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Wow, with so many wonderful sourcebooks, adventure books, upcoming rule books, everyone is getting excited. Well... here's a way we can not only enjoy, but also be educated by these amazing writers. And who said an English degree wouldn't get you anywhere?
So, here's the rules! Search through your Paizo books and find an odd, obscure word that you haven't used in a while. Tell us what the word is, then use the word in a sentence that shows us you know what the word means! Speak the word three times over the next twenty-four hours in grammatically correct usage.
For extra credit, use the word you've found and the previous one in the same sentence!
Ready?
I'll start!
Heterochromatic (PfCS pg168)
The camouflage coat was a heterochromatic blend of browns and greens.
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The flamboyant halfling's house filled with heterochromatic linens which he thought was quite palatial, but was frowned upon by our barbarian until we explained the halfling was rewarding us in gems; he agreed just in acquiescence. (Revenge of the Kobold King page3, by Nick Logue)
Ooh...
Extra extra credit!
Maybe it's just me, but I think that "spectre" is a fairly common word. It was even a undead monster in the 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual before its appearance in 3e :)
Director of Narrative
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Heterochromatic (PfCS pg168)
How weird. I turned in a manuscript last week wherein I used the word "heterochromatic" to describe eye color. I don't think I noticed it appear in the PCCS. I was worried that I might be using too obscure a word, so I made sure to clarify the term in the context.
Heterochromatic (PfCS pg168)The camouflage coat was a heterochromatic blend of browns and greens.
Here's a new word for our vocabulary boys and girls: verbose.
If I write "I'm a multilingual speaker of English, French, and Chinese" what do you think of that?
... yes, another great word: redundant.
Or my favorite: superfluous.
Heterochromatic (PfCS pg168)How weird. I turned in a manuscript last week wherein I used the word "heterochromatic" to describe eye color. I don't think I noticed it appear in the PCCS. I was worried that I might be using too obscure a word, so I made sure to clarify the term in the context.
Heterochromia is a condition where a single eye has several colors, so Daigle's used would seem to me to be an appropriate use of the word, as opposed to the usage in PfCS.
I'm guilty for a number of $10 words.
I swear, at some point I intend to use lysogenic in a book. :)
Heh. Well, I only got in on the act in '95 :)
I don't actually own any Paizo literature other than Pathfinder Beta, but the word we're all looking for is "sesquippedalian". :)
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Maybe it's just me, but I think that "spectre" is a fairly common word. It was even a undead monster in the 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual before its appearance in 3e :)
I think there might be a difference between spectre, an undead apparition, and specter, a psychological apprehension, but I could be wrong.
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Heterochromia is a condition where a single eye has several colors, so Daigle's used would seem to me to be an appropriate use of the word, as opposed to the usage in PfCS.Heterochromatic (PfCS pg168)How weird. I turned in a manuscript last week wherein I used the word "heterochromatic" to describe eye color. I don't think I noticed it appear in the PCCS. I was worried that I might be using too obscure a word, so I made sure to clarify the term in the context.
Actually, the usage in PfCS is correct then, and I used the word incorrectly, in the hopes that someone would correct me. :P
Prestidigitaion :)I'm only guessing it's in one of our books, but overall it's just really fun to say!
The rogue (me!)performed an act of prestidigitation to sneak past the guards at the museum before the TPK (NOT the rogue's fault).
I'm guilty for a number of $10 words.
I swear, at some point I intend to use lysogenic in a book. :)
Hehe.
Poor, poor, Paizo editors.
Actually, the usage in PfCS is correct then, and I used the word incorrectly, in the hopes that someone would correct me. :P
Yes I think the usage, though unusual, is fine - I'll give you that. And unusual is interesting. It's the redundancy that made me chuckle.
And I'll second that post above about Logue permanently adding c#+~%~$+% to my vocabulary.
I think there might be a difference between spectre, an undead apparition, and specter, a psychological apprehension, but I could be wrong.
1 point stardust.
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I remember when I wrote my first article for Polyhedron. I decided I was going to use three $100 words in the review. Defenestration. Antediluvian. Haruspication. And I got all three published in the article. Nice. :) It ended up something like:
The game is having a hard time shaking the antediluvian image....
...with the defenestration of the old rules...
For the last few months, gamers have used crystal balls, tea leaves, and other forms of haruspication to figure out...
-Lisa
I think there might be a difference between spectre, an undead apparition, and specter, a psychological apprehension, but I could be wrong.1 point stardust.
There is absolutely zero difference in the UK and, I'd imagine, the rest of the Commonwealth. I'm afraid I'll have to take that point away :)