Two ancient long-haul boats
Lopez refers to some of the ancient boats that reached the Arctic from Europe, including the Irish carraughs and Norse...
Scrolloping
A portmanteau word created by Virginia Woolf, apparently combining 'scroll' and 'lollop' to describe heavy, florid ornament, or a rambling...
Miemie, black sheep, have you any wool?
This is an excellent sound for a sheep’s bleat. Add your own little vibrato and you too can sound like...
Concinnity
The OED describes this as a 'skilful and harmonious adaptation or fitting together of parts; harmony, congruity, consistency'. The adjective...
Poikilometis
Nicolson refers to this word, used to describe Odysseus, and translates it as ‘dapple-skilled, with so much woven into him...
A wyrd fate
'Wyrd' originally referred to fate or personal destiny, and relates to the modern word ‘weird’. As a Middle English adjective it...
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