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2020-11-18, 03:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-18, 04:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-18, 04:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Sagacious does mean wise though doesn't it? Seems to be generally defined as Having or showing good or wise judgement.
I first heard that was from Jade Empire with Sagacious Zu.
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2020-11-18, 04:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-18, 05:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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It does mean wise, more precisely it means "of keen judgement, discerning, perspicacious".
The first translation in French of the Lord of the Rings translated Samwise to Samsagace (sagace being French for sagacious) which is such a great fit to the character that it being changed to Samsaget is one of my main gripes with the (overall better) second translation.Last edited by Fyraltari; 2020-11-18 at 05:59 PM.
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2020-11-18, 06:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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I discovered a word at almost the same time I discovered a reason to use it.
Sybaritic: Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent.
"Whoever sent me an ad for a $1700 lace teddy must think I live a sybaritic lifestyle"."We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2020-11-18, 07:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-18, 09:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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This thread singlehandedly doubled the "words I'll probably never use but sure as hell wish to." Bless it.
Anyways,
hyssop (n): a small busy aromatic plant, part of the mint family
isinglass (n): a kind of gelatin obtained from fish to make jellies
brogue (n): a type of outdoor shoe with ornamental patterns
panegyric (n): a public speech/text praising something
sinecure (n): an office or position that requirees little work and usually provides an income
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2020-11-18, 09:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2020-11-19, 03:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Isinglass is also the reason why people might ask if a wine is vegan. Why would fermented grape juice not be vegan? Because most winemakers add isinglass to make all the floating fine bits of pulp settle to the bottom of the wine so it looks nice and clear before bottling. Wine isn't vegan if it had fish guts poured in it to clarify it.
The Curse of the House of Rookwood: Supernatural horror and family drama.
Ash Island: Personal survival horror in the vein of Silent Hill.
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2020-11-19, 07:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Having done a little amateur wine making, I would have guessed the main concern would be bees flying into the mashed grapes and accidentally getting mixed in. We had a devil of a time convincing them that wasn't where they wanted to be, and we were doing everything by hand.
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2020-11-19, 11:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Isinglass is not typically used for wine making and traditional wine production does not use a fining agent at all. They use racking, a gravity assisted process that removes the lees from the wine. Beer production uses racking as well. Fining agents are really only used to avoid the long times racking takes to clarify. Isinglass is more found in beer as well, and a big reason the discussion is now in the public consciousness as Guinness uses Isinglass for their clarification and it got quite the big stir in the UK by animal rights people there. Home wine makers don't really use Isinglass either. It's expensive. for one, you need a lot of it for two and it's only good for clarifying white wines for three. You can't, or shouldn't, use Isinglass for red wines. It's also not great as a clarifying agent across the board. It's traditional for beers, and some very particular wines, but there are cheaper and better products on the market now like Bentonite and Casein. Irish moss is also used, though it doesn't work on yeast, only proteins. Different fining agents work better or worse on different things.
Vegans should still check even if Isinglass isn't the concern. Albumen and Casein are both animal products still and far more likely to be used.Last edited by Razade; 2020-11-19 at 11:46 AM.
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2020-11-19, 11:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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The things I learn on this forum.
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2020-11-21, 09:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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I definitely hear rebound used as an intransitive verb (as well as transitive).
Huh, the things I should know. See, I knew sybarite, but never thought of the adjective form.
I encounter this quite often. Like I learned vacillating *well* before vacillate, squalid *well* before squalor, etc.
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2020-11-22, 12:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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A new one I learned was debridement, to cut away dead/dying tissue to try and prevent gangrene or other infections. Often done with maggots, since they don't eat healthy tissue (too hard to digest).
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2020-11-22, 01:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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eidetic (adj): relating to mental images having unusual vividness or detail. Thus, someone like Oracle would have eidetic memory.
kintsugi (n): a Japanese art of repairing pottery by mending it with lacquer that's been mixed with powdered gold
limoncello (n): a lemon-flavored Italian liqueur
penury (n): extreme poverty
muqarnas (n): a form of ornamented vaulting in Islamic architecture
I've been trying to keep a word diary lately, and this thread seemed like the perfect place to start.
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2020-11-22, 02:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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"Eidetic memory" is usually used to refer to perfect or near-perfect recall, usually synonymous with "photographic" memory. This isn't strictly accurate, since eidetic memory technically has an entirely different meaning altogether (IIRC it involves very short time periods and nearly everyone has eidetic memory to some degree under that usage), but if you see it in a novel, it's probably going to be the perfect recall thing.
Also limoncello is quite tasty. I also rarely drink, so take that for what it's worth.Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2020-11-22, 03:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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"legerity", which is a word I'd never seen before but was able to suss out the meaning since it looks like the root for legerdemain; it's essentially just a dated synonym for agility.
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2020-11-22, 10:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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If I'd had to guess, I would have assumed that it was a fancy way of saying divorce. "I had a bride, and now I do not; I have undergone debridement".
Anyway, trochee - a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. In other words, the reverse of an iamb (the thing you need five of to a line in order to have iambic pentameter).
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2020-11-22, 09:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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"We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2020-11-23, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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It's pronounced de-bri-de-ment, which leads me to believe it was originally French given the similarity to debris.
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2020-11-23, 12:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-23, 12:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Fun French Fact! "Debris" is based on the French term "de bris" which means "the cheese". The spelling in the original French later changed to "brie". The cheese was so good that the people decided to rename their region after it.
Mosr French words can trace their etymology back to cheese.Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2020-11-23, 12:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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For example, "anglais" (english) is a corruption of "sang-de-lais" with lais being an older form of "lait" (milk). "sang-de-lais" translates to "milk-blooded" and the name comes from the habit of the Normands and Bretons to use the blood of English fishermen in their cheese making. A practice that has been on the decline starting in the 20's and which last recorded occurence happened after the première of Star Wars.
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2020-11-23, 01:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-23, 01:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-23, 01:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2020-11-23, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-11-23, 03:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yes, among.
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2020-11-23, 03:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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