Ha ha ha! Sounds like something out of Lewis Carroll, doesn't it?
You're right, arby. And as soon as I can manage it, I intend to use this word in precisely that way. :-)
I wish it meant sardonic onyx, how great would that be?
Not an especially sarcastic mineral, but a kind of chalcedony used for cameos that contains sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
Ha ha ha! Sounds like something out of Lewis Carroll, doesn't it?
You're right, arby. And as soon as I can manage it, I intend to use this word in precisely that way. :-)
I wish it meant sardonic onyx, how great would that be?
Not an especially sarcastic mineral, but a kind of chalcedony used for cameos that contains sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.