to walk in a relaxed and leisurely way : FOUND IN :
selcouth
adjective / sel-kooth / selcouthly (Atmospheric) has a vague but indefinable familiarity; not clearly evident or well known; possibly even silly in nature “ffor sothe I sagh neuer sich a sight In no-kyns land; A starne thus, aboute mydnyght, so bright shynand. It gyfys more light it self alone Then any son that euer shone, Or mone, when he of son has ton his light so cleyn; Sich selcouth sight haue I sene none, what so euer it meyn.” The […]
shudders
verb / shuhd-erd / shudder / shuddered / shuddering to tremble convulsively as a result of fear, revulsion, or coldness The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said. Edgar Allan Poe (Marginalia)
splayed
verb / spleyd / splay / splays / splaying (Patterns & Shapes) set strangely wide apart or spread out on a slanted angle It´s like watching someone do a triple backflip dismount and land on two feet, solid, arms splayed in the air. I know I could never do it, don´t even know where I would begin to learn, but some people are built for it. He was handcrafted to leave, had practiced on other women since adolescence. I was […]