Yon

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



What is yon? Short for yonder?

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.

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.

Gracious Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

And may your rapacious relatives with capacious stomaches leave your home completely statisfied, full of turkey, as well as, joy!

Capacious -- roomy, spacious.

Rapacious -- given to plunder, greedy.

Thank you for reading. And I hope your relatives are gracious, too!

Quintessential Quandary

"On this planet, normal equals insane." – Eckhart Tolle

Just a quixotic quote from the pundit, Eckhart Tolle, from his book, A New Earth.

Is that right? I need an adjective which starts with a Q. Let’s try:
Just a quantum quote from the quarrelsome Eckhart Tolle, from his book, A New Earth.
Or maybe:
Just a quirky quote from the quizzical Eckhart Tolle, from his book, A New Earth.

I’ll go with:
Just a quizzical quote from the pundit, Eckhart Tolle, from his quintessential book, A New Earth.
See full article about ET and The New Earth at http://musinglog.blogspot.com

Adjectives starting with Q:
Quantum – a popular term right now, but no one knows what it means except my friend’s son who is studying nuclear physics.
Quarrelsome – argumentative, cantankerous, querulous.
Quintessential – most essential, concentrated, or purest (form of something). Latin.
Quixotic - idealistic, unrealistic, impractical, or romantic. From the fictional character Don Quixote 1605.
Quizzical – bewildered, confused, or odd.

Copacetic Pundit

There's a word I haven't heard in a while, "copacetic." I'm going to look it up in the unabridged as my standard dictionary states that the origin is unknown. Wow! This is the first word I have not been able to find in my Webster's Deluxe Unabridged Dictionary with 320,000 definitions. It does not list copacetic! Neither does my Microsoft PC thesaurus.

Very mysterious. Not satisfactory at all. Definitely NOT copacetic.

All it says in my standard dictionary is copacetic, adj. very satifactory. Origin unknown.

If there are any other pundits out there with information on the wherabouts or derivation of this word, please let me know!

[A pundit is a learned person. Hindu]

plethora of choices

The philolog is overwhelmed, inundated and surrounded by a world where there are just too many interesting words and phrases to dissect and analyze, to pick just one each day. But today the word is plethora. I wonder where that originated. It could be Greek (just a hunch).



Plethora means abundance. Other synonyms are: jackpot, a lot, multitudenous, gazillion, abundance, superfluity, and others too numerous too mention.



It is from Greek!