Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Rime
RIME, n. Agreeing sounds in the terminals of verse, mostly bad. The verses themselves, as distinguished from prose, mostly dull. Usually (and wickedly) spelled "rhyme."
2010 Update: A roadmap locating winter for the house-bound.
Rime: "Hard rime is a white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects. It is often seen on trees atop mountains and ... " (Wikipedia)
That's what Google found for me. You have a nice weekend too! ..
Once again I'm first with absolutely nothing to say; no rime or reason (using Briece's definition)
ReplyDeleteThis year even the housebound didn't need a roadmap locating winter in much of the country and Europe
Rime: "Hard rime is a white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects. It is often seen on trees atop mountains and ... " (Wikipedia)
ReplyDeleteThat's what Google found for me.
You have a nice weekend too!
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RIME: GPS by chance?
ReplyDeleteTHOM: No.
ReplyDeleteThe ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top.
Rhyming and chiming
ReplyDeleteoften tried
more often without success
T'was a crime to put the "H" in rime. (Never mind changing "I" to "Y".)
ReplyDeleteNo rime. No reason.
ReplyDeleteNo rhyme, even.
I do have spaghetti though -- with homemade sauce. Can you be here by dinner time?
Leanna.
ReplyDeleteSoft voice.
I have always loved the word hoarfrost... rime is only almost as good.
ReplyDeleteNice poetic update.
Happy New Year Dawg.
no rhyme
ReplyDeletehope for rime
for its morning shine
happy saturday
Bless Bless
Nope, Pia, I hear it came right to you.
ReplyDeleteWhy you do the same, Jim.
Actonbell, there are only so many things you'll find when you're always looking into fish.
Thom, that's more or less exactly right.
Karen, I'm gonna guess that was Coleridge?
Nicole, I often try to force a rhyme, but the words misuse me every time.
But, TLP, why even try?
Quilly, I received that comment just as I was twirling some spaghetti of my own. Buon appetito!
Good memory, Sauerkraut. Yes, indeed.
Crow and Bear, it looks like two of my favorite forest creatures are back. Welcome home. (And I agree about hoarfrost and rime.)