LJ content strike & word of the day: compunctious
THURSDAY: LJ content strike starts today or tomorrow. Apologies for the repeat on this.
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Then, last but not least, we have f1ymetothemoon who shared this article here. Very insightful.
compunctious • \kum-PUNK-shus\ • adjective
*1 : arising from remorse or regret
2 : feeling remorse or regret
Example Sentence:<
Emily's compunctious feelings eventually got the better of her, so she apologized to Sean for the cruel things she had said in the argument.
Did you know?
William Shakespeare never had any compunction about coining or using new words, and "compunctious" debuted in Macbeth (1605). In that play, the murderous Lady Macbeth beseeches the spirits to "stop up the access and passage to remorse, that no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose...." Shakespeare formed the adjective from the noun "compunction," meaning "remorse," and the suffix "-ous," which is often used to create adjectives indicating that something or someone has or is full of a particular quality. "Compunction" came to English through Anglo-French from the Late Latin noun "compunctio," which in turn evolved from the Latin verb "compungere," meaning "to prick hard" or "to sting."
beckyzoole provides feedback here and here on what's going down. She also nicely left us with time markers here for our references. Make sure you know what time you're supposed to start your 24-hour blog abstinence.
Then, last but not least, we have f1ymetothemoon who shared this article here. Very insightful.
compunctious • \kum-PUNK-shus\ • adjective
*1 : arising from remorse or regret
2 : feeling remorse or regret
Example Sentence:<
Emily's compunctious feelings eventually got the better of her, so she apologized to Sean for the cruel things she had said in the argument.
Did you know?
William Shakespeare never had any compunction about coining or using new words, and "compunctious" debuted in Macbeth (1605). In that play, the murderous Lady Macbeth beseeches the spirits to "stop up the access and passage to remorse, that no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose...." Shakespeare formed the adjective from the noun "compunction," meaning "remorse," and the suffix "-ous," which is often used to create adjectives indicating that something or someone has or is full of a particular quality. "Compunction" came to English through Anglo-French from the Late Latin noun "compunctio," which in turn evolved from the Latin verb "compungere," meaning "to prick hard" or "to sting."