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My Word of the Day. Afterwrath.

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Afterwrath :
Wrath arising not at the time, but after reflection on an insult or injury, which seemed at the time light, has shown its enormity.
- Edward Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895.


That is so very, very me.
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FullCircle wrote:Afterwrath :
Wrath arising not at the time, but after reflection on an insult or injury, which seemed at the time light, has shown its enormity.
- Edward Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895.


That is so very, very me.
Do I smell a story?
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Silkie wrote:
FullCircle wrote:Afterwrath :
Wrath arising not at the time, but after reflection on an insult or injury, which seemed at the time light, has shown its enormity.
- Edward Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895.


That is so very, very me.
Do I smell a story?
No, sadly nothing I can raise a pulse with. Mrs FC, who recognises my love of wordsmithing, bought me a desktop tearoff calendar, which has a different word each day.
This just happened be yesterdays word.


My favourite of the year so far is 'dern'.
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FullCircle wrote:
Silkie wrote:
FullCircle wrote:Afterwrath :
Wrath arising not at the time, but after reflection on an insult or injury, which seemed at the time light, has shown its enormity.
- Edward Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895.


That is so very, very me.
Do I smell a story?
No, sadly nothing I can raise a pulse with. Mrs FC, who recognises my love of wordsmithing, bought me a desktop tearoff calendar, which has a different word each day.
This just happened be yesterdays word.


My favourite of the year so far is 'dern'.
That's dern strange, old chap!


It's not in my Collins Concise Dictionary.

Can you please enlighten the uneducated, Jim - i.e. Me!
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FOR THEY ARE THE ONES WHO LET IN THE LIGHT
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Dern
Dern noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] A gatepost or doorpost. [ Local Eng.] C. Kingsley.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/43" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Dern
Dern adjective [ See Dearn , adjective ] 1. Hidden; concealed; secret. [ Obsolete] 'Ye must be full dern .' Chaucer. 2. Solitary; sad. [ Obsolete] Dr. H. More.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/43" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Dern
• (n.) A gatepost or doorpost. • (a.) Hidden; concealed; secret. • (a.) Solitary; sad.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Dern is sumfink you do with sex in Morningside!
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FullCircle wrote:Afterwrath :
Wrath arising not at the time, but after reflection on an insult or injury, which seemed at the time light, has shown its enormity.
- Edward Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895.


That is so very, very me.
Yes. I'm not quick witted either! :D
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Pete Cooper wrote:Dern
Dern noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] A gatepost or doorpost. [ Local Eng.] C. Kingsley.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/43" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Dern
Dern adjective [ See Dearn , adjective ] 1. Hidden; concealed; secret. [ Obsolete] 'Ye must be full dern .' Chaucer. 2. Solitary; sad. [ Obsolete] Dr. H. More.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/43" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Dern
• (n.) A gatepost or doorpost. • (a.) Hidden; concealed; secret. • (a.) Solitary; sad.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Well, well. Some days we never learn a thing . . . . .

Thank you, Pete
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Pete Cooper wrote:Dern
Dern adjective [ See Dearn , adjective ] 1. Hidden; concealed; secret. [ Obsolete] 'Ye must be full dern .' Chaucer. 2. Solitary; sad. [ Obsolete] Dr. H. More.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/43" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
When I say someone is full of something, it's not Dern, or a door post.

I'm feeling that warm fluffy feeling I get when I've been edjikated too. :P
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I thought I should return to clear up the meaning of Dern that I have on my desk.
I have kept it due to Countess Machiavelli, head of function here at my place of toil and anguish.


Dern: Of actions done or proceeding in secret, or in the dark;kept concealed;hence dark, of evil or deceitful nature
- Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1897
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