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castophrenia · 7 years

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Word of the Day

Hi guys! You’re word of the day today is…

Ephemeral - something that lasts for a very short time.

Try and use this in your writing! Or even just in everyday conversations! Good Luck!

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castophrenia · 7 years

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Personal instagram account is cosmolatry and I'll follow back if you follow me :)

#instagram #post things like...#nature #selfies #animals #etc

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castophrenia · 9 years

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Obscure Color Words

albicant: whitish; becoming white

amaranthine: immortal; undying; deep purple-red colour

aubergine: eggplant; a dark purple colour

azure: light or sky blue; the heraldic colour blue

celadon: pale green; pale green glazed pottery

cerulean: sky-blue; dark blue; sea-green

chartreuse: yellow-green colour

cinnabar: red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment; deep red or scarlet colour

citrine: dark greenish-yellow

eburnean: of or like ivory; ivory-coloured

erythraean: reddish colour

flavescent: yellowish or turning yellow

greige: of a grey-beige colour

haematic: blood coloured

heliotrope: purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror

hoary: pale silver-grey colour; grey with age

isabelline: greyish yellow

jacinthe: orange colour

kermes: brilliant red colour; a red dye derived from insects

lovat: grey-green; blue-green

madder: red dye made from brazil wood; a reddish or red-orange colour

mauve: light bluish purple

mazarine: rich blue or reddish-blue colour

russet: reddish brown

sable: black; dark; of a black colour in heraldry

saffron: orange-yellow

sarcoline: flesh-coloured

smaragdine: emerald green

tilleul: pale yellowish-green

titian: red-gold, reddish brown

vermilion: bright red

violescent: tending toward violent

virid: green

viridian: chrome green

xanthic: yellow

zinnober: chrome green

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castophrenia · 9 years

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Pronunciation: Cosmo-lah-tree Ft. NASA's 4th of July post on Instagram.

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castophrenia · 9 years

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Words that Should be Used More in the English Language

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Obacerate, v.,

-to stop one’s mouth

First Used 1656-58

Examples:

In place of “shut up” …

or when trying to insult in open court …

"Objection your Honor! I would ask opposing council to obacerate themselves …"

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castophrenia · 9 years

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Obscure Words

kenopsia

n. the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet—a school hallway in the evening, an unlit office on a weekend, vacant fairgrounds—an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative, who are so conspicuously absent they glow like neon signs.

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castophrenia · 11 years

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