We say of the disseminating
effect of infusions, that
they are steeped. But what
is the substance that is
steeped when we say one is
steeped in learning, or in
bigotry? Is it dissolved,
or embodied?
On the occasion, however,
of being second to fall
asleep, it amounts to the
same thing. I don't know
what to call this suspen-
sion, but I have known it.
another word which contains its own opposite meaning, one I hadn't seen before. I mean to keep a list. like explode.
ReplyDeleteCloser to home, in food service at least, what do you think of "gratuitous"? Aren't we unpardonably lucky to have inherited this language? I'd absolutely despair of learning it later; it's hard enough as it is.
ReplyDeletethat one I don't exactly see. I will have to ponder.
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