Fair moithered
Bothered or bewildered. 'Moither' can also mean to ramble or speak in a confused way.
'Mother's a good-tempered woman, but...
A deceit, a descent and a parliament
As you may know, I have a soft spot for imaginative collective nouns, and although I'd come across 'parliament' for...
Nuannaarpoq
Can a word change a life? This Eskimo word changed mine and made me curious about a people who could...
Mastiff-like tenacity
Such jaw-gripping tenacity is used to describe the force that the ending '-cious' adds to words, as in the word...
Trim, trig and tickety-boo
Came across the upright word 'trig' in another of Arthur Ransome's charming children's adventure stories, Winter Holiday, which I read...
Off the peg thoughts
A fine metaphor for a mind incapable of original thought or phrasing. The lady has a stock of ready-made comments...
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