#23 -- Mussitate

mussitate




This is not to miss . You have your voice but you don't want others to hear that .... then this is your word. Just to say things without making a sound but with your athletic lips at your disposal. By the way... lets hint a bit of its etymology ....Mussitate comes from the Latin mussitāre, "speak indistinctly." Mutter also shares the same roots.
And its pronunciation goes like \MUHS-i-teyt\




Dictionary definition (verb) -- To silently move the lips in simulation of audible speech
Example sentence -- I don't want you to mussitate ... I want you to speak it loud and clear!!




Fun description -- We don't need any description here . You can find your own . Just go to your neighbourhood grocery shop and within all the chaos you start to mussitate your "chawal" and "daal" order. You won't be surprised if you get "Aata" instead of "Daal' and "Paapar" instead of "Chawal" .


By the way.... lets leave rice and wheat and move on to more useful stuffs... e.g. mussitating answers to your fellow mates when the exam is on. Not only mussitation ..... at first you look around to check that if any teacher is actually watching you or not and then if no one is watching.... you go for it but if a teacher is actually watching then you start rating the teacher on his/her strictness ... e.g. if he/she will take any action catching you on the act or just leave you giving a sweet little warning ..... after you are finished calculating the pros and cons ... you give it a shot . No less than a sleuth :P




P.S. -- Whatever you do in exam or in grocery that's your problem but you dare not forget this lovely word !! :)

#22--Lucifugous

lucifugous




" Dark ..... My whole world is dark "  ...... Yes , that's exactly what this word says !! If you are one of those nocturnal creatures who hates light then today's word is for you. Anyways.... lucifugous comes from the combination of Latin roots 'luci' which means 'light' and 'fugere' which means 'to flee' , as simple as that . And the pronounciation of this word goes like \loo-see-FOO-guhs\




Dictionary meaning (adjective) -- Avoiding light.

Example sentence -- I am not as lucifugous as you are .... so I need to fit a bulb in my bathroom :P

Fun Description -- VAMPIRES !! This creature had to come at first. Undoubtedly they are the most lucifugous species that we can think of (even if it's imaginary). By the way... what's the problem of vampires with light ?? I mean I am not a great vampire buff but many of "such buffs" say that their skin burns when it comes in contact with sunlight . But after I watched Twilight I saw Edward Cullen could easily walk around in daylight ..... made me scratch my head :P. By the way if any girl is reading this post right now then let me clarify I'm not saying anything against Edward anyway :P 

Moving from Vampires aka Edward , lets talk about a species called human beings. If we look a bit closer then we will see that this species is far more superior than a vampire because our skin doesn't get hampered remotely by any sun light and we are lucifugous too ( I mean we don't avoid light but we tend to do prefer dark). Night Clubs, Discos , Overnight parties even Overnight studies has made us embrace night more than day. People these days  feels way more lively in night and way more mortal in daylight :P Nothing against them .... rather nothing against us. 

But from the next  time when you come across any vampire in any tabloid form then remember that they are just not alone :)

P.S. -- Put off the light ...... you   ##&@#$@!$%^&## !! :P

#21-- Alchemical

Alchemical

First of all I apologize for not uploading anything yesterday ( 'apology' because I promised to do so ) . Anyways ... to compensate my sin I have come up with a great word today rather it's is a word of life(even if it's a bit common).  Trust me if you had anything like alchemical at your disposal then may be you would have been ruling this universe till now. Before I head to the meaning lets dissect its etymology .....Alchemical is the adjectival form of alchemy, which derives from the Arabic al-kimiya and the Ancient Greek khemeioa. Both roughly translate as "to pour the juices," a figurative description of the goal of alchemy to transmute the essence of one substance into another.




Dictionary meaning(adjective) -- Pertaining to the transformation of something common, usually of little value, into a substance of great worth (e.g. transmuting iron into gold)
Pronounciation -- \al-KEM-ik-uhl\
Example sentence -- The new fair and lovely for men is alchemical , it can make a Ussain Bolt look like Rohit Bal !!:P




Fun description -- Maybe there are nothing literally alchemical in this earth but that shouldn't hold our imagnation from flying !! Just imagine you are a super-geeky-alien scientist. With your great hard labor for over 20 years you have eventually formed an alchemical substance which shall turn anything into gold. So , after achieving such a substance , you , a genius yet mad scientist went to the market and neighborhood streets rambling and grabbing any street side junks you could come across. See the effect of alchemical has already started because now you don't seem to feel any stinks from those roadside rubbish of which you used to earlier complain.... because all of a sudden those shits seemed gold bars :P. Then after your hard work of crap-collection is over you finally reach home trudging with those unbearable fouls. Now comes the real EXAM. You went to your Lab-room where your alchemical invention is kept. You held your priceless work of years in your hand. You dip one side of the machine in the collected junk box and the other end hand in your hand. Now its time to hit the switch....but your hand is turning numb, your eyes wide, your whole body is shaking with a sense of achievement and anticipation. Then you say to yourself "ALL IS WELL" and hit the button. BROOOOM. 




Yes, all the junks got converted into gold ............ but with that.......... YOU too !! 




P.S. -- Look before you leap :)