Friday, January 23, 2009

"Divest", "Elegiac"

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.

1 comment:

  1. 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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