: Re: AtD translation: worn insolence

[Mike Jing]

Thanks for replying, Mike, Mark, and Jochen.


On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 5:55 AM Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

> A double meaning surely,
> His insolence is both worn as naturally as clothing and is expressed in a
> been there done that fashion  - well worn/time worn - not the aggressive
> insolence of youth but the confident, dismissive insolence of the powerful.
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>  Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote :
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> > damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
> > "a worn, frayed denim jacket"
> > synonyms: shabby, well worn, worn out, worn to shreds, threadbare,
> tattered,
> > in
> > tatters, in ribbons, in rags, in holes, holey, falling to pieces, falling
> > apart at the seams, ragged, frayed, patched, moth-eaten, faded, seedy,
> > shoddy, sorry, scruffy, dilapidated, crumbling, broken-down, run down,
> > tumbledown, decrepit, deteriorated, on its last legs, having seen better
> > days, timeworn
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> > When one learns "timeworn" can be compressed into "worn" and thinks of
> time
> > and its passing as so important in this work,
> > one might be inclined to favor this as first among the equals of 'all the
> > meanings at once".......
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