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samvara ([personal profile] samvara) wrote2008-09-26 02:43 pm
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Your challenge for the day

Use "monadnock" in conversation.

PRONUNCIATION:(muh-NAD-nok)
MEANING: (n) An isolated hill or mountain that, having resisted erosion, rises above a plain.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/doctor_k_/ 2008-09-26 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
In Alice? Too easy. dozens of 'em scattered round the place.
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2008-09-26 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
I am describing a coworker :)
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[identity profile] shrydar.livejournal.com 2008-09-26 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
I love the mini monadnock's you get when pebbles protect red clay from the rain..

(I know - probably geologically inaccurate, but it's a better word for them than any I've come across before..)

[identity profile] riverbella.livejournal.com 2008-09-26 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
As her circle of friends diminishes and becomes increasingly enfeebled, my mother continues strong and joyful--a monadnock amidst the ravages of age.

Is there a word for somebody who loves words? A (Latin word for "word")ophile or some such?