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I have seen, and can't remember, the word for 'long shadows.' Assistance will be appreciated!
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There's a word for it? I would have thought 'long shadows' would have done the trick.
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How long should they be to deserve a special word?
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Ha....good question, Bran
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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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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!
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< that macroscian day which I had dreaded for so long -- Osbert Sitwell > [W3]
I see, many hours long.
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Good discussion your question started. Welcome JRP
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"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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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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