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I am enjoying "A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa" by F.C. Selous, written in the 19th century, a second time. Nearly every second page delights with old turns of phrase or words. One adjective Selous uses is goussy, as in "a forest of goussy trees". A brief Google revealed nothing except that it appears French. Can anybody help?
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ugh. the slaughter of elephants (and I presume other wildlife). no thanks. (I was interested in goussy, but not no more.) link to context
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While googling about, I came across another form (maybe): magoussy. No definition of that either.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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I have a half dozen ancient dictionaries, it's not in any of
them. Sorry. Checked a couple French dictionaries as well:
ne rien.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Welcome aBoard, Rupert. Could it possibly be a bastardization of gossamer? I can't see trees slaughtering animals, somehow. Then there's gouache, either a painting or a method of painting. But since it's a book centered on hunting, prolly tsuwm's link is the correct path.
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>I can't see trees slaughtering animals, somehow.
where in the whorl d'ya get that?! it's not in my post or certainly not the link..
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French Google gives only family names on this, maybe the trees are named after a Monsieur Goussy.
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I have been looking around too and haven't found anything more.
I did read several pages from the novel, but didn't find it interesting. The idea of 'man the big hunter' is so out moded in this century.
Now if he was 'shooting' with a camera, that would be fabulous.
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I'll say this about it, it doesn't appear to be any sort of typo, as this author uses 'goussy' nine(9!) times in the referenced book, all in relation to forests or trees.
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where in the whorl d'ya get that?! From the OP.
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