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    Posted: 31 Jan 2019 at 3:19pm
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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Originally posted by Random Random wrote:

Cacoethes: an irresistible urge to do something inadvisable

Now I need to figure out how to pronounce it.


It is pronounced cacoethes, pretty much just like it sounds!
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Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:

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


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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Originally posted by Suave Suave wrote:

Originally posted by Random Random wrote:

Cacoethes: an irresistible urge to do something inadvisable

Now I need to figure out how to pronounce it.


It is pronounced cacoethes, pretty much just like it sounds!


You crack me up, good sir.
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Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:

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

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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Originally posted by bartelbysamsa bartelbysamsa wrote:

"My, that gridelin mushroom looks esculent! I have a real cacoethes to eat it."

Gorgeous sentence!! 
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Originally posted by Janetinputney Janetinputney wrote:

Originally posted by Zelda Zelda wrote:

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

Is your novel a sci-fi?  Because it sounds kinda space like.  Or dark like fences are closing in on someone... 


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! LOL
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noun

reputation 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.

adjective

having or showing success, rank, wealth, etc.
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