Posted by: pieridae | November 15, 2007

Words of the Day

Reverie: Noun

1.  Daydream
2.  The condition of being lost in thought

Etymology:  French rêverie, from Middle French, delirium, from resver, rever to wander, be delirious

Crystalline:  Adjective

1.  Resembling crystal
  a.  Strikingly clear or sparkling [crystalline air, a crystalline lake]
  b.  Clear-cut
2.  Made of crystal, composed of crystals
3.  Constituting or relating to a crystal

Etymology:
Middle English cristallin, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin crystallinus, from Greek krystallinos, from krystallos

From my NaNoWriMo, the writing of which I am terribly far behind having less than 1,000 words at this point.  I should have around 25,000 to make it to 50K by December 1st.  Ayeeee.  I am going to keep plugging away though, not give up like I always do when it comes to things like this.  Well, anything, really.  I’m tired of being the person who never finishes what she starts.


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