La Uva
I stumbled upon dictionary.com searching for lambent (my favorite way to define words I'm puzzling ~ copy, paste, google).
Several businesses are named Lambent, and a lambent.com exists. A definition of Lambent was buried low in the page, but contained linked quotations using the word in a sentence. A reminder of grade school, but how divine to have examples of written use. The etymology is given as:Lambent is from the present participle of Latin lambere, "to lick"
I love language.
posted by La Uva @ 11:56 PM
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From one language lover to another, I copied and pasted the OED entry for lambent on my blog for you.
http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=Orlando10&tab=weblogs&uid=212111745
P.S. I love reading the found uses of the word in literary context. The color of the font clashes with my background, but it's still somewhat readable, I think.
Earliest recorded literary use:
1647 COWLEY Mistress, Answ. Platonicks, As useless to despairing Lovers grown, As Lambent flames, to men i' th' Frigid Zone.
Now that I know what the word means I can hardly wait for summer so I can lambent some popsicles..
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