VLVL2 (2) Vocabulary

[joeallonby]

on 7/29/03 10:01 AM, Toby G Levy at tobylevy at juno.com wrote:

> At last a vocabulary word!  First one in Vineland:  Recrudescence, the
> noun form of recrudesce, to break out anew or into renewed activity, as
> after a period of quiescence.  From the Latin recrudescere - to grow raw
> again.
> 
> This word seems WAY out of place in the surroundings of the rest of the
> words in the first two chapters, but the usage is so perfect.  I'm sure P
> just couldn't resist.

Say it out loud. Doesn't it just sound great? Crude. Crud. Crudescence.
Recrudescent. Recrudosity.