Luciferous Logolepsy

[joeallonby]

At the risk of solipsistic vaniloquence, COL49 is my vade mecum.


on 8/1/03 2:07 PM, Dave Monroe at monrovius at yahoo.com wrote:

> Welcome to Luciferous Logolepsy, a collection of over
> 9,000 obscure english words. Though the definition of
> an "english" word might seem to be straightforward, it
> is not. There exist so many adopted, derivative,
> archaic or abandoned words in what we loosely define
> as the "English Language", that a clear-cut definition
> seems impossible. For the purposes of this project
> though, words are included that may stretch any basic
> definitions. Particular attention has been paid to
> archaic words, as they tend to be more evocative - as
> if their very age lends additional meaning or
> overtones. Current personal favorites include "skirr",
> "epicaricacy" and "schizothemia".
> 
> [...]
> 
> The name of this project is also its description:
> Luciferous [adj. - illuminating, literally and
> figuratively] Logolepsy [n. - an obsession with
> words], in other words: 'an illuminating obsession
> with words'....
> 
> http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/
> 
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