DIVEST: verb.
1) to rid of clothing or vestment
2) to be released from
The furious mob divested the monster of his loin cloth as they drove him from the village. Thus the good people of Heizelbücher divested themselves of the hideous crimes that had plagued them for so long.
ELEGIAC: adjective
1) expressing sorrow as in an elegy
The mourners sung elegiac songs as the dead King was wheeled finally into his tomb.
Friday, January 23, 2009
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haaaa i'm just realizing that our conversation on this topic came AFTER this blog post. you really wanted to use elegiac, no?
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