Well thank you very much anonymous Webster from Saratoga for your correction, although please forgive my transgression.
Shakespeare created a great deal of words, and while I would hardly group my talent with his I do think it allowable to create a word if it suits the need.
I beg to differ. The word you created is not defined in any way by its usage. It is being used to describe something, but does not create a picture in my head because it is not grouped with other adjectives, nor is it given a definition key at the bottom. Additionally, when Shakespeare created a word, he made an undertone and a stage, if you will, for this word to be understood. As it stands, i cannot define or even relate to your word.
While I did not seek to explicitly define the word, you can at least infer it's intent based on the theme of the post, the mind.
Meningal actually is a word, it's an alternate spelling of meningeal. me·nin·ge·al (mə-nĭn'jē-əl) adj. Of, relating to, or affecting the meninges
The meninges for those not versed in the central nervous system are the 3 outer protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
So when the speaker says meningal cobwebs, he/she is adressing the empty-headedness of people.
While providing "a definition key at the bottom" would have removed any confusion, I try to put more faith in my (sparse)readers than that; Besides which, having to define every esoteric word I use would grow tiresome very quickly.
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Shakespeare created a great deal of words, and while I would hardly group my talent with his I do think it allowable to create a word if it suits the need.
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I beg to differ. The word you created is not defined in any way by its usage. It is being used to describe something, but does not create a picture in my head because it is not grouped with other adjectives, nor is it given a definition key at the bottom. Additionally, when Shakespeare created a word, he made an undertone and a stage, if you will, for this word to be understood. As it stands, i cannot define or even relate to your word.
Here is a list of shakespeare words:
http://shakespeare.about.com/library/weekly/aa042400a.htm
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Meningal actually is a word, it's an alternate spelling of meningeal.
me·nin·ge·al (mə-nĭn'jē-əl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or affecting the meninges
The meninges for those not versed in the central nervous system are the 3 outer protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
So when the speaker says meningal cobwebs, he/she is adressing the empty-headedness of people.
While providing "a definition key at the bottom" would have removed any confusion, I try to put more faith in my (sparse)readers than that; Besides which, having to define every esoteric word I use would grow tiresome very quickly.
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