matriarch
Rotund retiree
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Good morning all you sesquipedalians,
('sesquipedalian' - an obscure word that means 'a lover of obscure words).
Welcome, Matron. Yes, we are lovers of obscure words, whether sesquipedalian or not. And I did like that article you posted very much. Thank you.
Amonst the many power words, I found a new one to me;
powder monkey - noun one who transports powder from the magazine to the guns esp. on shipboard
Sorry, Matriarch, I read your name correctly and my wandering mind shortened it to Matron. I won't make the same mistake twice. Thanks for correcting me.
Yes, we all have met the boasters, braggarts, and all the rest of the great words the dictionary holds to describe this human condition that survives it all.
pousette - vi to swing in a semi-circle with hands joined with one's partner in a country-dance
Amonst the many power words, I found a new one to me;
powder monkey - noun one who transports powder from the magazine to the guns esp. on shipboard
Pounce is a wonderfully evocative word, but the other definitions were foreign to me. I have never seen an eagle's pounce written anywhere in all my years.
poulter's measure - noun (from the former practice of occasionally giving one or two extra when counting eggs by dozens) a meter in which lines of 12 and 14 syllables alternate