hortulan
adj. of or belonging to a garden
micacious
adj. sparkling, shining
bumfuzzle
v. to astound or bewilder
asomatous
adj. having no material body
Artist Gary Drostle designed this trompe l’oeil mosaic for a public garden in Croydon in 1996.
He calls it “the ideal low maintenance fishpond.”
nasute
adj. having a strong sense of smell
habitacle
n. a dwelling-place or habitation
crispation
n. the state of being curled
affabrous
adj. ingeniously made or finished
rhathymia
n. light-heartedness
British artist Alex Chinneck designed this unzipped building facade for Milan Design Week in 2019. The theme is continued inside, where giant zippers create openings in walls and the floor. More at Dezeen.
unyore
adv. not long ago, recently, lately
obliviality
n. liability to be forgotten
nutual
adj. expressed merely by a gesture
illation
n. an inference; conclusion
Norbert Wiener of MIT was well known as an extreme example of someone who could get lost in thought. Once while walking on campus, Wiener met an acquaintance, and after a while he asked his companion: ‘Which way was I walking when we met?’ The man pointed, and Wiener said, ‘Good. Then I’ve had my lunch.’
— Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner, Loving and Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TV2-mv5yKE
belua
n. a huge or monstrous creature or beast
pervagate
v. to wander through (a place)
cibation
n. taking food, feeding
epichoric
adj. characteristic of or peculiar to a particular country or district
From October to December, a herd of elephants walks through the lobby of Zambia’s Mfuwe Lodge to reach the fruit of a wild mango tree.
At least three generations of one family has returned to the lodge to visit the tree.
acronical
adj. occurring at or just after sunset
oss
v. to signify, indicate, or make known to somebody that something is the case
mensk
n. honor, dignity, reverence
eximious
adj. distinguished, eminent, excellent
serein
n. a fine rain falling from a cloudless sky
Momentous flights are sometimes marked by a “water salute” in which an aircraft passes under plumes of water sprayed by firefighting vehicles.
Here U.S. Air Force fire trucks salute a KC-135 Stratotanker, marking the final flight of Col. Corey Martin, commander of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, in Kyrgyzstan in 2013.
histrion
n. an actor
marquisotte
v. to shave or trim (the beard) with exaggerated fastidiousness
renascible
adj. capable of being reborn
tropicopolitan
adj. inhabiting the tropics
roboreous
adj. resembling oak; sturdy, robust
ingeminate
v. to utter (a sound) twice or oftener
stoundmeal
adv. at intervals; from time to time
anamnesis
n. the recalling of things past
concinnate
v. to arrange or blend together skillfully
