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LOGINQUITAS

[noun]

distance, remoteness, isolation; separated from others.

Etymology: Latin.

[Siegfried Zademack - Die Wand]

INFAUST

[adjective]

unlucky, unfortunate, ill-omened; unpropitious; sinister.

Etymology: from Latin infaustus; prefix in- (not) + faustus (fortunate, lucky).

[noiaillustration]

Charles Barsotti, who drew close to fourteen hundred cartoons for the magazine over the years, died today. Take a look at some of his most memorable cartoons: http://nyr.kr/1vK1kWO

jacobyverger

"Not a queen, a khaleesi"

Rare Dali water colors sell for over 1 million. See all 14 artworks here.

jacobyverger

This Gertjie, the orphaned baby rhino, is scared to sleep alone at night after his mother was killed by poachers. Learn about this cuties tragic story here.

Lake Matheson, New Zealand by Stephen Black

PLEUR

[noun]

crying; shedding tears, especially as an expression of distress or pain.

Etymology: from Old French plor, back formation from plorer, from Latin plōrō, “I cry out”.

[Adrian Borda]

A fat cat invades classical art and the results are puurrrrfect. Want to see more?

Putting the cushions up to keep them off the good sofa was apparently not a good solution.

CAELUM

[noun]

1. the vault of heaven; firmament.

2. the sky.

3. atmosphere; climate; weather.

Etymology: from Latin cavus, “hollow”. Not to be confused with caelum derived from caedō, “I cut”.

[Benny Andersson - Halls of Heaven]

In a press conference Saturday, the father of 20-year-old student who was killed in the University of California Santa Barbara shooting rampage blames “craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA” for his son’s death.

See the full emotional video here. 

#puppylove

#TBT too cute!

DYSAPHIA

[noun]

impairment in the sense of touch.

Etymology: Greek dys-, a combining form meaning “ill”, “bad”, + haphē, “touch”.

[Shannon Bonatakis]

May 1, 1851, was the most exciting day in London, ever. It marked the launch of the “Great Exhibition” in the brand-new Crystal Palace—13,000 exhibits under one glass roof.

From May to October, six million visitors attended this head-spinning mega-show of technological and design wares from around the world, all housed in a massive hall created from the shockingly modern material of glass. Queen Victoria presided over the opening with Prince Albert, writing in her diary that it was “one of the greatest and most glorious days of our lives.”

Views of the Crystal Palace from the Getty collections by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, Philip Henry Delamotte, Negretti and Zambra, Joseph Nash, and the Dickinson Brothers

VESCOR

[verb]

1. to use as food, take for food, feed upon, eat; I eat, feed upon.

2. to enjoy, make use of, use, have; I make use of, enjoy, use.

Etymology: Latin from ve- + esca (food).

[Adrian Borda]

TUIL

[noun]

a bunch of flowers; bouquet.

Etymology: Dutch.

[James R. Eads]

SUPERLUNARY

[adjective]

1. belonging to a higher world; celestial.

2. situated above or beyond the moon.

Etymology: Latin super, “prefix for above, beyond, in addition, to an especially high degree” + lunary, from Latin lūnāris, “of the moon”, from lūna, “the moon”.

[ebineyland]

Aaaa-choo

On an island in Japan, deer act like dogs! 

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel laureate, who passed away on April 17, 2014 at the age of 87.

Here is his NY TImes obituary,

(via obitoftheday)

ILLUMINANCE

[noun]

1. an act or instance of illuminating; to supply or brighten with light.

2. intellectual or spiritual enlightenment.

3. Photometry: the total luminous flux, i.e. the measure of the perceived power of light incident on a surface, per unit area.

Etymology: from Latin illuminatus, past participle of illūmināre, “to light up, brighten”.

[Amanda Sage]

VOGELSCHEUCHE

[noun]

German: scarecrow; an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows or other birds away from crops.

[Jeremy Masson]

Holiday weekend = great time to watch some new Netflix movies in bed! 

13 Great New-to-Netflix Movies to Stream This Holiday Weekend

ELEGY

[noun]

1. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

2. a poem written in elegiac meter.

3. a sad or mournful musical composition.

Etymology: from Latin elegīa < Greek elegeía, originally neuter plural of elegeîos, “elegiac”, equivalent to éleg(os), “a lament”.

[Lenka Simeckova]

I will need to find another name to call my cat.

URINATOR 

[noun] 

one who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver. 

Etymology: from Latin urinari - to plunge under water, to dive.

[Elisabetta Trevisan]

The Madonna and Child with Infant St. John and Children, 16th century Sarto, Andrea del(workshop of) Tempera and oil on wood panel Overall: 124.5 x 91.4 cm Gift of Reuben Wells Leonard Estate, 1951 © 2014 Art Gallery of Ontario