incarnadine [in-kahr-nuh-dahyn, -din, -deen]

adjective:
1 blood-red; crimson
2 flesh-colored; pale pink
verb:
to make incarnadine, redden

Examples:

Inspired by the dreamlike, incarnadine color schemes of the series' covers, this piece exudes a fresh and fearsome attitude befitting an unapologetic battler of demons and fantastic beasts. ( ( Read more... )

adjective:
(Scot and North England) disgusting, horrid; loathsome

Examples:

In a sometimes ugsome, plague-filled world of violence and adventure that evokes the swashbuckling nature of The Count of Monte Cristo, you're presented with so many super heroic abilities, you feel like an omniscient kid in a candy store. (Harold Goldberg, 2012 In ( Read more... )

flibbertigibbet [flib-er-tee-jib-it]

noun:
1 a silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person
2 (archaic) a gossip

Examples:

This is how we will stay strong through this crisis. Why, just last night I entered my bathroom a mild-mannered person sliding quickly into madness and emerged a self-proclaimed flibbertigibbet with red hair and a weird ( Read more... )

tetchy: [tech-ee]

adjective:  irritable, touchy, testy, bad-tempered.

First known use 1592 by Shakespeare in "Romeo and Juliet."  Obscure etymology.

brind·ed [ˈbrindəd]:
origin: (1623) Middle English; Old Norse brǫndóttr.


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It's Wednesday again, which means another installment of Shakespearean Imagination!

Without further ado, I give you today’s word:

varied : var•ied ˈve(ə)rēd/ (adjective) (verb):

adjective
- incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety

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Friends, what cheer?

It's Wednesday again, which means another installment of Shakespearean Imagination!

Without further ado, I give you today’s word:

gnarled : gnarled /närld/ (adjective):

adjective
- knobbly, rough, and twisted, particularly with age

Synonyms : knobbly, knotty, knotted, gnarly, lumpy, bumpy, nodular, twisted, bent, ( Read more... )

Friends, what cheer?

It's Wednesday again, which means another installment of Shakespearean Imagination!

without further ado, I give you today’s word:

summit : sum•mit /səmit/ (noun):

noun
- the highest point of a hill or mountain
- a meeting between heads of government

Synonyms : peak, crest, crown, apex, tip, cap, hilltop
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Friends, what cheer?

It's Wednesday again (or as good as), which means another installment of Shakespearean ImaginationThis week marks the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s baptism, and by extrapolation, his birth! Scholars are uncertain of his exact birthday, but records show he was baptised on 26th April 1564, which would indicate a birthday ( Read more... )

God save you, neighbours!

It's Wednesday, which means another installment of Shakespearean Imagination!

In honor of that, I give you today’s word:

mountaineer : moun•tain•eer /ˌmountnˈi(ə)r/ (noun):

noun
- a person who climbs mountains
- a person who lives in a mountainous region

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