for the public: The new discothèque has great prestige with the jet set. adjectivehaving or showing success, rank, wealth, etc. |
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