DEFINING OPINIONS, fifth octet

 

previous poetic posts (see previous posts for the complete story..)

(fourth octet)

hoot

hop

hopeful

hormones

hors d'oeuvres

hose

hostile

hot

CURRENT CONTENTS (fifth octet, WIP):

Hourly

Housewife

Hover

Endoparasites

more to follow

Authors' Note:   As the hour is one of the most commonly used measure of time, fitting well with the time-frame of daily human activities, it is used more often in a general than in a scientific or precise sense. Examples of this usage include the appointed hour and happy hour. The derived adverb hourly shares this attribute.

Authors' Note:   The term parasite derives via Latin from an old Greek term meaning "one who dines at another's table". To clarify more fully Lyle's terse explanation in the verse, endoparasites, taking up residence inside their host, get their nutrients by passive absorption or by burrowing in the tissues of their host, which could be you! There are very few cases where they spontaneously leave to go to another restaurant. Fortunately, effective treatments have been developed for many of these types of infestation.

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other possibilities include homily, hominy, homonym, hot-headed, hot-blooded, holistic, hookworm