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#199740 - 05/10/11 07:05 AM word for 'long shadows'
jrp stranger Registered: 05/10/11 Posts: 1	I have seen, and can't remember, the word for 'long shadows.' Assistance will be appreciated!
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#199742 - 05/10/11 07:30 AM Re: word for 'long shadows' [Re: jrp]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	There's a word for it? I would have thought 'long shadows' would have done the trick.
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#199743 - 05/10/11 08:10 AM Re: word for 'long shadows' [Re: Faldage]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	How long should they be to deserve a special word?
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#199744 - 05/10/11 08:31 AM Re: word for 'long shadows' [Re: jrp]
Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1705 Loc: down under	Ha....good question, Bran
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#199747 - 05/10/11 10:25 AM Re: word for 'long shadows' [Re: Faldage]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass	Originally Posted By: Faldage There's a word for it? I would have thought 'long shadows' would have done the trick. sorry to disappoint, but.. Main Entry: mac·ro·scian Function: adjective Etymology: Greek makroskios : having or casting a long shadow < that macroscian day which I had dreaded for so long -- Osbert Sitwell > [W3]
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#199759 - 05/10/11 02:26 PM Re: word for 'long shadows' [Re: tsuwm]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	Originally Posted By: tsuwm Originally Posted By: Faldage There's a word for it? I would have thought 'long shadows' would have done the trick. sorry to disappoint, but.. Main Entry: mac·ro·scian Function: adjective Etymology: Greek makroskios : having or casting a long shadow < that macroscian day which I had dreaded for so long -- Osbert Sitwell > [W3] ooh, I like that word. welcome, jrp! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#199760 - 05/10/11 05:37 PM Re: word for 'long shadows' [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	< that macroscian day which I had dreaded for so long -- Osbert Sitwell > [W3] I see, many hours long.
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#199762 - 05/10/11 07:56 PM Re: word for 'long shadows' [Re: BranShea]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5281 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Good discussion your question started. Welcome JRP _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#199766 - 05/11/11 08:15 AM Re: word for 'long shadows' [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	"fr. Gk makros, long + skia, shadow] /muh KRASH iun/ [adj.] having a long shadow; [n] a person whose shadow is long, spec. an inhabitant of the polar regions" I bet in the polar regions the shadow projections must be the longest on earth? And in summer the days without end?
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#199767 - 05/11/11 08:26 AM Re: and terrify us with their long shadows [Re: tsuwm]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh	macroscian It's a great word, but unfortunately one would have to return to the easily understandable "long shadows" to gloss it, if one hoped to be understood by more than 0.05% of the Anglophone population. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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