Sunday, March 27, 2011

Word of the Day: Amphoric

Amphoric:
adjective
 
resembling the deep, hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a large, narrow-necked, empty bottle: amphoric breathing.
 
Definition courtesy of Dictionary.com.


This is why I love the English language.  We have words for the sound the breath makes over the opening of an empty bottle!  That just stuns me.  I want to use this word in my next novel.  The amphoric sound of wind over the canyon…  Oooo.  Now I need to write a novel just so I can use that sentence.  My enthusiasm undoes me, as so often is the case.   

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