Feb. 12th, 2009

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By way of [livejournal.com profile] connerybeagle's dogmom:

Each year, hundreds of words are dropped from the English language.

Your job, should you choose to accept it--save one. Just hit the adopt-a-word link, and go from there.

My word is "sigilism," a precise definition for which I cannot find. I would guess it's the practice of making or using sigils (one definition: symbols connected to a set of ideas by which spirits or deities may be summoned to awareness and controlled. They are used in divinatory practices. The term is derived from the Latin "sigilum" meaning "seal). It's also simply a seal or signet.
ksmith: (Default)
By way of [livejournal.com profile] connerybeagle's dogmom:

Each year, hundreds of words are dropped from the English language.

Your job, should you choose to accept it--save one. Just hit the adopt-a-word link, and go from there.

My word is "sigilism," a precise definition for which I cannot find. I would guess it's the practice of making or using sigils (one definition: symbols connected to a set of ideas by which spirits or deities may be summoned to awareness and controlled. They are used in divinatory practices. The term is derived from the Latin "sigilum" meaning "seal). It's also simply a seal or signet.

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