Continuing to ramble
/rʌɪt/
noun
1 archaic A maker or builder.
1.1 Scottish, Northern English A carpenter or joiner.
Origin
Old English wryhta, wyrhta, of West Germanic origin; related to work.
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“All right,” said Tom, “I’ll build you a shed, I am a wright after all. I’ll employ all the appropriate rites. It will last you for years.”
/ˈʌnjən/
noun
1 A swollen edible bulb used as a vegetable, having a pungent taste and smell and composed of several concentric layers.
2 The plant that produces the onion, with long rolled or straplike leaves and spherical heads of greenish-white flowers.
Origin
Middle English from Old French oignon, based on Latin unio(n-), denoting a kind of onion.
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We must often peel back the layers of a word as we would an onion in order to reveal the inner value.
So, here, friends, is the deal:
I tell you this is real;
An onion has appeal
As part of any meal.
/ˈpɛrɪʃ/
verb
[no object]
1 literary Die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
1.1 Suffer complete ruin or destruction.
2 (of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay.
3 be perished British informal Be suffering from extreme cold.
Origin
Middle English from Old French periss-, lengthened stem of perir, from Latin perire ‘pass away’, from per- ‘through, completely’ + ire ‘go’.
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At first he thought he just might perish.
Then he progressed to feeling somewhat fairish.
And eventually came to be quite bearish
Thanks to the one he chose to cherish.
/riːv/
verb reft
[no object]
1 archaic Carry out raids in order to plunder.
1.1 with object Rob (a person or place) of something by force.
1.2 with object Steal (something).
Origin
Old English rēafian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roven, German rauben, also to rob. See also reive.
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Corporate raiders “pay” shareholders, but reave the purchased company before pushing it to bankruptcy.
/ˈbɪkə/
verb
[no object]
1 Argue about petty and trivial matters.
2 literary (of water) flow or fall with a gentle repetitive noise; patter.
2.1 (of a flame or light) flash, gleam, or flicker.
Origin
Middle English of unknown origin.
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Bob and Betty bickered about whether the sound of rain on the porch roof was more a pitter or a patter.
/manɪˈfɛstəʊ/
noun manifestos
A public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate.
Origin
Mid 17th century from Italian, from manifestare, from Latin, ‘make public’, from manifestus ‘obvious’ (see manifest).
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Mark manufactured marvelous moments of mediocrity in his monumental manifesto.
–from the unpublished works of Sentensius Scribbilus
/ˈvəːtʃʊ(ə)l/ /ˈvəːtjʊəl/
adjective
1 Almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to strict definition.
2 Computing
Not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so.
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These definitions are actual, though the words themselves are merely virtual representations of the objects they represent.
Naturally, you will also recognize that these images are substitutes for the real thing.
(also watcha)
/ˈwɒtʃə/
contraction
1 informal What are you …
1.1 What have you …
1.2 What do you …
Origin
1920s contraction.
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Wotcha want, highfalutin words every single day?
He slung the slang
Out to the gang
Without much thought
Though he probably ought.
(also spondulix)
/spɒnˈd(j)uːlɪks/
plural noun
informal British
Money.
Origin
Mid 19th century of unknown origin.
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Securing one’s spondulicks requires more than just a tight fist.
There is little poetry
Mixed in with money
‘Cause if you write it,
You won’t get much, honey!
/ˈwɔːkɪz/
noun
informal
A period of exercising a dog.
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Walkies with Wallace works wonders for Wendy as well.
