12-13-2024, 08:39 AM -
Word Of The Day ...
I've been remiss -- I'll have to get back to some "word study"....
tartarean = Adjective: hellish, describing hades. A descriptive term used to describe feelings, smells, visions that are repulsive or indicative of concepts frequently used to describe opinions or ideas related to hell (our beliefs or understanding thereof..).
Etymology: Latin tartareus, from Greek tartareios
First (Known) Use: 1592 CE
frippery = Noun: Clothing; showy, elegant, ostentatious. (Usually) referring to clothing. Finery; Something showy, frivolous, or nonessential. Ostentation; Something foolish or affectedly elegant. Noun: (archaic - obsolete) Cast-off clothes; A place where old clothes are sold.
Etymology: Middle French friperie - alteration of Old French freperie from frepe old garment
First (Known) Use: 1568 CE (old cast-off clothes)
I've been remiss -- I'll have to get back to some "word study"....
tartarean = Adjective: hellish, describing hades. A descriptive term used to describe feelings, smells, visions that are repulsive or indicative of concepts frequently used to describe opinions or ideas related to hell (our beliefs or understanding thereof..).
Etymology: Latin tartareus, from Greek tartareios
First (Known) Use: 1592 CE
frippery = Noun: Clothing; showy, elegant, ostentatious. (Usually) referring to clothing. Finery; Something showy, frivolous, or nonessential. Ostentation; Something foolish or affectedly elegant. Noun: (archaic - obsolete) Cast-off clothes; A place where old clothes are sold.
Etymology: Middle French friperie - alteration of Old French freperie from frepe old garment
First (Known) Use: 1568 CE (old cast-off clothes)
This post was last modified: 12-13-2024, 09:03 AM by Hobbit99.
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