panegurikos

panegyric panə-jirik → n. a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something - ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French panégyrique, via Latin from Greek panēgurikos ‘of public assembly,’ from pan ‘all’ + aguris agora, assembly.’

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

new word for you

Just thought you should all have this word in your vocabulary: "insmell."

In Beckett's Murphy, the topic of a future blog entry, there is a very malodorous landlady who has an "insmell into her infirmity." That is, she smells bad and she knows it.

I just think it's a great word -- please use it liberally.

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