Save-A-Word Saturday #2

Another entry to this on-going, fun, weekly blog hop: Join and save those dying words before they're gone forever. Here's how it goes:

1. Create a lovely blog post that links back to The Feather and The Rose blog - our host.

2. Pick an old word you want to save from extinction to feature in your blog post. It really must be an old word, not just a big one. We are trying to save lovely archaisms, not ugly giants (for example, "Dihydrogen Monoxide" is not an acceptable choice). Luciferous Logolepsy is a great database of lovely words if you're having trouble coming up with something on your own.

3. Provide a definition of your word. Use your word in a sentence (or even a short paragraph) vaguely related to the theme we have chosen this week. You may also add visual or musical interpretations of your word or your sentence. In fact, add anything that moves your creative spirit.

4. Add your post to the linky list below (it's down there somewhere). Then hop to as many other blogs as you can in search of as many wonderful words as possible!

5. Use as many of the words as you can on the people in your life. Do leave us a note or add something to your own post to let us all know what wonderful old word you whipped out to befuddle your friends and relations.

This week's theme is:

Dreams

Here’s my word:   Mulligrubs - 1. (Noun) Ill tempered, colic, grumpiness; Origin 1500-1600 earlier milligrams, apparent alliteration of megrims; 2. Griping of the intestines (colloquial)

Here's my writing for this nearly extinct word:


Sara didn't want to take for granted that her father had the mulligrubs. She'd rather believe he was beginning to enter the early stages of dementia and would soon have to be hospitalized. She could only dream. Otherwise, Sara would have to accept that he was plain mean and would remain so for the rest of his life.