The Twofer One Drabblicious Special
In other words, I am doing Saturday and Sunday's drabble in the same post.
The first one is a cutesy, happy drabble befitting the crazy word. For the second one, I 180ed to my normal, depressive style. I must warn you for depression, angst, and a possibly upsetting (but canon) topic. Read at your own risk :)
hirsute \HUR-soot; HIR-soot; hur-SOOT; hir-SOOT\, adjective:
Covered with hair or bristles; shaggy; hairy.
Examples
"The Bear... makes the rounds of the clubs 'disguised' in trench coat and broad-brimmed hat, hoping (successfully, it seems) to be mistaken for a rather hirsute human."
-Richard M. Sudhalter, "'The Bear Comes Home': Composing the Words That Might Capture Jazz," New York Times, August 29, 1999
"'First of all, your nose is nearly covered with your bloody moustache and your beard,' Mr Gogarty replied. Mr Allen apologised for his 'hirsute' appearance."
-Paul Cullen, "No ambush sprung on returning Gogarty," Irish Times, March 23, 1999
"He was incredibly hirsute: there was even a thick pelt of hair on the back of his hands."
-Tama Janowitz, By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee
Etymology
Hirsute comes from Latin hirsutus, "covered with hair, rough, shaggy, prickly."
The Monster
With a shriek, Macalaurë hid behind his father’s leg. The monster-a brown, hirsute creature with wide, bulging eyes and enormous, heavy feet-snorted, and Macalaurë shrieked again and quivered, imagining the smoke that must have poured from the beast’s nostrils, and pressed his tear-damp face into Fëanor’s breeches so that he didn’t have to see.
Fëanor laughed and gently coaxed Macalaurë around to again face the pony, who lowered a whiskered muzzle to whuffle at the trembling boy.
“Happy begetting day, my son,” said Fëanor, wiping away Macalaurë’s tears. “Fear not! Someday, you shall be the best of friends.”
~oOo~
tenebrous \TEN-uh-bruhs\, adjective:
Dark; gloomy.
Example
"He found the Earl, who is eight feet tall and has the family trait of a Cyclops eye, standing stock still, dressed from head to foot in deepest black, in one of the most tenebrous groves in all his haunted domains."
-Peter Simple, "At Mountwarlock," Daily Telegraph, March 20, 1998
"We are so used to the tenebrous atmosphere that can be created in indoor theatres that it's a shock to realise that this murkiest of tragedies first saw the literal light of day at the Globe theatre."
-Paul Taylor, "Cool, calm, disconnected," Independent, June 7, 2001
"And lurking behind our every move is the knowledge of our own mortality. It gives life its edgy disquiet, its tenebrous underside."
-Douglas Kennedy, "Sudden death," Independent, July 3, 1999
Etymology
Tenebrous derives from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae, "darkness."
Discovering Fate
Starved and exhausted, Maedhros was grateful to be outside, even if the sky was filthy with bulging clouds and a cold rain stung his naked skin.
The orcs who had tormented him minded him not. They were hammering something into the rock. But Maedhros’ pain-weary heart was happy for the first time in years, to be under the sky.
Laughing, the biggest orc came to clamp something cold on Maedhros’ frail wrist, and another led him to the edge.
Two tears trickled down his dirty face, from beneath closed eyes, as his feeble joy died.
Suddenly, he knew his fate.
~oOo~
Edit: This has nothing to do with drabbling, but....
I am officially in the last section of AMC!!!
I figure it will be a long section, as there is a lot going on. A lot to resolve and (for once) a lot of actual action, versus all that internal, mental stuff. But then...it's finished!!!
And you all, wherever on this ball of dirt you are, will hear me carrying on all the way from here :)
The first one is a cutesy, happy drabble befitting the crazy word. For the second one, I 180ed to my normal, depressive style. I must warn you for depression, angst, and a possibly upsetting (but canon) topic. Read at your own risk :)
hirsute \HUR-soot; HIR-soot; hur-SOOT; hir-SOOT\, adjective:
Covered with hair or bristles; shaggy; hairy.
Examples
"The Bear... makes the rounds of the clubs 'disguised' in trench coat and broad-brimmed hat, hoping (successfully, it seems) to be mistaken for a rather hirsute human."
-Richard M. Sudhalter, "'The Bear Comes Home': Composing the Words That Might Capture Jazz," New York Times, August 29, 1999
"'First of all, your nose is nearly covered with your bloody moustache and your beard,' Mr Gogarty replied. Mr Allen apologised for his 'hirsute' appearance."
-Paul Cullen, "No ambush sprung on returning Gogarty," Irish Times, March 23, 1999
"He was incredibly hirsute: there was even a thick pelt of hair on the back of his hands."
-Tama Janowitz, By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee
Etymology
Hirsute comes from Latin hirsutus, "covered with hair, rough, shaggy, prickly."
The Monster
With a shriek, Macalaurë hid behind his father’s leg. The monster-a brown, hirsute creature with wide, bulging eyes and enormous, heavy feet-snorted, and Macalaurë shrieked again and quivered, imagining the smoke that must have poured from the beast’s nostrils, and pressed his tear-damp face into Fëanor’s breeches so that he didn’t have to see.
Fëanor laughed and gently coaxed Macalaurë around to again face the pony, who lowered a whiskered muzzle to whuffle at the trembling boy.
“Happy begetting day, my son,” said Fëanor, wiping away Macalaurë’s tears. “Fear not! Someday, you shall be the best of friends.”
~oOo~
tenebrous \TEN-uh-bruhs\, adjective:
Dark; gloomy.
Example
"He found the Earl, who is eight feet tall and has the family trait of a Cyclops eye, standing stock still, dressed from head to foot in deepest black, in one of the most tenebrous groves in all his haunted domains."
-Peter Simple, "At Mountwarlock," Daily Telegraph, March 20, 1998
"We are so used to the tenebrous atmosphere that can be created in indoor theatres that it's a shock to realise that this murkiest of tragedies first saw the literal light of day at the Globe theatre."
-Paul Taylor, "Cool, calm, disconnected," Independent, June 7, 2001
"And lurking behind our every move is the knowledge of our own mortality. It gives life its edgy disquiet, its tenebrous underside."
-Douglas Kennedy, "Sudden death," Independent, July 3, 1999
Etymology
Tenebrous derives from Latin tenebrosus, from tenebrae, "darkness."
Discovering Fate
Starved and exhausted, Maedhros was grateful to be outside, even if the sky was filthy with bulging clouds and a cold rain stung his naked skin.
The orcs who had tormented him minded him not. They were hammering something into the rock. But Maedhros’ pain-weary heart was happy for the first time in years, to be under the sky.
Laughing, the biggest orc came to clamp something cold on Maedhros’ frail wrist, and another led him to the edge.
Two tears trickled down his dirty face, from beneath closed eyes, as his feeble joy died.
Suddenly, he knew his fate.
~oOo~
Edit: This has nothing to do with drabbling, but....
I am officially in the last section of AMC!!!
I figure it will be a long section, as there is a lot going on. A lot to resolve and (for once) a lot of actual action, versus all that internal, mental stuff. But then...it's finished!!!
And you all, wherever on this ball of dirt you are, will hear me carrying on all the way from here :)