7 January 2019 - LOST ENGLISH WORDS

LOST ENGLISH WORDS

G'day folks,

Time to post some words that have gone by the wayside.

boreism	n	1833 -1839
behaviour of a boring person
The professor, while brilliant, was afflicted by boreism when lecturing.
boscaresque	adj	1734 -1734
picturesque; scenically wooded
Despite northern England's industrial pollution, parts of it remain boscaresque.
brabeum	n	1675 -1675
reward or prize
Without some brabeum, the students will have no incentive to work harder.
brephophagist	n	1731 -1875
one who eats babies
The character Fat Bastard is a disgustingly obese Scottish brephophagist.
brochity	n	1623 -1678
projecting or crooked quality of teeth
His parents later regretted that they did not correct his brochity in his youth.
bromography	n	1860 -1860
a treatise on food
It's not enough to write a bromography - today's celebrity chefs need to be on TV!
bubulcitate	v	1623 -1678
to act as a cowherd; to cry like a cowherd
When their cat went missing, they were on the street bubulcitating for weeks.
buccellation	n	1657 -1731
act of dividing into small morsels
The buccellation and apportionment of their rations was the subject of heated argument.
bumposopher	n	1834 -1886
one learned in bumps; a phrenologist
Craniology has progressed greatly since the days of bumposophers.
cacatory	adj	1684 -1753
accompanied by loose bowels
For the diners, the effects of the chicken cacciatore, alas, were cacatory.
cacozealous	adj	1656 -1696
imitating badly; poorly affected
Her cacozealous attempt at mimicking her boss bordered on being offensive.
cagastric	adj	1662 -1753
of diseases, originating under an ill star
We no longer believe in cagastric causes for illness and deformity.
cameranious	adj	1791 -1791
of or relating to a chamber
The social gathering benefited from the cozy, cameranious setting.
canitude	n	1656 -1742
greyness; hoariness; whiteness
The first snowfall of the year gave the field a pleasant canitude.
caprizant	adj	1730 -1736
of the pulse, uneven or irregular
While he hadn't had a full-blown heart attack, his pulse was very caprizant.
casitive	adj	1652 -1652
having grammatical cases
The casitive nature of Finnish and Hungarian makes them difficult to learn.
castaldy	n	1623 -1800
stewardship
His castaldy over the manor was dependent on his good relations with the lord's sons.
cecograph	n	1851 -1874
writing device for the blind
The development of computers has made the cecograph entirely obsolete.
celeberrimous	adj	1768 -1768
very or most highly celebrated
Her celeberrimous accomplishments were lauded by her colleagues.
celeripedean	adj	1623 -1656
swift-footed
The most celeripedean of the Greek deities was Hermes.
cestuan	adj	1711 -1711
of or pertaining to a boxer's gloves or cesti
No cestuan improvements can negate the damage of such blows to the head.

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6 January 2019 - THE COLOURFUL QUETZAL

THE 

COLOURFUL 

QUETZAL

G'day folks,

I always like to find unusual and rare species. This would be one of them.

The quetzal is a bird that many consider among the world's most beautiful. Vibrantly coloured, they live in the mountainous, tropical forests of Central America where they eat fruit, insects, lizards, and other small creatures.

Quick Facts

• Type: Bird
• Diet: Omnivore
• Lifespan: Up to 20-25 years
• Size: Body 38 to 40.5cm; tail 61cm
• Weight: 200 to 225g
• Habitat: Tropical rainforests
• Range: Central America
• Scientific name: Pharomachrus, Euptilotis

• The quetzal is a bird that many consider among the world’s most beautiful.
• During mating season, male quetzals grow twin tail feathers that form an amazing train up to one metre long.
• Females do not have long trains, but they do share the brilliant blue, green, and red coloring of their mates.
• Quetzal pairs use their powerful beaks to hollow hole nests in rotted trees or stumps.
• Young quetzals can fly at about three weeks of age.

• Quetzals are also known as Guatemalan quetzals, and the birds are the symbol of that nation.
• The bird was sacred to the ancient Maya and Aztec peoples, and royalty and priests wore its feathers during ceremonies.
• These striking birds are threatened in Guatemala and elsewhere throughout their range. They are sometimes trapped for captivity or killed, but their primary threat is the disappearance of their tropical forest homes.
• In some areas, most notably Costa Rica’s cloud forests, protected lands preserve habitat for the birds and provide opportunities for ecotourists and eager bird watchers from around the globe.

  

Clancy's comment: Yep, I'd be happy to photograph them.

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