Saturday, January 23, 2010

yen

: to have an intense desire : long

I have yenned for her since the day I left town.

Friday, January 22, 2010

sedentary

1 : not migratory : settled
2 a : doing or requiring much sitting b : not physically active
3 : permanently attached

"Perhaps if I was less sedentary physically I would be more so mentally."

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Acherontic

1: Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; gloomy; moribund; dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades.

"in the depths of an Acheronian forest/upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue" -Wordsworth

"An Acherontic cloud seemed to be descending upon me."

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

surprise

1 a : an attack made without warning b : a taking unawares
2 : something that surprises
3 : the state of being surprised

Though I had an inkling, I was nonetheless surprised when she explained that she had been seeing someone else for the past month.