[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 218 KB, 400x319, 1376850549001.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4046506 No.4046506[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Succinctly

>> No.4046520

loquacious

>> No.4046524

hello.

it's the greatest greeting.

>> No.4046541

Tremulate

>> No.4046546

Impecunious

Describes me perfectly. Poor AND pretentious

>> No.4046549

Quixotic

Galvantic

>> No.4046557

>>4046549

I've recently realized I don't know how to pronounce quixotic.

Is it "kee-hoetic", or is it "kwicks-otic"?

>> No.4046562

>>4046557

Pretty sure it's the second one.

>> No.4046573

>>4046557
It's the first one. How did you last so long without finding that out?

>> No.4046577

>>4046562
>>4046573

Hmm. It appears we have found ourselves in a pronunciation pickle.

>> No.4046580

>>4046573
>>4046557

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quixotic

>> No.4046584

>>4046580

Hmm... for their definition of "Quixote" they have both ways of saying it though.

But as far as this word goes, I think "kwicks-otic" wins out.

>> No.4046597
File: 61 KB, 446x400, 128954773270.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4046597

>>4046506
>his favorite word is an adverb

>> No.4046609

>>4046506

My favorite words (in my mother tongue, portuguese) are:

"Libélula": It means Dragonfly. The word is so light and fragile as the creature.

"Caracol": It means Snail. The sound of the word seems to curl up like the shell of the own mollusk.

In English I really like the word "oblivion".

>> No.4046614

>>4046584
yes, because everyone knows the book is pronounce 'don kwicks-ote'

>> No.4046617

>>4046614

Are you being sarcastic with me? I agree with you, the pronunciations are very vague.

>> No.4046618

>>4046597
>ending in -ly
I too find it strange.

>> No.4046632

suss

its one that i actually use on a semi-regular basis, and everytime i do i feel the better for it

>> No.4046643
File: 184 KB, 1110x886, Gummy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4046643

Nutritious.

I love it, it seems like something I want to bite into. It just seems kind of gummy and delicious and I love the sound. Mmm.

>> No.4046698
File: 297 KB, 1858x1397, the-lovers-1928(1).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4046698

Rupture.

>> No.4046702

>>4046698
I always cringe at this word because it always brings up the thought of testicular rupture

>> No.4046713

Auspicious. Saying it just makes feel like today is truly auspicious.

>> No.4046722

rapscallion.

>> No.4046727

blumpkin

>> No.4046750

Esoteric.

>> No.4046753

Lissome and oeillade

>> No.4046756

>>4046722
Damn
I came here to say this.

>> No.4046759

Thoroughly.

mmf

>> No.4046766

"Literally"
"Hamiltonian"
"#rekt"

>> No.4046770

English: anathema
Lithuanian: atgaila
Russian: nagorta

>> No.4046774

>>4046770
nagota***

>> No.4046776

moist cellars

>> No.4046777

rutabaga, sarsaparilla, rugula (the jewish pastry)

>> No.4046778

>>4046609
We have the word "oblívio" which means the same thing, even though it's pretty much an archaic word.

http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/default.aspx?pal=obl%C3%ADvio

>> No.4046805

general (spanish)

>> No.4046835

>>4046776
sell odour

>> No.4046840

>>4046506
herculean

>> No.4046868

Why

>> No.4046875

Incestous has a nice sound.

>> No.4046876

English: Squamous
German: Papagei

>> No.4046880

aegis

>> No.4046899

>English
Irrepressible
Vermilion
Sidereal

>Italian
Meraviglia
Nevicasse
Sognerei

>Romanian
Neagră
Singurătate
Pățește

Along with any Romance verb that preserves the Latin inchoative infix.

>> No.4046933

>>4046506


necessary

>> No.4047144

>>4046506
Cunt.

>> No.4047416

>>4046875
Not really. Now incestuous, on the other hand...