

Jun 21, 2018 This week’s theme

Coined words



This week’s words

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inscape

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Gerard Manley Hopkins Photo: Wikimedia Commons Coined words A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



inscape PRONUNCIATION: (IN-skayp)

MEANING: noun: The unique essence of a person, place, or thing, especially as expressed in a work of art such as a poem.

ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the poet and priest Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) who, in turn, was inspired by the philosopher Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308). Earliest documented use: 1868.

USAGE: “McCabe has said that ‘I’ve always felt that naturalism or social realism only provides a third of the story ... [it] gives you the marble but not the inscape of the statue.’”

Patrick McCabe; The Butcher Boy; Picador; 2015.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live. -Francoise Sagan, playwright and novelist (21 Jun 1935-2004)





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