Wordie: Cloy: Comments

Comment by rolig, about 1 month ago

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:28:32 +0000

Wonderful, Prolagus! While of course I know and love the word cloying, it never occurred to me to wonder about the verb it comes from. Now I've added it to my "old but still juicy" list.

I love the quote: "she makes hungry / where most she satisfies" – delicious. That Bill Shakespeare sure could write.

Comment by frindley, about 1 month ago

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:55:23 +0000

Ooh, that's good. In every way.

Comment by Prolagus, about 1 month ago

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:03:22 +0000

"Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety: other women cloy
The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies."

(William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra)