posts tagged ‘adjective’

glabrous

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

adj. (of the skin or a leaf) free from hair or down; smooth

glabrous

sounds silly; therefore, i like it. related to glabella, which i also like.


image: bugsinthenews.com

sticky

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

adj. tending or designed to stick to things on contact or covered with something that sticks; (informal) involving problems; difficult or awkward

sticky

sticky situations, sticky whiteboard that refuses to come play in my new office.

sticky. stuck.


image: cartoonchurch.com

gimcrack

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

adj. flimsy or poorly made but deceptively attractive

noun. a cheap and showy ornament; a knickknack

gimcrack

i don’t have time (haha, who am i kidding) to read any of these stories so i can’t vouch for how good they are, but look! it’s online choose-your-own-adventure. can’t get better than that.


image: frieze.com

fugacious

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

adj. tending to disappear; fleeting


…no, google, i didn’t. but thanks for checking.

spangled

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

adj. covered with spangles or other small sparkling objects

because i saw the phrase “star bangled banner” today, which is apparently the name of the US national anthem… news to me.


photo: tradenote.net

besotted

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

adj. 1. strongly infatuated 2. intoxicated, drunk

at any given time: stephen, with me/onlyverysmall. and let’s be honest, who can blame him?

amphibolous

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

adj. [of a phrase or sentence] having an ambiguous grammatical structure

i know you all are thinking, i wish she’d give some examples. well, frankly, i am far too lazy to come up with my own… but you can read these.