Wordie: Syzygy: Comments

Comment by chained_bear, 6 months ago

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:17:46 +0000

"'Really, Sophie, you would think that a fellow of Stephen's parts, a prodigious natural philosopher, could be brought to understand the nature of the tide. Here is the moon at her perigee, in syzygy, and near the equator, as I showed you last night, and you smoked it directly, did you not?'

"'Oh, perfectly, my dear,' said Sophie, looking wild: at least she had a clear recollection of the pale crescent over Porchester Castle..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 24

Comment by dhuber, 9 months ago

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:34:37 +0000

Zoology parlance - of which I am familiar - the breakpoint in a starfish's arm.

Comment by jeffazi, 10 months ago

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:52:33 +0000

The alignment of any three celestial bodies.

Comment by npydyuan, 10 months ago

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:04:33 +0000

That Sturgeon story was my first encounter with syzygy, too!

Comment by forrykook, 11 months ago

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:36:05 +0000

What a wonderful word. Isn't it gorgeous. I first came across it in a science fiction stories book by Theodore Sturgeon. The story was called "It wasn't Syzygy".

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:54:24 +0000

Became acquainted with this word a few years ago when wine tasting in Walla Walla WA--there is a winery with that name. As I recall, the winemaker (unsurprisingly) had a great love of astonomy, and explained the term in some detail.

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Sat, 26 May 2007 07:32:50 +0000

But regular Scrabble also has two blank tiles for just such emergencies.

Comment by arby, about 1 year ago

Sat, 05 May 2007 23:10:06 +0000

I know this from the X-Files episode of the same name - anyone with me?

Comment by prakash, about 1 year ago

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:57:08 +0000

> Now *here's* a word it's good to know when playing Scrabble.

Only if you are playing Super Scrabble. Regular Scrabble has only 2 tiles of the letter Y.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:35:15 +0000

Wow. Now *here's* a word it's good to know when playing Scrabble.

Comment by born2badored, about 1 year ago

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:44:20 +0000

I like Vladimir Solovyovs use of this word

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:02:27 +0000

Great word for hangman.