Friday, February 01, 2008

The recent bouleversement of poetic tastes rendered Ferdinand's doggerel about chocolate, goat's milk, and tatterdemalion yare teenagers a masterpiece among literary clerisy and neophytes alike.

bouleversement (bull-ver-suh-mawn) n. 1. Reversal 2. A violent disturbance; disorder.

doggerel (DAW-guhr-uhl, DAHG-uhr-uhl) also doggrel (DAWG-ruhl, DAHG-ruhl) n. Crudely or irregularly fashioned verse, often of a humorous or burlesque nature.

tatterdemalion (TA-tuhr-di-MAYL-yuhn) adj 1a. Ragged or disreputable in appearance b. being ina decayed state or condition; dilapidated. 2. beggarly, disreputable.

yare (yahr) adj. 1. Agile; lively. 2. Nautical Responding easily; maneuverable. Used of a vessel. 3. Archaic Ready; prepared. —yarely adv.

clerisy (KLER-uh-see) n. Intelligentsia.

neophyte (NEE-uh-FITE) n. 1. A recent convert to a belief; a proselyte. 2. A beginner or novice. 3a. Roman Catholic Church A newly ordained priest. b. A novice of a religious order or congregation.
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