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130 wordies list
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rubah (60 words)
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rubah's Words, by rubah
chromatica, by colleen
dickinsonian, by brtom
xstala's Words, by xstala
lauren's Words, by lauren
Hue and Cry, by nkocharh
miscellaneous, by cheetah
man's Words, by man
Gesundheit!, by reesetee
words describing one long dream which spans nearly two years and takes place between the hours 10 pm and 1 am, by beee
Dain's Words, by Dain
mize's Words, by mize
poonis's Words, by poonis
vexite's Words, by vexite
A, by georgielily
Blue, by georgielily
edes's Words, by edes
Color, by annabethblue
rduke's Words, by rduke
Chromonyms, by mollusque
Bness's list, by Bness
favorite words , by abailey99
Blues, by markdruskoff
vivek's list, by vivek_av
color me mauve, by drumma
Proustian, by knitandpurl
adrift's Words, by adrift
Good words., by Perpheum
Colors, by TusseyMountain
color me bad, by thehoff
pretty colours, by emil
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Azure is a nice simple word - makes me think of the sky, no where nears as pretentious a color as incarnadine.
"Tossing her head like a royal palfrey embarrassed by its halter of pearls, of an incalculable value but an inconvenient weight, she let fall here and there a soft and charming gaze, of an azure which, as it gradually began to fade, became more caressing still, and greeted most of the departing guests with a friendly nod."
--Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust, translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin, revised by D.J. Enright, p 163 of the Modern Library paperback edition
That's so creepy. This is the only X-files episode I have ever watched, many years ago, and I was thinking about this... yesterday.
I liked it because of that episode of X-Files, where the guy who could take over your mind by talking to you tried to convince mulder he was about to be run over by a semi-truck that was azure colored
So you're not a big fan of the actress Azura Skye, then?
...Not seeing what's so bad about it.
I think Milton is chiefly responsible for the popularity among poetasters of this rephrensible word.
What do you think of Milton? ('...uneasy steps/Over the burning marle, not like those steps/On Heaven’s azure...')
I don't really like cerulean, but for some reason it doesn't make my piss boil like 'azure'.
How do you feel about cerulean, yarb?
One of the most pretentious words ever - an adjective which communicates more about its deployer than its subject. A deplorable word which must be eschewed by all writers (for have you ever heard it used in conversation?) of imagination and / or panache.