10.10.08
Found Words
FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING
Today, a few words that arise for no reason at all but to give us joy.
LAGNIAPPE. Something given as a bonus or gift. From the Louisiana French, from Spanish la napa
MACADAM. Broken stone of even size used in compacted layers for roads and paths, typically bonded with tar or bitumen. After the BritisH surveyor John McAdam (1756 – 1836) who advocated using this material.
BITUMEN. Speaking of which … is a black viscous mixture derived as a result of petroleum distillation. From the late Middle English and Latin.
GEMINATE. Consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds, especially consonants, doubled. From the Latin geminatus from “double, pair with.” We know it as Gemini.
ESCHATOLOGY. An area of theology concerned with death, judgment and the soul. From the Greek eskhatos, “last” + -ology.
