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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread let there be green light #158259 04/07/2006 12:08 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory While "Windows shopping" online at a site that sells antique and reproduction lighting I read the following description of an antique commercial overhead lamp: Whether this fixture will conform to current building safety codes we cannot say, but it sure is neat. The glow of light through the green shade is very pretty, as is the scrolled ornamentation on the fixture itself. Perhaps you could just use one as a dimly smaragdine nightlight. The word smaragdine has been featured on WWFTD in the past so many of you may know it already. Being too dim to get the meaning entirely from context myself I looked it up and it means ... /smah RAG deen/ (1) of or relating to emeralds (2) of an emerald-green color. Pics of the light for those interested: Pic 1 Pic 2 Last edited by Alex Williams; 04/08/2006 2:35 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: let there be green light #158260 04/07/2006 10:46 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: let there be green light #158261 04/08/2006 10:58 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean So, it's a green light special? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: let there be green light #158262 04/21/2006 1:11 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Look what I just came across in a German-English dictionary: smaragdgrün = emerald green . I knew I'd seen a similar word recently! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: let there be green light #158263 04/21/2006 1:26 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Quote: Look what I just came across in a German-English dictionary: smaragdgrün = emerald green . I knew I'd seen a similar word recently! or maybe you remember it from being the NSB winning word of 1961. (or the 06/02/02 wwftd) Last edited by tsuwm; 04/21/2006 1:27 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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