Wordly Drabbles

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Farouche

It didn’t take much, you know. The locals are easily convinced. “He’s shy,” they mutter. “He’s just lacking social skills”. The less kind, “He’s feral, a savage; too fierce by far. His mother must be ashamed”. They won’t ever know; I live with Aunt ‘Tania now. They think me sullen. Reasonable; I don't talk to them. I have no reason to. I laugh at how little their opinions mean, as I dance in the moon light. They think me uncouth. I chuckle at their assumptions as I glide toward our Hill. Folk can be appeased, but they forgot, and so pay.

    101 words. (I admit, I got caught up on the ‘fey charm’ line)

Farouche

[adjective]

1. wild; fierce; unpolished.

2. sullen or shy.

3. socially inept.

4. exhibiting withdrawn temperament and shyness coupled with an air of cranky, often sullen fey charm.

Etymology: from French, from Old French faroche, from Late Latin forasticus - without, from Latin foras - out of doors.

[victoriousvocabulary]

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (via victoriousvocabulary)

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Sciomancy

Ensconced in the corner, where the shadows are deepest, a pendulum clock swings. It does not care about the candle in the center of the room. It does not care about the young boy seeking news from his dead parents, over crow bones and dried herbs. It swings on. It does not care when the shadows flicker behind the boy, revealing teeth and fangs and gleaming eyes. The boy does not notice. It does not care. A shadow knife on the wall, obscured by the billowing shadows of the window curtains. The candle goes out. It does not care.

  99 words.

Sciomancy

[noun]

1. divination using ghosts or spirits.

2. divination using shadows.

Etymology: from Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) and from Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteia, “divination”).

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Hello!

Hello, and Welcome!

I'm Caducus, and I have a problem. I am addicted to words. Other people have candy shops; I have book stores and lovely blogs like this one, A Lackadaisical Lexicon for Laggard Logophiles. 

I, literally, get a goofy grin on my face over some of the wonderful words that this amazing blog sends across my dashboard.

Therefore, I decided that the best way to actually go out and use these wonderful words, would be to set up a blog for them. A writing blog. My goal is to have at least one drabble posted for at least one word from the previous day. We'll see how it goes; I've never done anything like this before, but I have high hopes. 

Quick definition, before we get started: According to Wikipedia,

"A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction of exactly one hundred words in length,[1][2][3] not necessarily including the title.[4] The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in an extremely confined space."

My definition may be somewhat looser than that, specifically in reference to the word count. I do not predict ever posting a drabble bigger than two hundred words; I will not worry too much if the story is shorter, because part of the challenge is the shortness of the story. I will, however, be sure to include the word count.

  As it is, I hope you enjoy! Welcome to Wordly Drabbles!