shimobaatar wrote:
Weekly Themes:
- Week 1 (Dec. 1): Singularity
- Week 2 (Dec. 2-8): Light and Heat
December 1st
Boral:
l'œcumen palæochthon /ˌlekiˈmen ˌpaleokˈθon/ [ˌlekʲɪˈmɛ̃n ˌpaləwkˈθɔ̃n]
noun the ancestral environment, the prehistoric world, the state in which early humans lived
From Ancient Greek
οἰκουμενικός (oikoumenikós), "the inhabited earth, the whole (known) world",
παλαιός (palaiós), "old" and χθών (khthṓn), "world".
PZ:
odeszam /ˈodesˌʦam/ [ˈoːdəsˌʦãm]
noun darkest time, most difficult point, nadir
From Modern English
hardest time.
December 2nd
Boral:
solstiç mi-stað /solˈstiʦ miˈstaθ/ [sɔɫˈstɪʦ mɪsˈtaθ]
noun the summer solstice, the day on which the day is longest, the sun rising highest in the sky
From Latin
sōlstitium "solstice" and
æstātem "summer".
PZ:
wensalla /ˌwenˈsal.la/ [ˌwɛnˈzalːɐ]
noun the sun in winter, the weak sunlight felt on a cold day
From Modern English
winter sunlight.