Wednesday, February 06, 2008

The diluvial marks on the dining room set Mark ordered form Pittsburgh discolored the marquetry, but that was nugatory to the habitué he'd be selling it too: it was spelled out in his buyer's agreement that carvings of the condition of any depictions of dicephalous dragons and oubliettes were not exceptionable.

diluvial (dih-LOO-vee-uhl) also diluvian (uhn) adj. Of, relating to, or produced by a flood.

marquetry also marqueterie (MAHR-kih-tree) n. Material, such as wood or ivory, inlaid piece by piece into a wood surface in an intricate design and veneered to another surface, especially of furniture, for decoration.

nugatory (NOO-guh-TAWR-ee, -TORE-ee, NYOO-) adj. 1. Of little or no importance; trifling. 2. Having no force; invalid.

habitué (huh-BIHCH-oo-AY, huh-BIHCH-oo-AY) n. One who frequents a particular place, especially a place offering a specific pleasurable activity.

dicephalous (di-SUHF-uh-luhs) adj. Having two heads.

oubliette (OO-blee-EHT) n. A dungeon with a trapdoor in the ceiling as its only means of entrance or exit.

exceptionable (ihk-SEHP-shuh-nuh-buhl) adj. Open or liable to objection or debate; objectionable or debatable. —exceptionability n. —exceptionably adv.
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