Category: Inspiration
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Crosier
Noun Definition: a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd’s crook Ex. The bishop’s crosier was primarily ceremonial, but he wasn’t against using it to stop the children from running into things.
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Bier
Noun Definition: a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial Ex. My mother stood by the bier and wept as my brother’s body was placed on it.
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Penumbral
Adj. Definition: relating to or being a shadowy, indefinite, or marginal area Ex. The penumbral lighting inside of the ruins gave the area an ominous air. Adj. Definition: of, causing, or being the partial shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, such as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination…
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Flower Language Story Prompts
I know the first anniversary of this blog is coming up (August 9th!), and I want to post a piece to commemorate it. However, I’ve been having a little bit of writer’s block lately. To try to break it, I’ve decided to look up some writing prompts and see if I could find something to…
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Hauteur
Noun Definition: haughty manner or spirit; arrogance Ex. The man’s hauteur regarding a subject he had no experience with made Edna regret asking for his help.
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Preternatural
Adj. Definition: out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal Ex. The Immaculate Conception is considered preternatural. Adj. Definition: outside of nature; supernatural Ex. Dr. Maxwell didn’t believe a ghost haunted the hospital because it was preternatural
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Scurrilous
Adj. Definition: grossly or obscenely abusive Ex. The politician’s scurrilous language brought a lot a criticism from journalists. Adj. Definition: characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive Ex. The show Ren and Stimpy made frequent use of scurrilous humor.
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Verdigris
Noun Definition: a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze surfaces exposed to the atmosphere for long periods of time, consisting principally of basic copper sulfate Ex. The Statue of Liberty gets its bluish-green color from the verdigris it had accumulated over the years.
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Evanescent
Adj. Definition: vanishing; fading away; fleeting Ex. I long for those evanescent days when I was still cared for. Adj. Definition: tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible Ex. The the remains of the stain became evanescent after multiple washes.
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Subtle Names Based On Anime Characters Part 8
Here are some character name ideas based on anime characters. These are names that I think are subtle enough that they can be used on non-Japanese characters without a reader realizing that they’re named after an anime character. Some are western names, and others are Japanese but wouldn’t raise too many eyebrows outside of Japanese…
The Writing Coconut 