Monday, December 29, 2008

Yon

Silent night, Holy night, ...
Round yon virgin, mother and child...



What is yon? Short for yonder?

Monday, December 22, 2008

Unlimited Bounty

Eureka! I think I found it! A word that means unlimited, boundless, infinite, without any negative prefix, like in- or un-, or suffix, like -less!

Bountiful.

Full of Bounty.

I thought of this at 4:30 this AM and thought it was genius. So am I full of bounty this morning, or full of ... something else??!

Bountiful - plentiful, generous, and of course bounteous is a synonym. Bounty and Bountiful come from Latin, bonita, and bounteous comes from Latin through French.

Eureka comes from Greek and means "I've found it!" according to my English dictionary. I will have to check this in my Greek dictionary.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Avid Plus

I like the word avid. It means passionate, or animated, characterized by enthusiasm or greed (avaricious). From Latin or French.

I have been nonplussed for several weeks now, after learning that nonplussed means speechless or astonished. I had been misinformed or misled, but I think I understand it now. It comes from Latin from non plus, which means no more.