DEFINING OPINIONS, second octet

This post represents a continuation of material from our first emanation on this topic, "OEDILFian Celebration: DEFINING OPINION", part #1. 

previous poetic posts 

(first octet):

academically

birdlife

crepuscular

cruddy

diaphoresis

envision

expertise

   

CURRENT CONTENTS  (second octet):
Hamuli

Haunch

Heinous

Hoarding

the Hod

Holdout

Hole#1

Hole #2

(for continuation, see the link below)

Authors' Note:

hamulus: (Latin) a little hook, plural = hamuli, with biologic implications discussed at OEDILF in a verse by Snowy Owl. Also, the hamate bone of the human wrist, bearing a prominent hook-like extension is a relatively frequent site of human fractures, as in a verse by your blogging team (see link below).

Remus: one of Rome's mythological founding twin infants, most often pronounced in anglo-Latin as REE-mus, but here, invoking more classic Latin, as RAY-mus.

Authors' Note: heine (EHN): French for hate, hatred

As pointed out by OEDILFian author/editor Duncan Stevens, hateful can mean either "full of hate" or "eliciting/deserving hatred". The latter meaning applies particularly to heinous.

For more "defining opinions", please proceed to the third octet by clicking HERE. 

                                                                                                                        

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