William Boyd has been educating me.
These are words he used in Armadillo, and OxfordDictionaries obliged
me (with a little self-interpretation here and there). I might have
heard one or two of them before. It's important, I think, to use a
word in a sentence to stick it in your mind. Or stick it somewhere.
ziggurat: a rectangular stepped
tower, Mesopotamia, Tower of Babel
Waterfront condominium towers are now
required to design a ziggurat-like facade facing the lake.
(Does ziggurat-like count?)
rebarbative:
unattractive and objectionable
The restaurant needed a facelift for
its rebarbative decor.
spatchcock: chicken or game bird
split for grilling; verb: split open to place somewhere
Let's spatchcock a quick lunch between
conference sessions.
(That was a tough one.)
integumentary:
tough protective outer layer (integral to the thing/animal)
Denial seems to be integumentary for
those who can't inarticulate emotional pain.
(Even tougher.)
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