;Posted on 05/20/2015 5:00:45 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Wednesday, 5/20/15
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
rutilant; adj.
having a reddish glow Ex: Gerald Clarke's biography of Truman Capote (page 485 where Clarke is describing Kate McCloud, a character in Answered Prayers. "But she is a beautiful rutilant Holly [Golightly], with hair the pale red of a winter sunset and eyes as green as emeralds..."
Etymology: Middle English rutilaunt, from Latin rutilant-, rutilans, past participle of rutilare to glow reddish, from rutilus ruddy; probably akin to Latin ruber red — more at red First Known Use: 15th century
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Here is my example with WFTD.
Rutilant eyes shining, the Mooch imagines she's kicking Barry.
No pushing at the door please!
Good Morning, it’s Wednesday.
Once each year in the autumn, the deer near my house get very rutilant.
Good morning!
A+++ I knew that one was coming LOL!
morning : )
The Chappaqua server was rutilant
From the fire fed by gasoline stimulant
With the Truth all aflame
Hillary stays in the game
Mendacious, self-serving and jubilant
And should Hillary prevail, I know one TRUTH who shall be aflame! LOL! A++++
That is scary. No wonder she has a huge butt.
A huge rutilant butt?
Nah, just that occasional glow in the eyes.
LOL.
So, one could say that it tends to leave folks rutilant ;-)
The queen of Benghazi-gate
Sealed an ambassador’s fate
With rutilant eyes
We were fed lies
By our very own Secretary of State.
scary to think what you would have had to have seen to know that.. ; )
A+++
excellent A++++
how are you feeling? have you gotten an appt for the MRI?
Did someone say Rudyland?
yeah, remember him? remember the rudybots on FR? dang, after the obamanation we have suffered Rudy’s RINOness seems tame. A+++
xshub had a chiro appt this AM. I think I mentioned his chiro sees most of the caps. Ray told him that Orpik is coming in at noon today. Prob a HPPA violation to divulge whom he sees, LOL.
Someone noted on Twitter the other day that at this time last cycle, everyone was talking Hillary v Rudy for 2008.
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